[Misiuggah]

Originally Posted by Yawgmoth-VDN just a curiosity: which weapon do you have?? i crafted reaching strike for my guard...

Better get this - http://aoc.yg.com/item/heavens-wol-do?h=cm4YvuJZ - if you don't aim very high

As for the mitigation - on all my 3 tanks I started to see the difference at around 51% (on T3 bosses). My DT and guardian have both ~55% and I don't feel much less durable than our maintanks - if only I knew how to play...

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

ah, yes, the hwanung weapon seems to be slightly better...
it's just annoying to do all the quests to get it, especially the rice one...

btw, now i have this, thanks to a friend of mine: the herald of blight

[Misiuggah]

Originally Posted by Yawgmoth-VDN ah, yes, the hwanung weapon seems to be slightly better... it's just annoying to do all the quests to get it, especially the rice one... btw, now i have this, thanks to a friend of mine: the herald of blight

Now you're cheating

Yes, the rice quest is brutal - everytime someone is there clearing the whole instance But Wol Do is much better than Reaching Strike - 300 armor, hate and better dps.

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

Originally Posted by Misiuggah Now you're cheating

LOL
since when having good friends is cheating??

btw, i gave her rememberance in exchange...

Originally Posted by Misiuggah Yes, the rice quest is brutal - everytime someone is there clearing the whole instance But Wol Do is much better than Reaching Strike - 300 armor, hate and better dps.

true!! and with the path to heaven's lake it's easy to go to get it too...

[kaeferkoenig]

Heavens Wol Do is just the best tank polearm you can get nowadays without raiding. Yawg, I guess the epic one you posted was a former world drop?

I am tanking with S&B nowadays (aggro & survivability are just better ), but polearm is still totally viable (one of our T3,5 tanks is pole-spec, he got the pole from Zaal yesterday^^).

I think there is nothing wrong with going for Improved Defensive Stance, I took it back into my build as well. It is a little improvement, but it still pushes your survivability.
Volcanic Rage is a must (imo) when going polearm, since you don't have powerhouse.

So the specs posted are very viable.

[Kleoh]

Will I notice a big difference between 47% and 50%?

Im using reaching strike as a weapon.

[kaeferkoenig]

Originally Posted by Kleoh Will I notice a big difference between 47% and 50%? Im using reaching strike as a weapon.

As Nolenthar said, 50% is some kind of cap, so going over 50% you will notice a difference, yes.

As said before: Try getting Heavens Wol Do (it is amazing for a blue item) or T1/2/3 pole.

[Misiuggah]

Originally Posted by Kleoh Will I notice a big difference between 47% and 50%? Im using reaching strike as a weapon.

If you have some spare time for solo then get Heaven's Wol Do - it will improve your mitigation and hate.

I noticed a difference between 49 and 50% - I was often on Impale duty on Gyas with my carnie. With the same party setup (mage shield, green heals) I had trouble surviving at 49% without blue heal from time to time, while at 50-51% I was barely loosing any health.

I don't think anybody has numbers to prove it, but it's just there. At least it's how it works on raids, dunno about 6-mans - with a good party you can tank in really crappy gear, it's easier to notice if your party sucks than your armor performance...

Ah, don't forget that a lot of trash is not to be tanked (f.e. the jang in Celestial Necropolis), but to be CC-locked. If you're getting pwned by them it's your party's fault

Just remembered something - there are a few bosses that crit non-stop (f.e. Olik) and then the critigation can come in handy. But high crit chance/amount can always be substituted by some good raid armor or an off-tank

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

Originally Posted by kaeferkoenig Heavens Wol Do is just the best tank polearm you can get nowadays without raiding. Yawg, I guess the epic one you posted was a former world drop?

yes, but i think my friend got it in house of crom...

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

Originally Posted by Kleoh Im using reaching strike as a weapon.

just in case, to get the hwanung weapon, you must first collect all the other low level weapons, which are quest rewards...
you can find the location of the quest givers on this thread...

when you have done all the quests, you can go to heaven's lake in paikang and get a lvl 80 version of one of them...


have fun!!