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First frost item

Post by xiphias

Hello

Recently I've been gearing up my prot paladin. This is his armory profile. In case it doesn't show, Essence of Gossamer has just been replaced by The Black Heart. Next on the list of triumph emblems is the Glyph of Indomitability.

With that out of the way, I can soon buy the first piece of gear for frost emblems and I was wondering which I should get.

The two I have been thinking about the most are:

Replacing Ancient Aligned Girdle with Verdigris Chain Belt. (Comparison)

-or-

Replacing Platinum Mesh Cloak and Ancient Aligned Girdle with Sentinel's Winter Cloak and Shieldwarder Girdle. (Comparison)

I don't think I will have a steady flow of Frost Emblems any time soon, so I would just like to hear a second opiniong before using what I have.

Thanks in advance :D

Post by biogoo

The best you can do is to look for slightly lower level cloaks/belts and think about them - if there is an easy and good belt you could get, then buy EoF cloak. Or otherwise.

Post by katosjoes

The belt is an amazing upgrade for almost anyone, given its high amount of bonus armor and delicious sockets.
I'd buy the belt and then the cloak some time later, if you're not getting as many Frost emblems every week - like me :P

Post by xiphias

Thanks.

Ran the question through Rawr, and that suggested the belt over the other two upgrades too, so I guess that is what I will do. :)

Post by PureGold

The back is always the superior choice unless you have a 245+ back, which I highly doubt.
Fact is backs are rare and typically the lowest or near lowest drop rate from a boss. Especially tanking ones, they just don't exist in great number. Even if something else is a better upgrade the back will be your best bet, not to mention upgrading 2 slots (your specific case) is better than only upgrading one.

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Post by frmorrison

stamina stamina baby!

I thought the red/blue 9 stamina bonus was worth using and filled it. Otherwise stamina.

You can't go wrong with the cloak, then the belt. After that, consider getting the Tier gloves and chest (which are buffed in 3.3.2).

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Post by AnrDaemon

I too noticed that 4T10 is somewhat of a sick condolence to -20% Dodge from ICC debuff
Haven't run numbers for T10/264 yet, but in T9 range it's fairly easy to get block cap for not worry much about facesmashing hits from bosses in ICC. Without serious drawbacks, shall I add.

Post by ArgentSun

As far as I know, with the 4pT10 bonus not being that great at all, the two tier pieces that a Prot should be going for are Head/Shoulders and not Chest/Hands. I (and I'm sure a few others, both here and over at Maintankadin) still believe that CC and Gauntlets of the Kraken are still going to be BiS for EH over the tier Chest/Hands. Honorshammer also believes so and gives some reasoning behind it in his blog. The only other thing I can say is just wait it out for the patch to actually go live and check how the 264 pieces line up with the CC and GotK. If they are what you want, then go for it. But if you are going for an EH set like I am wanting to, then I think that Head/Shoulders + CC/GotK/PoM is the way to go.

Did I mention that the CC will automagically soft cap a naked prot paladin with the proper talents and glyphs on expertise?

Keep in mind though, both Chest and Hands T10 are getting a buff in the next minor patch (presumably the coming week) - their stats will be a little revamped, and the armor will be buffed by about 50%, making them really lucrative.

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Post by xiphias

Getting the cloak tomorrow. But the whole reason for this topic is that I'm in a very casual guild, where ICC10 on a semi-regular basis + PUGs is all I can hope for => my inflow of frost emblems won't be very high.

But thanks for all the suggestions.

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