After last night’s Ramparts run, I figured I should take a peek at my tanking spec and my tanking equipment and see what could be improved upon.

I’m now back to an Arms/Protection build, complete with Last Stand and Defiance at 3/3. I missed Last Stand, I must say!

As for equipment, I replaced a whole bunch of late 40s-early 50s equipment with level 60 stuff. Some pieces aren’t really great for tanking but they’re better than those old-world equips and I can replace them during dungeon runs without feeling like a complete mooch who is upgrading on every slot. Here’s the stuff I bought:

Warleader's Gauntlets
Darkcrest Bracers of Agility
Bloodscale Belt of the Beast
Hiddenite Necklace of the Wolf
Hardened Steel Shield of Power

I had a couple of slots upgraded already with:

Bloodscale Pauldrons of Stamina
Demon-Forged Chestguard of Power
Boots of the Decimator
Battlefell Sabre of the Monkey

I still have a few slots to upgrade and replace:

Helm of the Mountain
Grovekeeper's Drape
Elemental Rockridge Leggings

All in all I increased my armor value by over 1000, even though some of that equipment is more DPS-geared than tanking geared.

Next time I head into Ramparts I should, at the very least, be more durable ;)