+1 relic weakest upgrade for tanks?

[zdub303]

At the very least you should be getting Holy Shield +1 for the raw mitigation... so in reality its 600 myth tomes for Curtana +1 vs 600 myth in AF2.

[Phreak]

At the very least you should be getting Holy Shield +1 for the raw mitigation... so in reality its 600 myth tomes for Curtana +1 vs 600 myth in AF2.

The stat upgrade from the shield isn't that large in that's what your going to argue, shields souley effect the effectiveness of block they don't add any base line defense, the allagan shield also drops from Turn 1 I believe so you could end up 'wasting' 300 myth fairly early in your Coil career.

Though TBH ALL the myth purchases outside of the Ring/Weapon are just whims, you can clear to Turn 5 in DL without much trouble so any Myth gear just 'help's but in no way bars you from not being able to complete the turns.

[TirionCrey]

The stat upgrade from the shield isn't that large in that's what your going to argue, shields souley effect the effectiveness of block they don't add any base line defense, the allagan shield also drops from Turn 1 I believe so you could end up 'wasting' 300 myth fairly early in your Coil career.

Though TBH ALL the myth purchases outside of the Ring/Weapon are just whims, you can clear to Turn 5 in DL without much trouble so any Myth gear just 'help's but in no way bars you from not being able to complete the turns.

Holy Shield +1 adds an extra 2% damage blocked over Holy Shield. If you just start out with Coil and barely have any Myth gathered yet, yes it might not be worth it...but right after the game came out and you already had your Relic from 1.0. The Holy shield was the biggest upgrade of all considering it's only 300 Myth.

On the Sword matter. I prioritized other things over the Sword for a while. But the Sword definetely helps speeding up things during Coil, especially in Turn 4/5.

PS: Shiny Sword is also a good reason to upgrade it

PPS: PLD Tanks will barely notice any big difference with single item upgrades, but once you got several you can see the difference, especially when you compare it to other less geared Tanks. My Spirits Within(at full HP) and Fight or Flight crit for over 600. I'm only missing 3 Itemlvl90 pieces right now, got 6450HP in group w/o food. When you see other Tanks Spirits Within crit for barely 400 you know it's noticable