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Bear ring is this much of an upgrade?
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Post by
etrin
I have been using the Signet of Winter on my bear and think it is a great ring.
a buddy just got the king ring and wanted to sell it to me.
http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=47149;45874
should I buy it or is it just a 245 ring that would not be much of an upgrade if any
Post by
Mike
if you have no other choice (agility rings are better) the king ring is better.
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Post by
LookOut
(agility rings are better)
For threat, yes.
For mitigation/EH, no.
Post by
Thror
He probably meant that even agility rings are better than parry rings.
Otherwise tanking rings are much better than agi rings imo. (hope im not gonna pull Aadra with this statement :X )
I think that... just by seeing how the OP was able to compose his post, it is safe to assume that he is sane enough to have Clutch of Fortification as his first ring, and that this discussion is about his other ring.
My suggestion: Cluth of Fortification + Ashen Band of Courage. You can use the parry ring till you get friendly with Ashen Verdict. If you find getting friendly with them too hard, then, uhh... whatever.
Post by
etrin
Thanks guys.
Cluth of Fortification got that first thing when I started tanking.
I got the other ring on the AH for 300G one day and have used it ever since.
Hell now some cheap tanking ring like signet of accord that used to sell for 3-400G is now in the 1200 range.
Prices are insane.
I like the signet of winter and I like the armor on it as well.
when he first said Signet of the Traitor King, I was like OH CRAP (didn't know at the time there are 3 versions of Traitor King)
Then after looking I found out this was the lowest of them.
I thought well for 2K I should get it as its a big upgrade to GS, but on looking I realized that its not a big upgrade my tanking.
Overall this is more of a sideways trade not an upgrade.
and the problem with agility rings is you have to decide is 80 agility worth more than 40 def and 40 dodge and 40 stamina and -80 str ?
I have not seen any agility rings with def on them.
Post by
LookOut
and the problem with agility rings is you have to decide is 80 agility worth more than 40 def and 40 dodge and 40 stamina and -80 str ?
I have not seen any agility rings with def on them.
- you don't lose the strength from your tanking rings when switching to agi rings, because agi rings have equivalent amounts of AP (the only use strength has for bears is AP). As an example: Ashen Band of Courage has 57 strength, while Ashen Band of Vengeance has 114 AP.
- The agi on the agi rings negates the loss of dodge, and gives a bit of crit and armor to boot.
- Bears don't really need defense like other tanking classes do, because we become uncrittable through talents. We still get a slight benefit from it though (less chance to get hit).
- agi rings tend to have extra threat stats, like haste or crit. Tanking rings don't
Tanking rings do have way more stam though (and I prefer rings which also have armor)
So as I said: agi rings for threat, tanking rings for EH/mitigation.
Edit: don't go for the Band of the Traitor King, if you're still doing T9 content, go get the Band of the Twin Val'Kyr from ToGC10 instead. Or just go ICC and get the Ashen Verdict ring.
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