What is PLD BiS?

[Vivi_Bushido]

Hello!

I just recently became a PLD lv 50 and I'm just curious as to what is considered to be the PLD BiS. I've google searched this but it seems a lot of people have different ideas of what the actual BiS for PLD is.

I understand that accuracy needs to be around 480, but I'm curious as to what pieces of gear is best suited for this, ensuring your getting the best benefits from the other stats as well, such as Vitality and Parry; so that every skill point doesn't get wasted.

Also, am I correct to assume that the 30 bonus skill points should go into Vitality?

Any advice for end game gearing would be appreciated! Thanks!

[shoki]

Also, am I correct to assume that the 30 bonus skill points should go into Vitality?

That's correct. You get the most ehp in comparision of the rest out of vitality.

I understand that accuracy needs to be around 480, but I'm curious as to what pieces of gear is best suited for this, ensuring your getting the best benefits from the other stats as well, such as Vitality and Parry; so that every skill point doesn't get wasted.

In my opinion for a tank it's important to focus on the following factors.
1. Max Vitality (you don't have to bother about this, because every piece of the same tier has the same amount of vitality
2. Accuracy cap
3. Max Parry

That said the BIS gear at the moment in my opinion is something like allagan weapon, allagan accessory+hero ring, allagan helm, allagan belt, allagan boots, valor chest, valor pants, valor gloves.
But 2.2 will come soon, so it will 100% change

[Remn]

I90 tank can tank anything in the game, (all ex Primal and T5 include) having parry focus is good but not a must. I gear my main PLD toward Crit and i tank T5 just fine. (Now a day i go for the look so i'm going with allagan armor. minus Head and weapon ;S) then again it so close to 2.2, just make sure u clsoe to i90 for the new content dont worry to much about BiS, it changing in 2 week anyway.

[SpookyGhost]

Hero's Bracelet is better than the Allagan Bracelet. Onion Shield vs Holy Shield Zenith vs Allagan Shield is all debatable and dependent on what content you're doing.

Since you just hit 50 and 2.2 is literally a little over a week away my recommendation would be: get to full i90 with 481-483 accuracy. Your goal shouldn't be BiS, just get to that point and you're solid. If you happen to get something that doesn't drop you below 481-483 accuracy and increases your Parry, equip it. The reason min/maxing is pointless (and, really, was pointless in all of 2.0 and 2.1) is, like shoki said, because 2.2 will come and everything will change. Having x amount more Parry will honestly not make or break Twintania, so try your hardest not to stress over what's best where.

[Sessurea]

Check on the 25th when the new BIS will be known.

[ZDamned]

It can depend a slight bit on what your doing, but in general, BiS is meant to "Help you perform your role as efficiently as possible." an as a Tank, you want to make your healers job as easy as possible.

This set prioritizes Parry over all other stats, as thats all you should care about for the sake of your Healers, and staying alive. Main Tank damage just does not add up, and Aggro is NEVER an issue that requires you to sacrifice mitigation to enhance through Crit, Skill Speed, or Determination.

You also need to have food to be at 478~ Accuracy, which will miss maybe 1 in 100 attacks in Turn 5, but I have never seen it happen yet personally in all my clears.

Main hand: Curtana Zenith, until Allagan Blade. Reason being, Accuracy and Parry.
Shield: Onion Shield from EX Primals. Reason - I block with this more than 40% of the time on everything, 20% damage mitigation, it's so frequent, that it is better overall mitigation than Holy Shield, or Allagan Shield.
Helm: Allagan
Chest: Valor
Gloves: Allagan
Belt: Allagan
Legs: Valor
Boots: Allagan
Neck: Allagan
Bracer: Heroes
Earring: Allagan
Ring 1: Allagan
Ring 2: Heroes

[Remn]

Z~~ ,
might wanna edit your post,778 accuracy is hax!!!!. xP

[ZDamned]

Z~~ ,
might wanna edit your post,778 accuracy is hax!!!!. xP

ROFL! Fixt! Thanks man. =P

[juniglee]

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Except, you've never needed BiS to tank anything in this game anyway. Not even Twintania. I doubt Leviathan will be that much harder than Twintania, and *needing* BiS for Leviathan is just an example of bad accessibility. When patch 2.2 rolls out, there's definitely going to be a new BiS for the new set of gear.

As long as you are full i90, you can tank anything in the game. I've cleared Twintania missing 4 pieces of BiS gear. Maximize VIT and cap Accuracy where applicable, the rest is secondary.

[juniglee]

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But the fact is you won't need to min-max even for Leviathan. Prepare yourself, Leviathan requiring iLevel 77 or so minimum to enter via DF.

It really does not matter. If people needed BiS set to even attempt Leviathan, you can be sure nobody will do it - it's going to lock out people, and that's against Yoshida's principle of accessibility for everyone. The only reason I don't have BiS at this point is RNG - I have not seen the Allagan Choker of Earrings of Fending drop once, ever since I set foot into Coil.

iLevel is more than good enough for any encounter in this game. You can probably tank Twintania in full Allagan or full Myth gear as well, all you need to do is hit the Accuracy cap (482 after food), and you're good to go. BiS should never be a minimum standard for a fight.