What gear does your tank use?

Tasear · August 2018

There's so many options out there so I ask what are you using?

Reverb · August 2018

Ebon/Alkosh still. Sometimes Leeching. Monster set is Bloodspawn or Warden.

MinnesotaKid · August 2018

Main Tank - Ebon/Plague Doc/ Bloodspawn
Off Tank - Ebon/Alkosh/Bloodspawn

Narvuntien · August 2018

Templar tank
Ebon + dragongaurd + shadowrend.

I have hit spell resist cap so i can't wear torags or lord warden without wasting it.

and i don't have bar space for heroic slash so dragongaurd shadowrend combo seems good to me.

kojou · August 2018

Lunar Bastion, Alkosh, Troll King on a Nord DK lately.

I always run Alkosh, but will switch the monster set and other 5 piece depending on the content.

Deep_01 · August 2018

I only run 4-player content with my tank.

Group Dungeons: Lord Warden+Werewolf Hide+Powerful Assualt.

vDSA: Rkugamz/LordWarden+ Ebon + Powerful Assualt/Torugs. (I just stack HP using plauge doc+greenpact for last boss)

JelliedBigfoot · August 2018

As a Nord DK I run Ebon/Torugs/Chudan. Chudan too much resistance gonna swap it. However haven't gotten my Alkosh yet when I do I'll replace torugs

onemoredragon · August 2018

Ebon/Alkosh/Torugs/Dragonguard in combinations on DK or warden.
Lord Warden/Earthgore/Malubeth monster sets (let's add Thurvokun as a desirable option - still don't have it). Playing mostly PVE raid content

Sparr0w · August 2018

Ebon/Alkosh with 1pc Warden and 1 pc Chokethorn

Torug/Dragon or PA/Dragon will be my off tank choice when I finish farming it.

Edit: Once ran 5pc Julianos 5pc Hundings rage with 1pc Kena 1pc Domihaus, also tempted to trial Doylemesh because why not.

jaws343 · August 2018

I currently run a very selfish setup. 5 Livewire, 5 Defending, 2 Earthgore (or Lord Warden/Bloodspawn depending on the fight)

As soon as Xbox gets Wolfhunter I will be switching to another selfish setup 5 Crest of Cyrodil, 5 Jailer's Tenacity, 2 Earthgore/Warden/Bloodspawn

VaranisArano · August 2018

I run 4-man dungeons on a MagDK.

Ebon + something else + Grothdarr for easier content
Ebon +something else + Lord Warden for harder content

That something else varies. I've run Livewire, Knightmare, Worm's Raiment, Silks of the Sun, Dragonguard, Torugs depending on what I wanted to try out or whether I was too lazy to change my gear from PVP.

On my Stam Sorc DD/Tank, I had a build where the gear does a lot of passive AOE damage. This is ideal for normal dungeons or public dungeon grinding, since the procs don't scale high enough to be great in a vet dungeon.

Thunderbug+ Syvarra's Scales +Stormfist

Tasear · August 2018

jaws343 wrote: »

I currently run a very selfish setup. 5 Livewire, 5 Defending, 2 Earthgore (or Lord Warden/Bloodspawn depending on the fight)

As soon as Xbox gets Wolfhunter I will be switching to another selfish setup 5 Crest of Cyrodil, 5 Jailer's Tenacity, 2 Earthgore/Warden/Bloodspawn

Liverwire helps the group. Why do you feel it's selfish? What makes a good tank?

Tasear · August 2018

VaranisArano wrote: »

I run 4-man dungeons on a MagDK.

Ebon + something else + Grothdarr for easier content
Ebon +something else + Lord Warden for harder content

That something else varies. I've run Livewire, Knightmare, Worm's Raiment, Silks of the Sun, Dragonguard, Torugs depending on what I wanted to try out or whether I was too lazy to change my gear from PVP.

