I am stuck between these two chest pieces, any help would be appreciated:
same iLvl
chest 1:
Brace for impact,
Lifespeed,
Impassive visage/Resounding Protection
chest 2:
Filthy transfusion/bastion of might,
crystalline carapace,
gemhide
Just trying to see which combo is better for prot.
thanks!
Raid, use the first one. M+, use the second one.
Chest 1 is better for dungeons, chest 2 is better for raids. They’re both pretty close though. Chest 1 might be better for all-purpose tanking just because Bastion of Might is better when you can make use of its mastery buff in AoE situations
Crystalline Carapace and Gemhide are arguably the best traits in their rows for Raiding, while Bastion is the worst for raiding in the first ring.
Visage is the best in it’s row for m+, and Lifespeed is one of the best, if not the best, for m+ in it’s row for m+. BfI is the best trait for raiding, if you already have a DC trait on another piece.
That’s why we gave different answers. Your primary traits are the opposite of your secondary and defensive traits, for m+ vs raid.
It’s definitely a tough call. This may come down to a situational decision in either. Like on a per boss/dungeon basis.
Crystalline+ Gemhide is hard to beat in M+. I almost want to say to stick with that if you’re pushing high M+ keys where keeping up the tank is the more tenuous proposition where one mistake or cc on the healer means you die. Whereas Life or death as the main tank in a raid environment will rarely be determined by such small increments of mitigation. If you’re gonna die in a raid with multiple spot and raid heals you generally have bigger problems than several hundred armor, and in that situation maintaining threat by contributing damage (brace for impact) might be more important. Just how it seems to me at first glance. Of course these answers could easily flip depending on your comps and individual strengths and weaknesses in either scenario
So at first glance, it is hard to say for sure. Most of the time Brace is going to be your go to. However, depending on what traits you already have and the content you are doing that answer might change.
The short answer is what you have already been given by others. Brace for raiding. I’m not sure chest 2 is really going to be all that great for raiding in general.
Still you didn’t really tell us what your other pieces were or what content you are tackling so saying what is better is not easy to do inside a vacuum because it depends on a lot of different factors.