Recommended ilevel for Aery?

I've done all the new dungeons, but yesterday was my first time tanking it. We made it through, though I felt a bit squishy. Luckily a few tank items dropped which probably helped my healer.

I've been really unlucky in the previous 2 dungeons. Most of my gear is still Poetics, with many of the items upgraded. I think I started with DV earrings and maybe a ring.

Either way, this is making me swear off roulettes on my tank and just run with the highest level dungeon. I might go back and do Level 50 roulettes on PLD and WAR to get the last bit of Law I need to upgrade.

aery is the first dungeon that actually drops upgrades if your i130 from 2.0
tanked it the first time as PLD at this lv with no issues getting some drops i saved for when i went back thro as DRK/WAR

Yeah 120/130 should be fine for it. You get upgrades directly from there on. The DV items iirc were ilvl 115 which is less than poetics(even non-upgraded). Basically until aery you should be fine with most of the gear(poetics/demon).

On how squishy you feel would more so depend on your healer than ilevel imho!
Even when lvl-synched.

At other times, if like a Scholar who is Succor/Stoneskin happy (o/), you feel like nothing can dent your HP bar hahahaha xD