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What to get first with Emblems of Frost as tank?
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Porcell
Don't bother with 4-piece tier 10. The 4-piece bonus is not worth it.
The two strongest T10 pieces are the Chest and the Gloves, due to the bonus armor.
The Frost Cloak and the Frost Belt should be your first two purchases. They are the strongest pieces for the slot and you are unlikely to ever replace them.
Next you can either go for your two T10 pieces, or pick up the Skeleton Key. I'd say get the Cloak and Belt, and then see where your gear is sitting by then. Chances are you might pick up a 251 chest and gloves from 10 man ICC (or if you run 25 man at all), in which case you can push off getting the T10 and get the Skeleton Key, which would be a big upgrade for you.
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Veggiemite
I got the key first, which in retrospect was stupid. Go get the cloak, I believe it's best in slot, and if not the replacement comes somewhere in heroic 10m or something.
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marklartank
I got the key first, which in retrospect was stupid. Go get the cloak, I believe it's best in slot, and if not the replacement comes somewhere in heroic 10m or something.
there is no replacement that i know of - for sure not in 10h. the cloak should be the first purchase for 90% of tanks out there.
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Porcell
Cloaks, there are only three that are remotely comparable. There's the heroic version of the Festergut 10 man cloak, which would be trading Armor for some Parry Rating (bad trade). There's the heroic version of the Princes 25 man cloak, where you would be dropping armor but picking up 17 stamina, some hit rating, and a bit more avoidance. Situationally this might be better. The third is the 272 Item Level cloak from the 25-man ToGC chest. First, good luck getting it. Second, you would be dropping the bonus armor and picking up 16 stamina and a little bit of avoidance. Honestly I'd take the 277 Princes cloak over the ToGC one.
So yeah, for an EH cloak you will not find better than the frost emblem one. The heroic Princes cloak is the only cloak I'd consider wearing other than the Frost one.
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Porcell
Thanks for the replies guys, I just got the Cloak of Many Skins from ICC10. I know the Sentinel's Winter Cloak is better but, I will most likely upgrade my trinket and belt first, seeing those parts are my weakest point atm.
This is a good mentality. When it comes to your frost purchases, you should always consider what gear you have. For example, pretty early on I got both the offset helm and chest from 25 man, but even after several weeks we never saw the offset shoulders from Gunship. So after I bought the cloak and the belt, I ended up going for the Skeleton Key and then the Tier Shoulders (immediately upgraded to 264 Tier Shoulders). We were hauling in frost emblems, so I bought the offset Frost gloves next. (This was before the armor changes to the tier chest and gloves).
So it's kind of hard to give you advice of what to upgrade, when it doesn't look like you've done ICC many times yet. Keep going and collecting frosts and see what drops you get. Remember you don't have to spend your frosts the instant you collect enough. Skeleton key will be a pretty big upgrade for that blue trinket you still have, though.
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daihe
http://www.tankingtips.com/2009/12/24/the-emblem-of-frost-pick-order/
That is a great post about this, but as Porcell said, get the things which are the biggest upgrade for you.
EDIT: Ohh, btw, if you are PuG:ing a lot you may want to get the corroded key first for all those people who wants you to have 50k hp for VoA runs.
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daihe
It isn't wrong at all. And if you were refering to the thing i linked, that guy assumes that you raided before, but the rest of the post is quite accurate I believe.
Post by
marklartank
I DO NOT raid. I can't, my computer is too poor and my time schedule too random. Now, for that reason, I'm SO getting that damn trinket first! 200 some stam? Hmm, yes please!
(Is that so wrong?)
it's not wrong, but it's not necessarily the best choice either. the
black heart
and
glyph
are both available without raiding and are both very good trinkets that i used well into ICC.
it's what i'd recommend to anyone gearing up a new tank, while spending badges on bigger upgrades.
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