Gear progression past uncritable/uncrushableFollow

I've been carefully getting my gear to the point where I'm uncritable and practically uncrushable (I could easily be uncrushable if I'd fork up the money for some better gems, but I want my epic flyer first). Now I'm not sure how to progress.

I seem to have formed too delicate a balance where I can't seem to replace any one piece without losing my uncrit/uncrush status. I think that getting the Libram of Repentance would free me up some, but I'm not really sure what to get after that and I don't know if it's worth it to use that libram later on. Heroics don't seem to have many Pally tank items (except via badges) and I don't have a group to try running Kara with yet.

Any suggestions to my gear/build are welcome, especially any pieces that would really bump my survivability up. (I do like the Unwavering Legguards, but 75 badges is quite a few.) Thanks.

Edit: yes I've read the gear reccomendations in Thels tanking guide, I'm just not sure the best order to gear up(also, there are some newer items not in there).

Edited, Jan 18th 2008 11:58am by nimrokon

Looks like you're doing quite well. You are doing everything by the books it looks like. You have a lot more block than dodge, but you have the HP to back that up. If you're looking to upgrade gear for HP but afraid to lose avoidance, go with some good ol' agility enchants on your gloves and weapon.

Also, don't be fooled, the Libram of Repentance's usefulness is somewhat unmatched. You won't find better until 25mans. If you don't have the badges for it, you might go for the libram in Sethek that increases your Consecrate dmg. I forget the name.. But I use that one for normal 5mans, questing and AoE grinding.

As for some upgrades I strongly suggest the Dabiri's Enigma as a replacement for one of your trinkets. Probably the figurine if you can swing losing the extra block, as(especially on bosses) the figurine's use is pretty useless. Dabiri's Enigma's use pretty much substitutes one holy shield if you're low on mana which can happen.

A few other suggestions:
Get the Spaulders of the Righteous for 2 reasons. A) They're just plain good. B) Running Bot to get these helps your Sha'tar Rep
Along the same lines, get your Sha'Tar Rep up asap to get Crest of the Sha'tar. A somewhat easily attainable shield that is purely amazing. You'll replace it with the shield from Nightbane, but even that shield is barely better, I ran the calc's for it here.

Once you have your mount things will be easier too, having money for better gems/enchants will improve everything you've got. On that note I personally wouldn't bother with any gems other than the +3Def/+4Stam in the beginning, even if you don't get the socket bonus. It's usually not as good in comparison to the avoidance and HP you get from those gems.

Also, if you're not into Kara yet, the % of avoidance you will need for basic 5mans and heroics is dramatically lower than what you'd need for Kara as you're fighting lower leveled elites than what's in Kara. I can't remember the exact #, but I'm sure someone else could fill you in.

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Also, if you at some point have the money, be sure to look into obtaining Darkmoon Card: Vengeance. A fairly hard card to obtain on Horde side for the 2 servers I've been on, but fairly cheap to obtain on Alliance side(the price difference made me cry).

For a look at the enchants I'm using currently(I'm somewhat geared from Kara), you can check out my Pally Sinaura. Not that I know better or anything, but it's just an example. =\

Happy hunting!

Edited, Jan 18th 2008 1:30pm by TacticalRage

Edited, Jan 18th 2008 2:07pm by TacticalRage

Fixed! =)

I agree, taken from all angles it just comes down to your playstyle and how you feel on iffy situations when comparing gear. I did mean to add that your Figurine of the Colossus gives additional block rating rather than Def. Solid avoidance is what you want to look for once you've gone over that 490 mark on Defense. The Colossus trinket was the last one for me to replace because of this. If I ever need more avoidance and I don't have any other way around I'll go back to the Figurine as that Block Rating rocks.

Something I'll include which I didn't previously was talents. I notice you have 3 points in Precision but only 2 points in 1H Weap Spec. I'd suggest taking out the 3 in Precision and putting them into 1H Weap Spec for a couple reasons.

First, while you do want to make sure you make contact with your weapon for obvious reasons, you don't want to put too much thought into this. +hit is going to be a waste to you in any situation where you can either get more HP/avoidance or more spell dmg.

Second, I say "where you can..get more..spell dmg" because with the talent '1H Weapon Specialization' it states "Increase all damage you deal when a one-handed melee weapon is equipped by 1/2/3/4/5%". This means your spell damage as well. So as I said you'll be sacrificing 3% chance to hit to gain 3% more aggro to every target that touches you.

All up to you, but that's the last thing I noticed, I swear. =D

Sounds good. Honestly, the only reason I keep reckoning is for soloing Strat for money. It can cripple me in fights like Prince(in phase 2 that is), but I tread on in this crazy crazy world.. of Warcraft...

If you can ever get it to drop.. =(