BB's Ulduar DK Tanking BiS Guide COMING SOON: ToC Update Now that MMO Champion has complete loot list up will make a new thread for ToC and merge it with this one.
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This is my Ulduar Tanking BiS Loot Guide, this is only a guide, yadda yadda yadda. I did a quick search of forums and couldn't find one so put my list up. There is mostly 25man Gear in here, with some HM 10man stuff, not all Agalon loot is know, so is subject to change
There is a change about Ulduar gear, as happens with most new tiers, and that is the changing on itemisation (especially hit, expertise, defense) from one item slot to another. This causes problems when moving from a previous set of BiS gear to a new item or two you gather from Ulduar 10 or 25. You may as I did, be sitting at a mere 5% hit, yet packing 44 expertise after replacing the 7.5 Gloves and Legs with the 8.5 and 8 counterparts respectively.
The 2set Tier 8 is a must have, much improved upon the old +10%crit on Plague Strike. The 10% boost in Rune Strike will be your main goal to get as fast as possible. The two pieces that fill this the best is the Tier 8.5 Helm and Chest pieces, both packing Blue sockets and having no real competition in terms of itemisation. The Helm slot is debatable, I will explain below.
The 4set Tier 8 is a bit iffy, more of a 51 point talent, it's good... but you don't necessarily need it to be successful. 5 Seconds of 10% less physical damage taken, on a 45 second cooldown, so a reduction of 1.1% overall, which I agree is very appealing, similar to the Tier 7 4 set. It's just that when I use AMS it's usually to guard against Magical damage not physical (ie Plasma Blast on Mimiron, Falcon Punch on Iron Council) and these mobs are usually casting so not meleeing the tank. More investigation needed perhaps (and yes I would defiantly use it for fights where there is no real use of AMS for magical reduction or I didn't need the hit offered by the non-set pieces)
CHEST Conqueror's Darkruned Chestguard - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8.5 - 2 Blue - Parry + Dodge
[Breastplate of the Timeless] - 10Agalon - 2 Blue - Parry + Expertise (No wowhead link yet, new from agalon)
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/..._10_9901_3.jpg Valorous Darkruned Chestguard - Item - World of Warcraft -Tier 8 - '' '' '' '' '' ''
No Choice, 2x Blue sockets perfectly itemised for progression.
FEET Greaves of the Iron Army - Item - World of Warcraft - 10Mimi(HM) 2 Blue Parry + Expertise
Charred Saronite Greaves - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Ignis Hit + Dodge
Spiked Deathdealers - Item - World of Warcraft - Crafted - Blue, Yellow - Dodge + Parry
Threat stats and the 2 blue sockets make the 10Mimi(HM) boots really really great for general use, well weighted is all I can say. However I'd take the Charred Saronite until you get these, just because it's hard to make up a loss in threat stats this early into Ulduar while trying to boost Stamina and Armor, take the crafted assuming your gear is flexible enough and you can maintain decent threat.
HANDS Handguards of Revitalization - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Freya(HM) - Yellow + Red - Dodge + Parry
Conqueror's Darkruned Handguards - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8.5 - Red - Parry + Expertise
Valorous Darkruned Handguards - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8 '' '' '' ''
Gauntlets of the Royal Watch - Item - World of Warcraft - 28BoConquest - Dodge + Hit
Freya(HM) ones are really awesome for avoidance, similar to the Sunwell trash gloves, however depending on whether you need hit or the 4set bonus you may have to take the Conquest ones or Tier.
HEAD Conqueror's Darkruned Faceguard - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8.5 - Meta, Blue - Dodge + Hit
Helm of the Faceless - Item - World of Warcraft - 25General Meta, Blue - Dodge + Parry
Valorous Darkruned Faceguard - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8 '' '' Dodge + Hit
Ironbark Faceguard - Item - World of Warcraft - 10Freya Meta, Yellow - Dodge +Expertise
Tier 8 Helm and Chest are the two best piece to get 2set from, however the Faceless one is a good fit assuming you have decent expertise and hit,the other Ulduar helms have Block and other Warrior/Pally stats. There is the one from Freya10 that isnt bad, but the Ulduar gear has surplus expertise so it's sub-par if you have >30imo which is likely.
LEGS Legplates of the Endless Void - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Agalon - 1 Of Each Socket - Parry + Dodge
Saronite Plated Legguards - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Kologarn - Red + Blue - Bonus Armor - Dodge
Conqueror's Darkruned Legguards - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8.5 - Red + Blue - Parry + Expertise
Gilded Steel Legplates - Item - World of Warcraft - 10FV(HM) Parry + Expertise
Valorous Darkruned Legguards - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8 Red Blue - Parry + Expertise
The ones from 25Agalon are BiS by a long shot, but that's to be expected. Saronite next, low on threat stats but the extra armor is perfect for pushing progression early. May have to take the 8.5 Leggings for 4set, however if you can it's best to have this as the non-set piece, due to the high mitigation stats on Saronite Plated Legguards.
