Weird/Obtuse Question

[Brian_]

I was originally planning on crafting the ring and might still do so but I really don't think it's that worth it. A9S is just way too easy and both the fending and slaying rings are BiS.

Edit: So I should add a bit more reasoning --

Back in 3.2, you weren't going to be buying the lore ring until late in your tomestone purchasing order. Also, the eikon fending ring was pretty much just as good as the i240 rings. Also, because A6S was hard, it meant a lot of people weren't going to be able to upgrade the i230 lore ring so it was just worse than the eikon fending ring.

With this raid tier being a lot easier and the tomestone gear being complete garbage, it's much more likely that your tomestone right side purchases will be earlier. If you can clear A10S, you can skip a lot of the lore purchases or just use the crafted items until you do clear. In 3.2, enough of the tomestone gear was BiS when upgraded to push the ring back.