epics that increase stun/shock landrate and if you're an SK para landrate
for the rest the more mdef the better
low budget set up:
coc / oly epics that boost mdef and shock/stun/para/mental type of resist & attack
normal budget set up would be:
- istina earring for the stun
- bless zaken/anthy/orphen earring
- frint soul necklace
- aq soul ring
- octavis warior ring
top price budget:
- bless anthy
- oe'd anthy / oe'd orphen
- bless valakas
- tauti ring
- oe'd baium soul / aq soul rings or wyrm ring
if you want max stun go baium & aq soul rings with bless anthy & anthy
normal budget set up would be:
- istina earring for the stun
- bless zaken/anthy/orphen earring
- frint soul necklace
- aq soul ring
- octavis warior ring
How the **** is that normal? That's over 15B adena.
I agree with Draecke's proposal but i have one question. Since i tried the "normal budget" set he proposes, i think that Octavis' Ring Warrior does not really add much, since tanks are not DDs. I changed this option for Beleth's Ring for more mdef, since it is more important for my role as a tank. Of course you can have both, but if a tank has to choose, i propose to get Beleth's Ring for this setup.
I agree with Draecke's proposal but i have one question. Since i tried the "normal budget" set he proposes, i think that Octavis' Ring Warrior does not really add much, since tanks are not DDs. I changed this option for Beleth's Ring for more mdef, since it is more important for my role as a tank. Of course you can have both, but if a tank has to choose, i propose to get Beleth's Ring for this setup.
Tanks always have trade offs, The Frint soul is a must even in the top gear setup as the vala doesn't have the stun attack/resist. Same with having the aq/baim souls to swap out.
The beleth is good for mdef if your other jewels are decent. You basically just switch between whatever is needed for a given fight/situation.
Trying to get a cheap seraph or eternal jewel and ++++ it is a good idea as well if you're fighting a magic class, you just pop off whichever jewel is least important for that to boost your mdef.
I am still wondering of what private server you are talking here. There is just a few people with best jewels set and usually they are not tanks + all this stuff to have jewels for swapping depending on the opponent etc is also unbelievable considering what gear most of people owns. Tank stun lands awfully bad, maybe with bets jewels it might land quite ok against someone who doesnt have any shield resistance but for someone who has decent jewels tank stuns sucks. So better look for m. def, some stun resistance, skill reuse cd -, vampiric rage pvp dmg, skill dmg, and critical rate. But most importantly tank should have high resist to all the crap like debuffs, sleep, wynn marks, stun etc.
And the single stun lands a fair bit on quite a few. Vs the top stacked ++++++++++++ people? Of course not, you need to be equivalent geared/setup for that. But vs average people it will land a fair bit in oly.
Having a set of only high mdef (seraph/eternal) jewels and going against a bunch of stun +++ tyrr/archers/daggers or into CB is going to be problematic. Hence the swapping.