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Worth getting T9 as feral tank?
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Post by
Xepp
Hello!
I am a ok geared feral tank with about 41-42k hp ub in bear form.
My question is that is it worth it to get 4x T9 gear or get 2x T9 and get the triumph emblem rewards for the other spots?
Also, is the 4x T10 set bonus worth more then 2x set bonus + the frost emblem rewards that are insanly good?
Post by
MegaVolt
The t10 bonus is pretty neat, the t9 is quite useless for tanking imo.
Post by
Thror
The t10 bonus is pretty neat, the t9 is quite useless for tanking imo.
Why so? I find T9 fairly good for tanking...
Post by
MegaVolt
Well, the 12s Barkskin reduction isn't that awesome since that cooldown usually gets timed to special boss abilities and not spammed. And a bit more threat on Lacerate is nice but also nothing major. A shorter taunt CD should also not really be necessary, at least not if you are tanking right. Ok, saying that it is pretty useless was probably too much. It's not bad ... but if you get items with better stats then I wouldn't worry too much about losing the set bonus.
t10 on the other hand will give a whole new defensive cooldown. That's pretty awesome.
Post by
Aadramelekh
Actually the 48 second CD for Barkskin that you get with 4xT9 is quite nice. For instance, Barkskin can now be used every time Koralon casts Meteor Fists in VoA ^_^ Also generally speaking, when tanking heroic dungeons it allows you to use it almost during every pull. I guarantee you that your healer will notice the decrease in damage taken. In the beginning of ICC, until you get superior gear, you'll be using it the same way at trash mobs. Improved over time damage reduction.
The 4xT10 set bonus will be probably mandatory for any serious tank going into heroic modes of ICC. Taking the crappy Enrage and turning the 16% armor reduction into a 12% damage reduction for 10 seconds ability... Chaining Enrage and Barkskin or using them both for some sort of mini shield wall (~30-32% damage reduced with both abilities popped, give or take depending of the way they stack, additively or multiplicatively) will be a tanking dream.
Post by
Xepp
Thank you for answers!
One more question, is
this ring
worth taking as feral tank? I got the tank EoT ring and the JC epic ring atm.
Post by
hashmel
Worth getting T9 as feral tank?
you'll need something to get your T10 and T9 is the next best thing
the 4xT9 is effectively an increase of up to 25% in barkskin's uptime and allowing it to be ready for certain abilities more frequently rather than it coming off cd 5 seconds after being hit by what you'd like to use it to protect yourself from
Post by
Aadramelekh
The
Dexterous Brightstone Ring
beats the living crap out of
Titanium Earthguard Ring
. However your gear easily allows you to get into ToC10, where you can obtain the beautiful
Band of the Twin Val'kyr
, a very nice complement for the Clutch of Fortification. However the emblem agility ring is also arguably at least as good as the ring from the Twin B
i
tches =D And it offers an excellent TPS boost.
Post by
thekeeper
The
Dexterous Brightstone Ring
beats the living crap out of
Titanium Earthguard Ring
. However your gear easily allows you to get into ToC10, where you can obtain the beautiful
Band of the Twin Val'kyr
, a very nice complement for the Clutch of Fortification. However the emblem agility ring is also arguably at least as good as the ring from the Twin B
i
tches =D And it offers an excellent TPS boost.
QFT
im still waiting on valkyr ring to drop no luck so i got me that dps ring instead for now :P
and it does its job great
btw Aadra did you race change your chars?
Post by
Thror
Tell me about drops. My ToGC10 raid has not seen the tanking necklace from Jaraxxus or the tanking ring from Twins for the entire 3.2 patch.
I still have to use the 10 men normal versions like an average noobie bear who was lucky in ToC 10 EZ.
edit: also not a single satrinnas impeding scarab, a.k.a. the +192 stamina trinket. For the entire 3.2 patch. BAD RNG.
Post by
Aadramelekh
btw Aadra did you race change your chars?
Take a wild guess =D
Post by
curlymon
btw Aadra did you race change your chars?
Take a wild guess =D
Welcome to the Nelfy side. World Domination planning meetings meet on Thursdays after our afternoon
naps
.
Post by
Xepp
The
Dexterous Brightstone Ring
beats the living crap out of
Titanium Earthguard Ring
. However your gear easily allows you to get into ToC10, where you can obtain the beautiful
Band of the Twin Val'kyr
, a very nice complement for the Clutch of Fortification. However the emblem agility ring is also arguably at least as good as the ring from the Twin B
i
tches =D And it offers an excellent TPS boost.
Awsome.. will be getting it then! :)
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