Haha. My, you seem really worried over this

Yes, divines is up to date for a dps, possibly(but not necessarily) with infused on big pieces. Crit mundus has been nerfed so now it's either damage(Apprentice for spelldamage iirc) or penetration(Lover for spell penetration), pen better on your own, damage in good group. Weapons-wise I think current BiS is Infused, with Precise not too far away.

For a tank, yes you will want sturdy. You most certainly do NOT want to "cut and run" as a tank in group content in ESO. Most of the damage at this point comes from ground-based dot abilities, and you running will pull the boss right out of them, effectively halving your group's dps. Or more than halving. In fact as a tank you'll want to move the bosses as little as possible - which will definitely include a lot of blocking for some fights. Mundus stone might vary depending on type of tank I'd say.
I think current BiS tanking weapon trait is Infused with Crusher enchant for nice armor debuff to the enemy. Defending could work too if you're on your own and/or not after group support.

Impen - crit resistance - is 100% useless for PvE and immensely useful in PvP. There're some options for PvP though, you'll def want some Impen at least, but if you wanna PvP tank you'll probably also get Sturdy, if you wanna play one of the dodgeball builds you'll want Well-fitted and if you're a magicka class with near 100% shield uptime you might even go with Divines(since shields don't crit therefore rendering Impenetrable useless...as long as your shield is up).

For healer, basically same as dps - divines, maybe infused on big pieces. Though I'm not sure on current BiS weapon healing trait. Powered? You'll probably want the magicka regeneration stone or something too(Atronach I think). Definitely not crit, crit was never the go-to for a healer.

Resistances - meaning Physical and Spell resistances - cap at something about 33k which is 50% damage mitigation. You can stack beyond that but it won't take the overflow resistance into account(unless there's an armor debuff or something applied to you).

Reinforced has its place, but you don't need very much of it (at all) to cap out on a tank.

Anyway, traits from my perspective as a tank.

S Tier:

Sturdy - On any pieces with small enchants (gloves, belt, shoulders, boots)
Infused - On any pieces with large enchangments (helm, body, pants), as this gives you the most bang for your buck for resources. (which are very important as a tank)

A Tier:

* Large Sturdy, Small Infused - Still strong traits, just not as good as the other way around.
* Reinforced Large Armor pieces (Helm, Body, Pants, Boots) - Useful to boost up a little more mitigation, you don't want more than one reinforced piece if you can help it.

B tier

* Divines - With atronach you get a small amount of mag recovery (~20) from this. Useful above certain other sets.
* Nirnhoned - Strictly worse than reinforced on every piece of armor EXCEPT shields.

C Tier

* Well-Fitted : Useful if you need to dodgeroll
* Invigorating : Grants less regen in your regenerating stat than divines, and health regen is garbage. This needs to be severely buffed to be even remotely considered.
* Impenetrable : Only useful for PvP. Sturdy is still better for PvP tanking tbh.

I am always playing with a group of potato dps ANyway. Thanks. I almost got that infused is the only option ecpet sturdy. So 1 more time. Immortal tank without enchantments - sturdy. Right?

And @Magdalina I cant craft jewelry. Can I? Only buy? I am a crafter. This is why I am not asking about sets. Will use "Hist" set to generate Ultimate fast.

I am 50 every craft except only 3 traits and I stuck now for days, sigh.

So sturdy as a main trait.

Magdalina wrote: »

Gan Xing wrote: »

Magdalina provided the important aspects of being the tank too. Keep a boss taunted (just don't taunt 1 target more than 3 times in 12 seconds, apparently this causes them to become immune to the taunt for a while). Taunt generally lasts 10-14 sec. If you can handle the boss, bring some adds or all to yourself as well, this way you lighten the aggro on your allies and they can focus on DPS/healing.

Just wanted to point out this has been removed several patches ago. Currently monsters only become overtaunted if it's 3 taunts from DIFFERENT people within ~10 second timeframe(aka person A taunts->person B taunts->person A taunts again, and all of that during 10 seconds), which really only happens when you're with a potato dps/healer using an ice staff or something.

And yes, OP, you will want reduce block enchantments, however those enchantments can only be put on jewelry and you cannot get infused jewelry soooo

Thanks for the update, I didn't see that change

A Magblade tank with frost staff can heal/dps and tank all at once.

What the glyphs should I use? I have a lot of stamina already. DOes it mean I need health? I have problems with mana, as I am DK. Have to use potions and food to balance mana up.

Also I'd recommend focusing on Magicka recovery. One of the top builds for tanks right now is one shadowrend piece and one chokethorn. That will give you 258 Magicka recovery flat from having those two one pieces. Then the atronach stone for more Magicka recovery, and maybe even one Magicka recovery glyph if you want a little more. DKs benefit from having high Magicka recovery because they can cast earthen heart abilities to restore stamina. Plus, if you have good enough recovery, you can always keep yourself alive with green dragon's blood and obsidian shield. Casting ults restore resources too so you can save up ult for warhorn and restore a significant amount of resources or cast a cheap ult for resources. You should never really have resource problems on a DK if you build it right.

As for food, use tri-stat food or use max health with Magicka recovery or Max health with Magicka recovery and something else.

Never saw tri-stat glyphs. Wtf. How can I craft them? I am a master crafter, soooo