On my Stam Sorc DD/Tank, I had a build where the gear does a lot of passive AOE damage. This is ideal for normal dungeons or public dungeon grinding, since the procs don't scale high enough to be great in a vet dungeon.

Thunderbug+ Syvarra's Scales +Stormfist

Sounds like fun. Though curious why knightmare set?

Also what kind of damage on tank/DPS?

N3CR01 · August 2018

Was running 5pc Plague Doctor, 5pc Warrior Poet with 2 Nights Silence daggers on my stamblade tank.
Changed up to a magblade DD now.

Tasear · August 2018

N3CR01 wrote: »

Was running 5pc Plague Doctor, 5pc Warrior Poet with 2 Nights Silence daggers on my stamblade tank.
Changed up to a magblade DD now.

What made you change?

VaranisArano · August 2018

Tasear wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

I run 4-man dungeons on a MagDK.

Ebon + something else + Grothdarr for easier content
Ebon +something else + Lord Warden for harder content

That something else varies. I've run Livewire, Knightmare, Worm's Raiment, Silks of the Sun, Dragonguard, Torugs depending on what I wanted to try out or whether I was too lazy to change my gear from PVP.

On my Stam Sorc DD/Tank, I had a build where the gear does a lot of passive AOE damage. This is ideal for normal dungeons or public dungeon grinding, since the procs don't scale high enough to be great in a vet dungeon.

Thunderbug+ Syvarra's Scales +Stormfist

Sounds like fun. Though curious why knightmare set?

Also what kind of damage on tank/DPS?

Knightmare because I wanted to see if the AOE Minor Maim was decent. It was okay for dungeons, but not amazing.

On the stam sorc DD/Tank, I usually had 9-12k single target damage on a boss, compared to 4-8k on my MagDK (higher on mobs, but I don't remember since its been a while since I ran this build). I'm sure it could get higher with a better rotation. The benefit to the gear combo is more that it does passive damage to mobs, so I could concentrate on crowd control or dealing with the boss while my gear did passive damage alongside Hurricane and Blade Cloak or Endless Hail. A friend of mine uses it on a DW/Bow DD for normal dungeons because they struggle with complicated rotations and the passive damage helps. But like i said above, the effectiveness of the procs kind of drops off as you get into more difficult content and mob health gets higher.

troomar · August 2018

Ebon + Bahraha's Curse when Tank + 3DDs
Ebon + Alkosh when Tank + 2DDs + Heal (= almost never)

I don't tank trials

Silver_Strider · August 2018

Depends on the group.

For great groups that tend to throw out a lot of synergies: Ebon/Alkosh/Bloodspawn

For good groups that do damage but have minimal synergies: Ebon/Galenwe/Lord Warden

For meh groups that require me to DPS more often: Bahraha's Curse, Leeching Plate/Thunderbug, Livewire, Storm Knight/whatever monster set

For groups that require me to carry: Kagrenac's Hope/Julianos/Earthgorge (I spent thousands making those purple Julianos Rings and I don't regret it) I get about 20k damage with this set up and that's usually enough for most vet dungeons, excluding DLC dungeons.

GuyNamedSean · August 2018

Depends on my tank. My Warden that I'm usually on uses Plague Doctor and Tava's with Blood Spawn. I've been meaning to switch Tava's for Ebon, but I'm too lazy to grind for it. My Nightblade uses Maribeth and Leeching Plate with Ebon and Plague Doctor mixed because I'm lazy. My DK is currently naked, but will be wearing Torug's and Alkosh with Lord Warden. I've got a buddy set up as a Sorc that will be wearing Ebon and Dragonguard with Blood Spawn as an off-tank. For PvP I plan to start wearing Durok and Shacklebreaker with Swarm Mother.

Krayl · August 2018

Ebon + Alkosh

Dragon/Torug's swap out for ebon if another tank has it covered.

