Back again to deliver the pain to deez goblins again I see? Welcome to the 3.2 WAR BiS! If for some reason you were hiding under a rock… – as of 3.2 tanks stack VITALITY! Thanks to Claes Henrietta for the help!
Quicknotes: Warrior BiS is an iteration of the PLD “Basic tank” set – the WAR BiS will account for the minimum 590 Skill Speed!
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3.2 Warrior Best-in-Slot
| WAR BiS | Item | Meld 1 | Meld 2 | Acc | Crit | Det | SS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Prototype Midan Metal Axe | SS V | SS V | - | 123 | 83 | 24 |
| Offhand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Helm | Augmented Hellfire Mask of Fending | SS V | SS V | - | 69 | 46 | 24 |
| Body | Midan Coat of Fending | CRIT V | CRIT V | 112 | 102 | - | - |
| Hand | Midan Gauntlets of Fending | CRIT V | CRIT V | 48 | 24 | - | 69 |
| Belt | Augmented Hellfire Belt of Fending | SS V | - | - | 51 | - | 12 |
| Legs | Midan Breeches of Fending | SS V | SS V | - | 112 | 75 | 24 |
| Boots | Augmented Hellfire Sabatons of Fending | CRIT V | CRIT IV | 69 | 69 | - | - |
| Neck | Augmented Primal Choker of Fending | STR V | - | - | 36 | - | - |
| Earring | Augmented Primal Earrings of Fending | STR V | - | 51 | - | - | 36 |
| Wrist | Augmented Primal Bracelet of Fending | STR V | - | 51 | - | 34 | - |
| Ring | Augmented Primal Ring of Fending | STR V | - | 36 | - | - | 51 |
| Ring | Midan Ring of Fending | STR V | - | 51 | - | 34 | - |
| Food | Steamed Staff | - | - | - | 40 | - | 16 |
| Stats | Total stats from gear | - | - | 418 | 626 | 272 | 256 |
| End value | - | - | 772 | 980 | 490 | 610 |
WAR BiS Discussion
590 Skillspeed: Is the minimum needed SS for optimal rotation, (616+ to be safe). Which this set applies. The PLD BiS is the baseline for any tank set, and this set if merely modification of it, only changes being:
- Earrings, to get some more SS (and puts us above ACC CAP)
- Melding, wherein many DET melds become SS.
Thankfully, we don’t lose ANY crit at all to accomodate SS (But loses some DET and Parry, which is a pretty value change).
For those not yet A8S cleared – the 590 SS is almost inevitable as both the lore weapon and coat have SS.
(Augmened Hellfire Battleaxe, Augmented Hellfire Armor of Fending)
Don’t care about 590 SS? Check out the PLD BiS.
Why STRENGTH melded in accessories? Yes, 3.2 is all about VIT on tanks – BUT that doesn’t mean STR is WORTHLESS. In fact, it still EASILY beats any secondary stat in terms of DPS (Crit, DET, SS). So we maximize this by melded STR when we can – in this case, only Accessories.
Accuracy isn’t a problem in this set, unlike the PLD set which requires a minor tweak depending on preference.
Ultimately the Warrior BiS is pretty amazing, with only a tiny percentage of “wasted” stats (A tiny bit of parry and accuracy). Thankfully, with the exception of melds – the difference is just ONE item (and weapon).
WAR Lore Tomestone Buy Order
The below spending strategy is purely to obtain BiS fastest:
- Boots: Acc Crit – a stable first buy.
- Mask: Since it drops later on…
- Belt: Since it drops later on…
- (Preference) Any other left-side filler (Chest>Legs>Gloves)
- Weapon: Waiting until left is “complete” isn’t bad for tanks.
- Ring > Wrist > Earring > Neck (Accuracy first!)
ANYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL: left-side fillers should be prioritized (Chest, Legs, Gloves) then Ring (Unupgraded).
USING UP PAGES AND MIDAS NORMAL PARTS
Click on the expandables below to see how you should spend pages, and which Midas Normal parts to get first –
Click the above!!!
WAR Crafted Gear Viability
As I said up top, going for quicker notes so I can update all BiS pages, will be going back for this on the second pass.
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I hope you Fell Cleave your way to loot, progress and broken robots once again! GL gearing up your Warrior for BiS in 3.2!
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Is this not better?
That set swaps some crit for DET and is closer to acc cap. Pretty good if you’re willing to go that route!
Small nit: the 245 Axe is called “Midan Metal Axe” not “Prototype Midan Metal Axe” :)
Why do you want so much SS? I can get 3 fell cleves in a berserk without that much and SS is the weakest stat for WAR. It makes no sense for me. Plisu explain.
I’ve gotten mixed reactions on that. It really depends on latency, I guess. I calculate this with “safety” “mechanics” and “150+~” latency. Feel try to try it and see what’s best for you given progression, since when “farming” these little things will be IRRELEVANT.
It’s only difference is TWO items: chest and neck so why not try it out, ey?
Thx, but there is a small error when body recommend, it stand as gloves ;-)
Ok fixing!!!!
3.2 chest piece is linked to the gloves of fending FYI
thanks for pointing it out!!! fixed!
Since 3.1 offer the ‘Void ark belt of fending’ that provide us with the skills speed needed to equip the ‘Gordian plate mail of fending’ instead of the ‘Ravagers Cuirasse’ and still have the 590 SS. I think the Bis for Warrior as change a little. Here what I got : http://imgur.com/gOsPwLt .
Give me your opinion and have a good day :D
Regarding gear swaps for 590 SS – there are literally dozens of possible iterations!
Update for 3.1?
Not officially, but literally the only change is various pieces of mistbreak gear (210 diadem).
this doesnt account for warrior’s skillspeed needs. first and foremost, theres the obvious 9 zerk cap, which really isnt hard to meet because its not far from base, but at 2.40gcd (590 sks minimum) you have 100% uptime on maim, and can do the triple fell cleave opener with using only raw intuition, instead of needing both raw and vengance.
This is addressed in the options discussion, thanks for the input!