[KotBS] Gear progression

[kryss]

Yo, I am giving the KoTBS a try, just 20 or so but having fun with him. So basically, I like the idea of a defensive 2hander, maybe reflect Kotbs, still don't know. Waht about gear progression though?

I was planning this when it's time
- Epic quest for Dawn
- Some Ruin farming for getting started
- Beastlord? Redeye? Or go directly for Conqueror for the heal proc (Op or not?)
- What's your thought about Vanquisher and Sentinel?
- Rings: Obdurate trio + Beastlord and then? Genesis or Fleshrender?
- What about endgame 2hander? Subj or SC?

As you can see, I am pretty confused about gear, but this is my first tank so..

Thanks for the input!

[Eathisword]

From your early 30s, farm ruin and Dawn, then buy a good SnB combo. The scenario RR39 rank 39 ones are fine. You can probably also get by with using rank 37-39 purples or Epic weapon ones if you feel like questing a lot or spending a little. Then Wind Impervious PvE jewels.

Then off you go to Gunbad. You can tank it easy in Ruin + WI with rank 39 weapons, stacking blue armor and wounds talis.

Redeye is the best/fastest (bonus to CTBC, 700 free armor, lots of stats... only downside is low on parry BUT you can get full set in 1-2 days... just run all 3 wings 3 times to get the quests done, takes around 9-12h total grind which is a lot less playtime than conq or Dominator). And it is fairly close in power, especially for 2h considering it has no renown requirement. Then grind senti / Vanquisher.

Along the way, you can also get BL. It is easy to get though. Each boss takes like 15 min.
As for weapon to really use once geared : Dawn and Subjugator. I normally switched depending on what healers/group comp i am in. With plenty of good heals and facing low damage (in scen for example), I run Subjugator. In RvR, facing tons of guard damage I prefer Dawn. As for scen weapon... no use. Speed or Avoidance proc is always better than 6 ap and 4% crit. Knight do no damage anyway. Alternatively, if you go solo/duo, maybe get the defensive 2h with regen coupled with 4 Fleshrender jewels. Would give you over 200 regen/4 seconds.

[kryss]

From your early 30s, farm ruin and Dawn, then buy a good SnB combo. The scenario RR39 rank 39 ones are fine. You can probably also get by with using rank 37-39 purples or Epic weapon ones if you feel like questing a lot or spending a little. Then Wind Impervious PvE jewels.

Then off you go to Gunbad. You can tank it easy in Ruin + WI with rank 39 weapons, stacking blue armor and wounds talis.

Redeye is the best/fastest (bonus to CTBC, 700 free armor, lots of stats... only downside is low on parry BUT you can get full set in 1-2 days... just run all 3 wings 3 times to get the quests done, takes around 9-12h total grind which is a lot less playtime than conq or Dominator). And it is fairly close in power, especially for 2h considering it has no renown requirement. Then grind senti / Vanquisher.

Along the way, you can also get BL. It is easy to get though. Each boss takes like 15 min.
As for weapon to really use once geared : Dawn and Subjugator. I normally switched depending on what healers/group comp i am in. With plenty of good heals and facing low damage (in scen for example), I run Subjugator. In RvR, facing tons of guard damage I prefer Dawn. As for scen weapon... no use. Speed or Avoidance proc is always better than 6 ap and 4% crit. Knight do no damage anyway. Alternatively, if you go solo/duo, maybe get the defensive 2h with regen coupled with 4 Fleshrender jewels. Would give you over 200 regen/4 seconds.

Thank you! Very informative. What's the deal with conq heal proc though? Do you feel it's still useful, or is it better to go for full Senti/Vanq? What's the deal between Sent/Vanq? Looking at those stats, I feel Vanq is a bit more useful

[BurbsToo]

The conq heal proc is dope if you're solo or duo. And couple with the regen rings/weapon that Volgo mentioned, it can keep you alive even with multiple people attacking you. I have full vanq and full oppressor, and I still prefer conq. So basically, go with conq if you don't have enough healer friends.

[kryss]

What's the consensus on the tali mix? Mainly tough+armor? I guess str, with runefang, is not that important. What's a good target for PvE tanking (i plan to do at least gunbad) and for RvR? Thanks!