SHOULDER Conqueror's Darkruned Pauldrons - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8.5 - Yellow - Dodge + Parry
Valorous Darkruned Pauldrons - Item - World of Warcraft - Tier 8
Shoulderplates of the Deconstructor - Item - World of Warcraft - 25XT - Hit + Dodge
Tier has better stats assuming you have the other hit items.
BELT Shieldwarder Girdle - Item - World of Warcraft - 28BoC Hit + Dodge
Indestructible Plate Girdle - Item - World of Warcraft - BSing - Red + Blue - Dodge + Parry
Crafted > Shieldwarder, however with lack on hit on other gear I'd take that Shieldwarder over it to maintain 4set if possible.
WRIST Mimiron's Inferno Couplings - Item - World of Warcraft - 25FV - Dodge + Hit
Flamewatch Armguards - Item - World of Warcraft - 10FV - Dodge + Hit
Valor bracers v3, v2 being the ones from 10man FV. No choice here for DKs, shame really, but there are only so many plate items in one instance.
BACK Titanskin Cloak - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Mimi(HM) Hit + Exp - Red
Cloak of the Makers - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Auriaya - Dodge + Hit
25Mimi one is better on ilvl, but is only better than the Maker cloak if you don't have decent Expertise, and don't need the Hit from the Maker cloak and obviously Mimi(HM) is hard, so you'll be sticking with Makers for a while. The Titanskin makes a very good Effective Health and Threat cloak if gemmed properly.
RING Fate's Clutch - Item - World of Warcraft- 25Thorim(HM) - Yellow - Dodge + Exp
Platinum Band of the Aesir - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Auriaya - Dodge + Exp
The Leviathan's Coil - Item - World of Warcraft- 25FV - Dodge - Armor
Seal of Ulduar - Item - World of Warcraft - 10XT(HM) - Blue - Parry + Exp - Armor - No Defense!
Auriaya and FV rings are the best 2 to have until your guild can get HM Thorim, one of the easier HM encounters in Ulduar.
NECK Bronze Pendant of the Vanir - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Freya(HM) Yellow - Parry + Dodge
Shard of the Crystal Forest - Item - World of Warcraft - 19BoConquest - Dodge + Hit
Titanstone Pendant - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Ulduar Trash - Dodge + Exp
The best BoC purchase right away, cheap and you won't replace them until your guild gets Freya+3 or you need some quick expertise from the trash drop, I highly suggest you make this your first piece of BoC gear if you already have the Helm and Chest even Valorous versions.
TRINKET Heart of Iron - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Ignis 162 Stam - Use: Dodge
The General's Heart - Item - World of Warcraft - 25General - Dodge - Proc: DMG Reduction(Gossamer v2)
Royal Seal of King Llane - Item - World of Warcraft - 10Yogg - 155 Stam - Use: Parry
The Yogg stam trinket is on par with the General one just cos the General one has so much dodge, and its proc basically increases armour, it just works on Magic aswell. The Yogg trinket has on use Parry, which falls behind as we all know due to DR on Str>>Parry Conversions. I would be happy with JC Trinket and Heart of Iron for a good time.
WEAPON Furious Gladiator's Crusher - Item - World of Warcraft - 2350 Rating - Red + Blue
Furious Gladiator's Bonegrinder - Item - World of Warcraft 1850 Rating - Red + Blue
Voldrethar, Dark Blade of Oblivion - Item - World of Warcraft - 25General(HM) - Red + Blue - Crit + ArP
Worldcarver - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Ignis - Expertise + Haste
Hammer of Crushing Whispers - Item - World of Warcraft - 10Yogg(HM) - Yellow + Blue - Crit + Hit
Aesir's Edge - Item - World of Warcraft - 10XT(HM) - Red + Blue - Crit + ArP
Abaddon - Item - World of Warcraft - 10Yogg - Hit + ArP
Waaaay too much stam the s6 2nd tier wep too pass up, not on the radar for myself and many others no doubt, so the 1st Tier is fine, any DK worth their mint should be able to gain an 1850 Rating and spend points if you're not too serious on getting a full Furious set. It is really debatable which is BiS for Non-PvPrs, the higher damage on Vold is nice, but I preferred my Inevitable Defeat over my Betrayer of Humanity for tanking, so I would prefer either Worldcarver or the Hammer of Crushing Whispers, for the Exp or Hit, respectively.
SIGIL Sigil of Deflection - Item - World of Warcraft - 25Razorscale
Sigil of the Vengeful Heart - Item - World of Warcraft - 25XT
Furious Gladiator's Sigil of Strife - Item - World of Warcraft - 1950 Rating
The two Ulduar drops are ahead of the PvP ones, no doubt. Swap the Dodge one for FS/DC one depending on situation, even a macro for the 1-2GCD gap in a frost rotation. Note: The Sigil of Awareness from 25Naxx (Now available for Emblems of Valor) is better than Vengeful Heart for UH tanks.
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