Making the Jump to tank, Advice welcome

tfraley · December 2015

Good day guys,

I'm looking at making the jump to tanking,
I currently run a v16 DK with full gold Hundings Rage and Night mother with Agility jewlery.
Mainly bow with a two hander backup for mostly stat boost

WIth that said being said I am wanting to change it up abit and would like to make the jump to a Stam TANK
I'm leveling my sword and board and skills at the moment.

Almost have enough mats to start crafting, but like most want to be sure on what I intend to make

I already have endurance jewelry (from IC)

I was thinking 5x Whitestrake and 5x Orgnum's
This would give me at below 60% a 50% increase in health recovery and at
below 30% a 9000 sheild

I've been reading up on things and probably over thinking it to much, but again never played a tank before so any knowleage and advice would be greatly apreshiated ..

Thanks..

jakeedmundson · December 2015

5p histbark, 5p footmans, and 2p bloodspawn or engine gaurdian

OR i've seen people use...

5p imperium, 5p footmans still i think?, 2p lord warden

tfraley · December 2015

@jakeedmundson thanks, that's pretty much what I see people on the forums runing.

I just keep finding myself looking at the Whitestrake & Orgnum's sets

jakeedmundson · December 2015

i've seen some people trying orgnums... but it always seems like they fall back on histbark/footmans.

and i'm going to try a tank build with my sorc that uses whitestrakes... stack shields up.

Alagras · December 2015

[quote="tfraley;2494375I just keep finding myself looking at the Whitestrake & Orgnum's sets[/quote]

same here. no one seems to value whitestrake much, and maybe they know better, but it seems almost overpowered to me. as you said i "keep finding myself looking at it"

gbsteve · December 2015

Interesting. I'm a stamina bow/dagger ranger with HB/NM set and about to make the same jump.

I'm going with Nord 2H and sword/board backup but not sure what build to use. So far I've only used CP for 5% damage reduction on spell/physical and one SP on the spike armor.

jakeedmundson · December 2015

Theres nothing wrong with the set...whitestrakes just doesn't have as much value in most cases... tanks are going to block. (i know its harder to do as often now, but they still block)

while you're blocking... the 1/5 dodge chance and the 12% extra mitigation for histbark/footmans is as good as it gets... generally you won't get down to 30% health to even use the 5p bonus shield if you time your blocking with heavy hits and dodge AoE.

Even when you do get down that low in health... you pop magma armor and you're fine. recollect your thoughts and keep going.

EDIT: for solo'ing... absolutely, whitestrakes is great... and for other builds like i mentioned for a tank sorc

stack dem shields.
I'm not trying to discourage you from trying any personal build... just giving my input from what i've tried.... i've honestly respec'd and geared 20+ times with my DK as tank and dps.

ostrapz · December 2015

I personally think orgnum and whitestrake sounds like a great combo. I ran whitestrakes as a low lvl nb dps in pvp and it can really save you. Moving to a bit more tank with snb lately , small tip, time ur blocks. Even as a stam i run out alot and its easy to get in panic mode and hold ur block which can kill you even faster. The big question is are u tryin to pvp pve or both.

GnarlyArchfiend · December 2015

When I played as a stam tank I ran Histbark x5, 3pc agilty, and two piece endurance for the hp boost and engine guardian. I manage to keep 30k hp and 30k+ stam with capped resistances while buff and it works well in trials.
In many cases Whitestrake and Orgnum's doesnt really have it uses in group content. Perhaps for solo they are good.

But now I went back to mana tanking with similar sets except I use willpower jewelry.

but yeah its always fun to get creative with sets.