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Tanking Armour

Karldor
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Hi guys what would you say would be the best armour for a stamina dk tank looking to start to do dungeons and trials?
PS4 EU
DK-Breton Tank
  • Lynx7386
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    Anything that gives you ultimate or reduces ultimate cost. Tavas is popular.
    PS4 / NA
    M'asad - Khajiit Nightblade - Healer
    Pakhet - Khajiit Dragonknight - Tank
    Raksha - Khajiit Sorcerer - Stamina DPS
    Bastet - Khajiit Templar - Healer
    Leonin - Khajiit Warden - Tank
  • Karldor
    Karldor
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    Thanks for the advice. Where would i farm tavas?
    PS4 EU
    DK-Breton Tank
  • paulsimonps
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    If you are just starting out and looking to use crafted gear or gear you can buy while you start grinding for other sets then go with Hist Bark 5p and Akaviri Dragon Guard. If you have other characters you can get Dungeon or Trial gear on I would swap the Hist bark to Ebon for a start and then get Alkosh from Normal Maw as soon as you can to replace the Dragon Guard. For Monster sets I would recommend 1p Chokethorn and 1p Shadowrend for the Magicka Recovery. For endgame there is really no such thing as a "Stamina Tank" DK's go with a hybrid of high Max Stamina and high Magicka Recovery for best resource management. It helps you in keeping up block and buffing and debuffing as well as controlling the battlefield with Chains and Talons.
  • paulsimonps
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    Karldor wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice. Where would i farm tavas?

    Tavas is a crafted set but its not something I would recommend for someone that is just starting out tanking. Its not used in endgame anyway. It gives a nice chunk of ultimate but it requires you to keep Evasion up, and that skill costs a lot of stamina so for someone that is just starting out and is not used to how tanks keep up their resources it can be very difficult.
  • Greydir
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    The Choice of your set is going to depend on the Occasion as well as on your Team and your experience. As Tank you can, and in my Opinion should, wear two 5-Piece and a two-Piece set.

    Monstersets: Bloodspawn (Best set for Ulti Reg for every DK Tank), Warden, Engine Guardian, Chudan (all three in my opinion inferior to Bloodspawn)
    Craftsets: Histbark (very Solid base Set with a still usefull 5-Piece on Bosses with high Hitrates), maybe Armor Master (i am not a Big fan of this set, because the 5 piece Bonus is quite worthless)
    Dropsets: Ebon Aromory (Very good set which buffs your and your Groups health), Alkosh (better in a good group, since it is a set that only drops in middle weapons, schields and jewels are the Pieces you would seek), Plague Doctor (if you want to try a Tank with a high life total), Lunar Bastion ( Unfortunatly the 5-Piece is not very good, and it is roumored to have some adverse effects in Maw Vet)

    For Starters you can Build yourself a Setup from Histbark, Whitestreaks and a 3 Piece Jewlery Set from Imperial City (depending on the Attribute you need the most) This is quite cheap to get. From there you can get yourself some Bloodspawn and Ebony Pieces in Spindleclutch II and Crypt of Hearts. Try to get the Undaunted Passive Going by wearing 5-1-1 and then you can Begin to grind out those Alkosh Shields and Weapons.
    Also sometimes you might want to change your Setup depending on the Encounter you are facing, so carrying more than the sets you wear is Advisable.
    Ebenherzpakt
    Sir Greydir - Dunmer DK
    Don Greydir - Kajit NB
    Ser Greydir - Imperial DK
    Dieser-Greydir-Heilt - Argonier Templer
    Greydir Finsterklinge - Bretone NB
    Greydir Drakenson - Nord Hüter
    Clear: vAA HM - vHrC HM - vSO HM - vMoL HM - vHoF TTT - vAS [+2] - vCR [+3] GH - vSS HM - vKA HM - vRG
  • Karldor
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    Thanks for the info guys currently got helm/shoulders rattlecage and rest hist bark in Armour. Not sure what my jewelry is
    PS4 EU
    DK-Breton Tank
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