Shields & Parrying in 1.19

[Molly_Millions]

You're not gonna have a good DD GLA build with defender up all the time, it lowers attack.

[RemVye]

You're not gonna have a good DD GLA build with defender up all the time, it lowers attack.

I know this...

Two things; test viability of GLA tank with no shield (defender is up, yes). One of the complaints mentioned was that MRD is a better tank because it can out damage GLA. So with no shield, tank as you can, but spend ability points into making GLA more dps oriented (cross-class +attack power abilities and additional WS)

Next, just a plain DPS GLA build (no defender, you're not tanking just dps) to gauge how much DPS a properly geared GLA can do. You have to have the right gear, +attack, +crit attack, +str.


So I'm curious, how much dps a fully geared DPS focused GLA can do, and how well a GLA can tank w/ a shield.

EDIT: This was a clarification of my original post at the bottom of PAGE 6. This was directed at Molly's post above me. Read the original post on page 6 please.