Thread: [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0

Originally Posted by symba

I don't think people should prioritize BiS gear right now, getting i90 over i70 is an upgrade in itself. Priorities should be reaching accuracy cap/ilvl 90 gear, if it happens to be that you get BiS gear then awesome, however if you get the allagan chestpiece on turn 1 in your first run there's no need for the valor chestpiece. Plus you might aswell get the valor coronet due t it being a huge upgrade over i60 (and allagan not dropping til turn5). Overhitting the accuracy cap isn't great however having extra accuracy is much better than not having enough. You miss out on small amounts of parry/determination for this accuracy. While it's not optimal, the str/vit on each piece of gear definitely is.

Edit: Best vit food is Sauteed Coeurl atm. Which I'd say is much better than HQ La Noscean toast.

The problem with Sauteed Coeurl is the secondary stats. La Noscean Toast is listed as the best food for that build because that build is optimizing Parry/Accuracy as has been stated. Sauteed Coeurl does not offer Parry, and as such is not an optimized food choice for that build. And yes Sauteed Couerl has a slightly higher max VIT gain (3 difference comparing the NQs), but it has Skill Speed as its primary secondary stat (Accuracy bonus caps at 9 NQ). I don't know if I would ever choose Sauteed Couerl because of that fact alone.

As for the gear, it depends on your personal situation. If you are only leveling/focusing on one job for Myth, then you are right about getting upgrades when available. But if you are looking at optimizing your Myth usage, or being able to only get BiS myth gear before starting to get BiS myth gear for your 2nd/3rd/etc job, then you don't want to buy unnecessary myth items.