[JokerFMJ]

Preface: Currently i'm sitting at 18.85% parry and 29.67% Dodge with HoW, 33.5K health, 28 Expertise, 556 Defense with Stoneskin Gargoyle.

Ok, so a few plate tank pieces dropped in ToC10 tonight and I was wondering - Are they Upgrades? The Waist piece is, of that i'm certain (but i'll link it anyway)... The wrists, though... It's a really tough call for me... Opinions?

Wrists:
Wearing: Flamewatch Armguards.
New Item: Dreadscale Armguards.

I gain: 133 health, 3 AP, 51 (.59%) Parry, .34% Hit.
I lose: 35 (.57%) Dodge., 1.8 Defense (i'm sitting at 556 right now with SSG).

The losing dodge stat is the worrisome one for me, but my parry is a bit low, so is that a good trade off? I'm sure if nothing else the extra stamina will push it over the edge for most people.

Waist:
Wearing: Shieldwarder Girdle.
New Item: Girdle of the Nether Champion.

I gain: 78 Health, 70 AP, 30 (.46%) Parry.
I lose: 56 Hit (1.71%), 3 (.06%) Dodge, .4 Defense.

The Hit is the big loss to me... I'll be sitting at about 6.58% (6.9% with the armguards on, too)... I know some people seem to say hit isn't THAT important for tanks compared to expertise, but this worries me. I've also read that ToC gear is pretty hit starved.

Any opinions would be great.

Thanks!

[Harimella]

Both new items are better than your old ones.

If you need hit that much on some bosses, then use belt with hit rating, but it really shouldn't be a problem. I would use new items if I were you.

[Fayre]

Agreed, both items are upgrades. Use them

[Mert]

Yep - don't worry about trading Dodge for Parry that much - as you can see from RatingBuster, you're dropping 0.57% avoidance to pick up 0.59% - a very small upgrade, but still an upgrade all the same. Parry does suffer harsher diminishing returns of course, but if you're getting more avoidance after DR to use a Parry piece over a Dodge one then it's all good. RatingBuster is your friend

[JokerFMJ]

Ok, Mert, that was my concern (DR of parry).

Thank you all.