Lord Warden or Earthgore monster.

jaws343 · August 2018

Tasear wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

I currently run a very selfish setup. 5 Livewire, 5 Defending, 2 Earthgore (or Lord Warden/Bloodspawn depending on the fight)

As soon as Xbox gets Wolfhunter I will be switching to another selfish setup 5 Crest of Cyrodil, 5 Jailer's Tenacity, 2 Earthgore/Warden/Bloodspawn

Liverwire helps the group. Why do you feel it's selfish? What makes a good tank?

It helps in trash pulls somewhat, but if you have a sorc in group or anyone running lightning staves blockade, you are getting enough concussion anyways. And on bosses, all it really does is heal you. The healing, paired with Defending, is nice though.

Tasear · August 2018

jaws343 wrote: »

Tasear wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

I currently run a very selfish setup. 5 Livewire, 5 Defending, 2 Earthgore (or Lord Warden/Bloodspawn depending on the fight)

As soon as Xbox gets Wolfhunter I will be switching to another selfish setup 5 Crest of Cyrodil, 5 Jailer's Tenacity, 2 Earthgore/Warden/Bloodspawn

Liverwire helps the group. Why do you feel it's selfish? What makes a good tank?

It helps in trash pulls somewhat, but if you have a sorc in group or anyone running lightning staves blockade, you are getting enough concussion anyways. And on bosses, all it really does is heal you. The healing, paired with Defending, is nice though.

Concussion only lasts 4 secs. Without using a charge staff it's only 1% when using blockade. How much does a Sorc actually help with concussion?

Rungar · August 2018

i like plague doctor/jorvulds and pirate skeleton for pugs

Carbonised · August 2018

Plague doc Dragon and Bloodspawn turns my magdk DD into a decent tank.

kringled_1 · August 2018

@VaranisArano @Carbonised and anyone else with a mag DK that tanks with a gear/skill swap : what are your final resource pools like? How do you get there in terms of enchants?

Eso101rus · August 2018

Ebon or plague doctor, Jorvuld or alkosh, chudan or lord warden. Depends on group setup etc.

jypcy · August 2018

kringled_1 wrote: »

@VaranisArano @Carbonised and anyone else with a mag DK that tanks with a gear/skill swap : what are your final resource pools like? How do you get there in terms of enchants?

I have a few mag characters who I can outfit as tanks w/o changing attributes/skillpoints. The stamina pool for them is typically a little lower than I’d like it to be (around 16-17k iirc, maybe a bit higher for the dunmer ones) but it works fine. The big pointers for me are health on the big armor pieces, generally health on the smaller armor pieces (a few stam if desired), and running max health/stam food instead of tristat. With all 64 points into magicka already, plus racial passives, I’ve found I really don’t need any more magicka increases and can get more health and stamina because of it.

PouletRico · August 2018

Elbon/Plague Doc or Alkosh/Bloodspawn or Lord Warden

Depends on my mates and on the boss, I like to use PD when the boss does lot of damage, Lord Warden when my DPS are melee, Bloodspawn when I need more sustain (need to chains lof of adds for example).

Carbonised · August 2018

@kringled_1

This is with Dragonguard, Plague Doc and Bloodspawn on, nothing else beside Witchmother Brew which I also use as my tank food.

All tristat enchants on every piece, sturdy on smaller pieces, infused on larger pieces, triune on all jewels and shieldplay enchanted.

Lots of magicka and very good magicka regen too, health and stam is ok, and can always convert mag to stam via earthern heart skills. Gets me through pretty much all content outside hard vet trials.

As for mitigation, you'll have spiked armor up all the time, and then bloodspawn proc on top of that, so resistances should be good too.

Guppet · August 2018

I don’t do trials so have I have more flexibility.

I have so many sets but find the following most fun

Baharas Curse
Thunderbug or Leeching plate
Swarm mother

If I’m using a class that uses shield then I’ll drop swarm mother and use infernal guardian. It’s always fun proccing that on shielded charge.

exeeter702 · August 2018

Tavas
Ebon
blood spawn

Near unrivalled warhorn uptime with class passives and skill loadout.