PLD any better than WAR?

[RiceisNice]

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It's not that hard to have a cooldown ready to eat a tank buster considering how scripted the encounters are, even for death sentence in T5. And even then, I wouldn't say the constant use of IB would provide anywhere the same amount of mitigation that a paladin naturally has from using a shield.

[Zykor]

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If we are going to discuss IB and its use throughout the fight by being consistent mitigation, we should also bring up the PLD shield. 30%+ BR and 34% BS with a Zeta for those who don't know.


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It's not that hard to have a cooldown ready to eat a tank buster considering how scripted the encounters are, even for death sentence in T5. And even then, I wouldn't say the constant use of IB would provide anywhere the same amount of mitigation that a paladin naturally has from using a shield.

Beat me to it

[Lemuria]

First of all, if you are hitting for that little you must be specced 30 VIT, wearing VIT accessories and not keeping up Maim/Storm's Eye.

Well, yes, I am set up using Vitality and using Vitality gear. What did you expect? I'm playing a tank, not a DPS. Warrior's strength is their high HP, so it seems rather counter-productive to go neglecting one of their most important stats. VIT accessories also grant parry which, since Warrior's can't use shields, gives a nice damage reduction. Also, Storms Eye works for one target per combo, so it's not very helpful against crowds.

The bonus damage to IB seems like a lost cause if it means you have to cut your survivability in half.

[RiceisNice]

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It's a bit difficult to describe. At some point stacking more hp is sort of unnecessary. We're talking increases of 300-500 hp when the magnitude of the damage you take can go as high as 5-7k.

Parry remains as one of your weakest tanking stat, increasing this would only increase the parry rate by a very small amount according to people. Compare to strength that not only increases the damage you deal (which carries over to self healing from IB and BB), but also how strong a parry is.

[stoxastic]

Well, yes, I am set up using Vitality and using Vitality gear. What did you expect? I'm playing a tank, not a DPS. Warrior's strength is their high HP, so it seems rather counter-productive to go neglecting one of their most important stats. VIT accessories also grant parry which, since Warrior's can't use shields, gives a nice damage reduction. Also, Storms Eye works for one target per combo, so it's not very helpful against crowds.

The bonus damage to IB seems like a lost cause if it means you have to cut your survivability in half.

Lemuria, look up Xeno's Warrior tanking videos on youtube. He provides a good explanation on stat allocation for tanks. There's a reason why every single end game WAR specs heavily into STR.