Best Tanking Sets?

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

I'm currently built as a Magicka Dragonknight.

The current armor set I have is: Knightmare Set
(2 items) Adds 1898 Physical Resistance
(3 items) Adds 1039 Max Health
(4 items) Adds 126 Weapon Damage
(5 items) 20% Chance on melee attack to apply Minor Maim to nearby enemies for 5 seconds, reducing the damage they deal by 15%.

With the Valkyn Skoria monster set:
(1 items) Adds 1064 Max Health
(2 items) 6% chance when damaging an enemy with a damage over time effect to call a meteor dealing 7607 Flame Damage to target and 3657 Flame Damage to other nearby enemies. This effect has a cooldown of 5 seconds.

Working on getting the Rebellion Weapon set:
(2 items) Adds 1039 Max Health
(3 items) 5% chance on attack to gain a 3010 point Damage Shield for 5 seconds.

I almost have enough research done on heavy armor to craft the Shalidor's Curse set:
(2 items) Adds 1064 Max Health
(3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken
(4 items) Adds 1064 Max Health
(5 items) While you are below 50% Health, light attacks restore 559 Health.

- Slightly hesitant to craft the Shalidor's Curse set, because overall it doesn't seem better than the Knightmare set that I already have.

Any one else know of any better sets for Magicka Tanks? Or have an idea of what the 'best' set(s) are?

Totalitarian · August 2016

I wouldn't go with the Shalidor's Curse set. This is because your healer should be healing you the instant you pop below 50%.

Hist Bark is still strong, because of the 20% dodge chance while blocking, and Armor Master is good when paired with Annulment.

Here's a good list of all sets: http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Sets

Autolycus · August 2016

Tanking in ESO is about buffing your group. The act of holding aggro and staying alive is simply "busy work" for a tank. The most desirable tanks in today's game are those that will boost the damage output of the group, along with other buffs that may afford survivability. That being said, tanks that deal a reasonable amount of damage are still viable/desirable in 4man content and pvp. But for pve trials tanking, the former is more applicable.

The strongest buff a tank can give is Aggressive Horn. As such, the best tanking sets are those that enable us to crank out more horns: Tava's Favor, Blood Spawn, Akaviri Dragonguard, and Potentates. Other good/decent options include Alkosh, Ebon, and in certain situations Bahraha's Curse (which isn't a buff set, but a self-healing set).

AverageJo3Gam3r · August 2016

What @Autolycus said. Ultimate generation tanks are best in the business these days. Go with tavas favor, bloodspawn, potentates, and 2pc endurance, agility, or willpower depending on the stat you're low in. Slot shuffle on second bar. Profit.

Pandorii · August 2016

I'd like to recommend two other sets: armor master and black rose. Both have really interesting 5 piece bonuses. Black Rose works particularly well with magicka dk. I bet it would work great with summer.

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

Autolycus wrote: »

Tanking in ESO is about buffing your group. The act of holding aggro and staying alive is simply "busy work" for a tank. The most desirable tanks in today's game are those that will boost the damage output of the group, along with other buffs that may afford survivability. That being said, tanks that deal a reasonable amount of damage are still viable/desirable in 4man content and pvp. But for pve trials tanking, the former is more applicable.

The strongest buff a tank can give is Aggressive Horn. As such, the best tanking sets are those that enable us to crank out more horns: Tava's Favor, Blood Spawn, Akaviri Dragonguard, and Potentates. Other good/decent options include Alkosh, Ebon, and in certain situations Bahraha's Curse (which isn't a buff set, but a self-healing set).

Well I have the level for Aggressive Horn, just need to morph it.
Have enough saved up for Tava's Favor, already have Blood Spawn - so would just need to go gather Potentates in PvP.
Thanks ^_^