Tank gear question

[Havok.cry]

I am currently leveling a human SD efang tank and am getting ready to craft a GS HP item. Was thinking of using the goggles slot, but I'm not 100% sure its the best spot for it. Also I'm not sure which way to build it for my tank, was thinking conop for the temp hp proc. I don't have all my gear planned yet either. So far what I have planned is:

head:
neck: stalwart necklace
trinket: nimble trinket (+1dodge)
goggles:
back: epic cloak of night (+2 dodge)
armor: epic cavalry plate
wrists: epic bracers of the wind (+3 dodge)
hands:
belt: ravager belt
ring1: stalwart ring
ring2: ravager ring
boots:

Any help fleshing this out is appreciated.

[Feithlin]

Boots isn't a very good slot since you need to use the Boots of anchoring in ToD.
In the gloves slot, epic Gloves of the Claw is a great item: 30% HA, +5 intimidate.
In the googles slot, I personally use either a crafted +4 attack or a +6 GS eCha skills when a high intimidate is needed.
If you follow this, your best option would be the helm slot.
My HP GS item is on the belt slot, and I use the epic Bukaneers ring (+7 dex, +2 luck, will be sloted with toughness to get rid of minos).

A good trinket is epic Brawn's spirit (I use a crafted one with mobility and +1 dodge while waiting for it). You could also craft +4 attack on the trinket, in which case the HP item could be on the googles slot.

There are many possibilities, depending on what you will put in the various slots. Maybe you can craft only a tier 2 HP item while waiting to make a more definitive choice.

[glowbug]

you are posting a list of all epic items so i assume anything is fair game... and I see that you are dedicating MULTIPLE slots to AC ... with that in mind i suggest the following:



neck: stalwart necklace epic grims bracelet
trinket: nimble trinket (+1dodge) epic brawns spirits
goggles:GS Min-II
back: epic cloak of night (+2 dodge) epic envenomed cloak
armor: epic cavalry plate
wrists: epic bracers of the wind (+3 dodge) lvl 12 bracers of the wind (+2 dodge) with crafted +1 dodge
hands:1: stalwart ring any tod ring / Omniscience / upgraded Circle of Hatred
ring2: ravager ring
boots:Anchoring / epic boots of Corrosion
head: epic helm of frost
gloves: eclaw
Any help fleshing this out is appreciated.

suggestions in red.. even then its not a perfect setup because there are probably some things you have in mind that I dont know about.. but this setup puts you +4 str, +5 intim, +3 AC (or +7 AC with Omniscience) +1 con (may or may not help) and +3 epic slots (Toughness, +4 natural AC , +2 good luck) over what you listed.

Edit: with 3 dragonmarks and an eFang you probably wont miss having a +4 to hit crafted item as much as my tank would miss it, but if you do not take all 3 dragonmarks you may miss more than you would like on things like LoB and elite ToD and eChrono / eDA / epics in general

Grim

[Havok.cry]

Thanks for the replies :) good stuff to consider. A crafted trinket will probably turn out alot better than the nimble trinket I have there now. So I'll look into that.

I do have the 3 sentinel's dragon marks so will be enjoying the +10 efang of doom.

While I am trying to get the awesome AC needed to stand up to the lord of blades, I also want to have enough healing amp. I'll be taking the human 30% heal amp enhancements, do I need more or is that enough?

For the shield which would be better: leviks or triple air alchemical tower shield? or something else?