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RottweilerCP
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- Sorry I logged out in my Block set. Been running heroics mostly. There's not a lot of difference in the EH set, basically the brawler's trinket, an Epic 200 belt, a 219 (I think) ring, and a 219 neck w/o BV.
Options:
232 T9 Shoulders
245 Shoulders
232 T9 Legs
This is probably a no brainer, but my thinking is that I'll keep my T8 helm and Chest as long as possible so I get the bonus. I'd like to pick up another T9 piece so I get that bonus too. But I really don't like the expertise on the shoulders when I can get parry and better stats on the non tier piece. The legs are great, but that would be a 226>232 upgrade when I could do a 219>245. I wish I could buy replacements for my 200 lvl pieces but they'll just have to wait until more of my guild get better gear and we can start some harder content. We have tried, and failed. I would try it on my own, but I'm spending most of my time helping my guildies gear up, which I don't mind.
Any other recommendations would be great. My old hands were 200 so that was the first T9 upgrade. Plus the T9 hands don't have any unnecessary stats like the shoulders. I have a few Emblems of Conquest too, but since I don't think I can use them much anymore I'm planning on starting my T8 offspec. I already bought the BoA shoulders and Chest for an alt. I'm running out of stuff to spend Emblems on.
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RottweilerCP
I do like out dpsing the dpsers. I guess that's why I really like the legs and my current conquest libram which helps me to get 2.5-3k dps. Some of my guildies think I'm doing something illegal. Especially the guild master who's a Prot Warrior, just better geared than me, and only does 1.5k dps tops. :)
So you think it's ok to wait on getting the T9 bonus then? I would like to see how much that almost constant 200 dodge helps. Though I know it would go to waste a little in heroics.
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Xhaosrenac
Quite honestly I wouldn't be worried too much about maintaining your T8 bonus if I was you. But that's just me. I prefer the T9 4 piece once you can get it. I agree with the Libram>Shoulders>Ring diagnosis as well. Here's my link if it helps.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Eredar&n=Fealeran
I often MT my guilds 10/25 and have been tankingToGC25 trying to get that down.
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RottweilerCP
Thanks for all the replies. My current goal is for mitigation since I do very well in Heroics right now and have no current need to do much better. Whereas my guild is currently trying to finish Ulduar and Ony and move on to TOC10. I guess I need to start trading some block for dodge/parry since I'm pretty high there.
So I guess it's the Libram then. I think I'll build the 4p T9 set w/o the shoulders and grab the 245s. So my upgrade path will look like:
Triumph Libram
Triumph Shoulders
Triumph Ring
T9 Chest
T9 Legs
T9 Helm
Maybe the legs and chest could switch for me to get a little more out of my T8. I know it's not much, but the T9 2p bonus isn't much either. Hopefully I could go from T8 to T9 245 since wow-heroes says I could do TOC25 now. In my EH set which I don't have on in my profile.
Xhaosrenac, do you really run with a hit rating of 62? I know I've read it's not as important for tanks, but that seems really low.
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