[Noraxe]

A while ago there was a discussion about wether to use [item]Aldori Legacy Defender[/item] or [item]Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall
[/item].
But after the [item]Bulwark of the Amani Empire[/item] came out I haven't seen a thread for this. Sorry if there's allready been one. Seeing that it lacks abit more armor and stam, but then again has both BV and Block Rating im unsure if I should try getting it instead of my [item]Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall[/item].

Again I apologize if there's allready been a thread about this.

[Nicki]

Effective health of the shields at 16767 health 17604 Armor with s2

S2 shield: 41369
bulwark of amani empire: 41206
Aldori: 40773
Nightbane: 39683
Azure:39442
shatar:39423

So if your not 490+ def s2 wins, if you are Bulwark of amani empire since it has a huge ammount of block value.

[Noraxe]

Yeah atm im at
16300 hp
17579 armor
19,25 parry
19,4 dodge
30,32 block
And about 521(With the Hydros trinket) def I think. Not prot atm due to guild pvp saturday
Just have to wait for it to drop then Think we lost one week with doing it after the ZA patch came out and not dropped yet. Betting 90% of the time it has been that mail chest grrrr and doubble grrrr.

Thanks Nicki

[Katos]

the bulwark is amazing for a burst threat build. For overgeared tanks tanking lower level instances/raids, go with the bulwark. otherwise, I'd stick with the S2 for progression.

[Nicki]

What i was saying is,

Those EH numbers dont consider the block value on amani. Therefore Amani is slightly better than S2. Unless you become crittable while wearing it.