dps tank spec and solo spec

[desolation]

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0c...so.Vkqz.x0R.-0


tis a great build for tanking T2's and grinding PA. use 2 pieces of toughness gear and a few tank items to get your hp to a good place, i sit at 909 crit 800 ap 60% block chance and 10k hp. and do about 1.5k dps ST and 3-5k aoe
Ive soloed the 119k elites in ember watch with this build.

[Bellamorte]

Ahh could you be nice enough to provide macros and such? rotation etc?

[wayne62682]

Looks kind of like the Bloodblade spec that I currently run but with less points in Reaver and going into Pally instead of taking VK just for Void. I'm guessing you run it sword+board all the time?

I'm guessing macros are something like:

Single Target Builder

#show Rift Strike
Suppressmacrofailures
cast aggressive block
Cast Rift Strike
Cast soul sickness
cast pacifying strike
cast necrotic wounds
cast retaliation

AOE

#show plague bringer
suppressmacrofailures
cast plague bringer
cast soul sickness
cast blood fever
cast necrotic wounds
cast retaliation

Finisher

#show storm burst
Suppressmacrofailures
Cast storm burst
Cast earth burst
Cast Icy Burst
cast retaliation

Guessing that this only works for tanking with high-end gear?

[desolation]

your close on the macros

st threat and dps

#show Aggressive Block
cast Aggressive Block
cast Retaliation
cast soul sickness
cast Frost Strike
cast rift strike
cast Searing Strike
cast flamespear
cast Necrotic Wounds

aoe

#show Plague Bringer
cast Aggressive Block
cast plague bringer
cast soul sickness
cast rift strike
cast blood fever
cast Necrotic Wounds


intro threat builder

#show Soul Sickness
suppressmacrofailures
cast Plague Bringer
cast Necrotic Wounds

buff macro

#show Shield of the Hero
cast Blade of Elemental Affinity
cast Shield of the Hero
cast Avatar of Water
cast Binding of Affliction
cast Crest of the Abyss
cast Aegis of Vitality

main thing is you want to do as much dps as possible the more you crit the more you heal. but you also wanna try and get your hp around 9-10k hp i use mostly dps gear and about 4 or 5 tank pieces

[desolation]

heres my stats and gear

[Nunez]

Just have to say, thanks a million man. This is a wonderful spec...I couldn't believe how well I was surviving in Ember Isle now!

[Eryon]

Looks interesting.

I'll give this a run. I miss having a S/B soloing spec since i used the slot for a 44RB/22 Champ. That build has lots of survivability but damage with it is spiky.

Since I am going to concentrate on Tanking with my warrior it makes sense to have a tank like grind build as well.

Thanks for sharing this.

[Focusv5]

looks pretty solid, well done sir.

[Eryon]

Works as advertised!

I ran this with three pieces of HK Rasmolov's gear (Feet, Relic Belt, Gloves) and the rest in T2 Crafted (Blood Forged) / Vendor (Tam's Stalwart) gear. I was around 10K HP after self buffs.

I used the Insanity Sliver and pulled like mad around EI and I stayed up. DPS was at advertised and ranged from 1K 1.5K ST and 1.9-3.5K DPS AoE (depending on number of mobs).

Further testing to follow!

[dramp]

do you think 584ap and 520crit will work too? my dps gear is slacking. i dont have the MoA dps gear yet. using 2-3 pcs for tank gear for my toughness and to get 10k hp

[Bloodbourne]

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0c...sR.Vuou.xbo.-0

If you're going to do it ^^ is optimal.

Putting pts into static shot is 100% wasted points.

5pts for 3% dmg reduction is absurd, you're better off with the power reduction and dmg increase.

The one pt in reaver threat is more than enough to keep aggro, if you're using bloodfever as your spammable. Though you're lacking in snap aggro. For tanking anything other than EI mobs, this isn't an optimal spec. Too many wasted pts in RB. 44pts in RB is overkill, Mirror and soulsickness should be more than enough to keep you up from pretty much anything.

[TheGrinnz]

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0c...sR.Vuou.xbo.-0

If you're going to do it ^^ is optimal.

Putting pts into static shot is 100% wasted points.

5pts for 3% dmg reduction is absurd, you're better off with the power reduction and dmg increase.

The one pt in reaver threat is more than enough to keep aggro, if you're using bloodfever as your spammable. Though you're lacking in snap aggro. For tanking anything other than EI mobs, this isn't an optimal spec. Too many wasted pts in RB. 44pts in RB is overkill, Mirror and soulsickness should be more than enough to keep you up from pretty much anything.

On anything other than EI mobs (and even there depending on gear) BoEA will keep you up without a shield at all

[dramp]

i found the finisher macro to do it with fiery burst startoff. dont macro the fiery burst but start with it.
so rotation on the finishers would be FB>macro>macro rinse repeat
youre basically managing your fiery burst DOT. i also changed my ST macro to do more dps.
it is this :
Aggressive block
rift strike
soul sickness
frost strike
searing strike
retaliation
flamespear
necrotic wounds

[Bloodbourne]

On anything other than EI mobs (and even there depending on gear) BoEA will keep you up without a shield at all

Retaliation hits like a truck.

[Asteldian]

I actually like the 22 points in Reaver for the increased AOE damage and stronger Heals from Soul Sickness, but an adjusted version for Dungeons is probably good, though for soloing I would stick with the Bloodblade as it's near unkillable and with a 2her is decent damage