Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Gear update.

Well, with the Tankatronic Goggles made, Ulushnar is back to 490 Defense. This means that I can equip the Bulwark of the Amani Empire for my day-to-day tanking and save the Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall for my Resistance Gear sets, or when I need a back-up shield.

Along with the 490 Defense, Ulu now has 16k Health, 17k Armor and over 50% pure avoidance unbuffed. His total uncrushability is sitting at around 104.99%, which means that when 2.4 rears it's ugly head, Ulu will be able to switch his Moroes' Lucky Pocket Watch for the Commendation of Kael'Thas and retain uncrushability. Further to that, I'm considering switching the Dodge enchant on his cloak for an Armor one, since he doesn't need the excess avoidance.

My current goals with Ulu are to continue farming Defender's Tanzanite and Regal Tanzanite ahead of the change in 2.3 that makes them non-unique. I'd also like to find a way to squeeze about six more Stamina out of my current gear so that I can swap out the Stamina enchant on my Bonefist Gauntlets for the Threat Enchant. I'm also going to farm some Badges, but I'm waiting to see what form the badge loot takes when it arrives.

Yes, that was a gratuitous amount of item links in one post, but with CD in a raiding slump at present and the Karazhan guide written, I'm at something of a loss about what to write about.

2 comments:

Ardent Defender said...

lots of nice gear there. I've got 33 Badges and counting and probably have 60 at end of weekend and I still haven't decided what I'm going to get as yet for my third Badge trade in.

Corey said...

Looking good! My next upgrade will be the Faceguard of Determination. One more Kara run and i'll have enough badges. With FoD equipped it will add an extra 4.3% avoidance (dodge/shield block rating) which will push me closer to uncrushability. I've read different ways on how to calculate crushability and I think i'm confused. I am maxed out in Anticipation/Deflection talents. This is how i'm calculating so please tell me if i'm wrong:

11.6% Def (6.6% Miss + 5% base)
15.33% Dodge
17.83% Parry
13.5% Block
30% Holy Shield
5.31% Libram of Repentance

Total Avoidance: 93.57%

This means i'm 8.83% shy of the magical 102.4% mark. Once I get the Faceguard of Determination i'll be at 97.87%. If I can get Moroes' Pocketwatch that would give me an extra 2% dodge. I'm pretty stamina'd out in gems so maybe I could swap in a few dodge gems. However, I know at 13.5% block that my block rating is pretty low. Can you recommend any equipment upgrades? Thanks!