Quote Originally Posted by Aegrus View Post
Honestly, the sword is a godsend if you are AoE tanking. (shield too ofc). With +1 sword, your threat when taking the left route on turn 2 is better, and throttles the group less. Also, it makes it easier to hold AoE packs on turn 4, as you generate more threat with flash (yes it matters for flash too).
Honestly if you have any sort of threat issue anywhere in Coil without a +1 you have extremely serious tanking issues. The bit of additional threat you get is NOT one of the selling points for any tank who is good at what they do.

And Maelwys, the "most obvious" upgrades should be your weakest pieces. Do not rely on RNG to get gear, upgrade your weakest link, don't act like you'll just get a tanking piece "just because," that's bad planning.