My Human Knight is going to be a DA soon and I'd like to know which would be better for her.
I already have a +3 Sword of Delusion which I'm gonna trade at Mammon and a Level 7 Red SA crystal.
My 2 choices would be :
Tsurugi with Focus
Nightmare with Health
What would be the better choice of the 2?
DA's at my lvl don't seem to have much of an issue with health. Fair amount of hitpoints and with good c-gear their pdef is solid.
IMO the more offensive you can make a da the better (since they hit like weaklings).
I have borrowed +5 sls with focus.
Wish I had a bazooka.
My patk if I recall is just over 300. The panther is 500 and change at lvl 2 (his actual level is 51) so he hits harder but slower than I do.
I've tanked much less from 45-50 than I had before but for raids and groups I haven't found pdef or hitpoints (health) to be an issue ever.
Whichever gives the most offensive punch is my recommendation.
While I have absolutely no experience with your class at all, I'd have to go Focus every time. The bonus it gives is huge for any class and will greatly enhance your crit rate.
If you solo a lot or are not the main tank for your clan then go focus.
If your clan depends on you to tank for AOE / Raid Boss etc a lot then go Health. Remember that C5 raid bosses will be much harder and tanks need to be stronger again.
Also you will have pvp Hate, for that Health will be better but depends on whether you will be part of seiges in C grade.
I think I'm gonna try out to go Health with her and see what it's like.
I always been Focus with Esmera, but she was always an "offensive" tank while I want Ellesya to be a "defensive" tank.
I doubt Elle will be part of a Siege, first I have Esmera for that (in B going to her A) and Elle is clan leader of an alt clan and I won't go more than level 3 with it.
On my TK, I used an SLS with focus till B grade, and then an AoBA with health until A grade, where I got myself a Tallum blade with haste. And its amazing how much of a difference it made going from a blunt to a sword. You keep hate better (noticeably better), you kill faster solo, and I dont miss the HP at all. Ive never played a human tank... but at least for the elven tanks, sword is the only way to go!
Although your talking about a sword with HP.. I'd still stick with a focus SA. Keeping hate and doing the most damage possible are the most important things at C and B grade levels.
Go health. If you try to use focus to give yourself an extra boost of damage at the cost of that extra 25% hp you'll be a jack of all trades but a master of none. Plus 25% hp beats focus for a tank in pvp every time.