[Swordmaster] "Alpha" end-game gear

[Mithdraz]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out the best gear in the current state of the game.
Best for offense also best for sword % board and 2h.

Armor:
seen people wearing merc, duelist, etc?
That one t3 purple best with high res (is that assumed best belt?)

[or is some lair armor best?]

Weapon:
SC token wep, Orvr token wep, T4 inf wep, Lair wep, epic quest wep?
----2h-----
Ive seen some of the 2h( one with proc speed, proc taunt, etc)
[Would taunt proc be best, giving that 30% attack increase a lot?]

----1h-----
Guess same options for 2h, idk which is best
[swords with procs from epic quest. which is best, unless its a diff one]

----shield-----
Best shield is the one with armor proc? or a shield with good strength, or parry, block etc.


future would like an offense set for PVP or PVE
Def set too when dungeons come out so i can tank and spank

Any feedback would be amazing!

[Toldavf]

The taunt proc will give the most consistent dps for sure. Other weapons might be able to pump more with your taunt up but they will rapidly drop off after. The proc will also save you a gcd and leave you a valuable ranged interrupt ready for when you need it.

[Lileldys]

Once you get mara armour debuff(1400armour debuff), duellist is way too squishy to really be a tank or offtank. Merc is best, full merc is 3136 armour or 71.3% phys mitigation, while duellist gives 2390, or 54.3% mitigation. With Mara debuff this is 1736arm/44.5%mitigation and 990armour/22.5%mitigation. You'll get picked apart nearly instantly with duelist, but still have some fairly decent mitigation in merc.
Dunno if the taunt proc from duelist stacks with regular taunt, so I won't discuss it.

2H weapon, speed proc is useless cause most slows in game are 40%, so you won't catch a good kiter. The defensive sword seems the best, you aren't too squishy but still deal good damage, has near 100% uptime. The influence from dwarf is mostly useless currently, due to it having wounds instead of strength currently, kinda hoping it gets changed. SC weapon is best for pure dps, but i'd always keep Redwind at the ready, as those defences mean more to me than the extra damage.(Blurring Shock proc doesn't crit anyway. This is your main damage in small-scale groups generally.)

1h weapon, Scenario weapons are probs the best, as the procs on the 1h epic quest weapons just really dont seem worth. You dont have a crazy proc rate, so SC weapon is probs best.

Shields wise, armour proc doesn't stack with potion. The only one that seems a bit worth would be the bubble shield for bombing, where you will take lots of smaller hits, but if "parsed" i think SC shield for defensive is best.

[Mithdraz]

So the taunt 2h is best for dps you'd say?

What the shield armor proc doesnt stack with potions, so is it even worth it?