BG for LV

[Neznan]

Godo day Friends.

Any experienced BG here who can share his Build + Gear for Dungeons (low tiers and LV)
Also what stat matter for tanking at Dungeons - Wounds, Tough or Armour?

Would appreciate your help.

Thanks

[Kylashandra]

The importants stats for PvE tanking are Armor, Wounds, Init and a little bit of Str for a more confortable threat generation. Toughness has been for a long time considered useless for PvE tanking because it only mitigates small amounts of damage which is pretty worthless against bosses, but some LV encounters may challenge this thought due to the amount of adds (Horgulul encounter for example).

My basic gear template on BG for LV is getting close to 10k5 / 11k HP / 5k armor with self buff + pot / obviously 0% incoming crit chance / a good amount of parry + block / and around 400 / 500 str for a decent aoe threat generation.

Concerning build, if you want a conservative approach to discover and tank the dungeon outside of a speedrun setting, i'll do something like this this for a confortable tanking experience (good tankiness + Aoe threat generation).

[Gladiolix]

10k+ hp (lots of true damage from bosses), ignore toughness, high armour always good in pve, max parry (or block if SnB). Nothing is as important as obeying the mechanics in LV.

Edit: And this is for every tank, not just BG.

[Neznan]

The importants stats for PvE tanking are Armor, Wounds, Init and a little bit of Str for a more confortable threat generation. Toughness has been for a long time considered useless for PvE tanking because it only mitigates small amounts of damage which is pretty worthless against bosses, but some LV encounters may challenge this thought due to the amount of adds (Horgulul encounter for example).

My basic gear template on BG for LV is getting close to 10k5 / 11k HP / 5k armor with self buff + pot / obviously 0% incoming crit chance / a good amount of parry + block / and around 400 / 500 str for a decent aoe threat generation.

Concerning build, if you want a conservative approach to discover and tank the dungeon outside of a speedrun setting, i'll do something like this this for a confortable tanking experience (good tankiness + Aoe threat generation).

Many thanks for reply
Just one more - is it important to have disrupt at PVE? or useless?

[Kylashandra]

Just one more - is it important to have disrupt at PVE? or useless?

I would not spec for it in PvE just get Futile Strike (to 0% inc damage)/ max Parry / Block then maybe some straight STR RR (or Wounds if you are lacking).
There are very few spellcasters and most bosses who use spells won't allow you to disrupt. The only reason to take Deft Defender RR would be rather for dodge against archers in GB for example.
You already kinda get decent disrupt with your Brutal Smash as a BG anyway.

[leftayparxoun]

I go into detail regarding that in the Blissful Darkpromise build for SnB Blackguard in our warband-guide (Link in my signature).

To save you some time, I'll copy paste it here:

As an SnB Main Tank you’ll want to slot in Armor talis until you reach 4540 armor - 60 armor for each % reduced armor pen that you have
(e.g. for 3% redarpen → 4360 armor needed). You can see your reduced armor pen via targeting yourself and typing .getstats in chat.

If you are on Vanq-adjacent gear, you can do that by using armor talis on duplicate armor pieces that you can get via RvR gold bags, or by buying duplicate Vanq gloves from AH. Using more expensive armor pots or having a Magus in your party may partially make up for the armor difference you need to close.

When tackling Lost Vale remember to have your chance to be crit barely in the negatives (e.g. -0.5%) because anything under 0% is wasted. Feel free to remove some RR from Futile Strikes and maybe add a couple RR points to Initiative to reach the sweet spot.

RR points in Dodge/Disrupt are also useless, so speccing into Hardy Concessions as a solo SnB tank is a good option after Parry% and Block% (it might make your aggro generation slightly worse, but with proper guardswaps it won't matter at all). Final few points may be placed in WOU and TOU.

The reason why I chimed in when so many people already gave advice is because I wanted to clear up a few things like:

• Going above the listed armor threshold is wasted talismans/stats. There is no reason to drink an armor pot if you are above that even, let alone spec and use GCDs on an ability that basically only gives you armor like "Force of Fury".

• Nobody mentioned Hardy Concessions, when it's one of the best ways to further mitigate damage that you fail to avoid. If you can keep aggro up (which you should be able to in a 1-3-2 setup) then it should result in a faster clear time since your damage loss will be usually offset by not dying to an unlucky turn of events a couple times in the dungeons and having to reset a Boss fight. Plus it makes the whole dungeon less stressful on your healers.

• Your masteries should be this. Final few points (if any) should be spent in "Elite Training" (nice protection to Dark Protector and yourself + party AP pump), then either "Wave of Scorn" (easier to keep AOE aggro and also makes running away from mobs between fights easier) or "None Shall Pass" (nice panic button in Boss fights if you wanna save pots). Your M2 depends also on how comfortable you feel MTing; Raze is usually better to help clear mobs between bosses, but the Shield Wall might save you in a couple rough spots (especially if not running the Block Channel)

Good luck tanking!

[Kylashandra]

I didnt mention hardly concessions, because while it's a good mitigation boost, you may also struggle with aggro due to very low damages and it's vastly unnecessary if you have enough defensive stats of other sources.

I also think AoE threat management is pretty hard on BG these days, compared to other tank classes, so skipping Monstruous Ruin tactic might be very inefficient. Depending on your group composition (DPS wise) you don't absolutely need For the witch king! nor Elite training (Elite training is a good panic button against bosses, but vs. swarms of adds it's pretty wasted, and LV is full of encounters like that, it also provides some AP regen for one of your DPS, but AP regeneration should be managed through other ways anyway).