I guess they’re not ONLY for tanks, as in I can see some of this being a big deal in PVP. But for the sake of argument let’s just stick with tanking enchants.
On the PTRs currently, for 5 Abyss Crystals a pop, you can buy these two patterns from the Shard Trader in Dalaran:
- Enchant Weapon – Titanguard: Teaches you how to permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Stamina by 75. Requires a level 60 or higher item.
- Enchant Bracer – Major Stamina: Teaches you how to permanently enchant bracers to increase Stamina by 40. Requires a level 60 or higher item.
Alright do 750 HP straight (not including scaling or talents) on a weapon is very nice. I can see this being extra insane for DW classes rocking massive amounts of HP boosts as a result. I’m starting to feel pretty good about being a DW Death Knight.
The bracer enchant isn’t anything truly aweinspiring but 400HP boost isn’t too bad either. Far as Blacksmithing as well (it’s not an enchant HOWEVER it is classified as an item enhancement) the added block value is something I know I’ll be slapping on my shield. For some reason I have been finding it hard to get a higher shield block rating on my Paladin. I have tons of dodge and general avoidance, but my shield block is the lowest. Obviously holy shield and redoubt push that out the window but it’d be nice to see more 6k crits on righteous shield.
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smart dks arent gonna take the 75 stam chant bc they get +5% parry to both weapons from their runeforged enchant.
id say it’s more of a pvp style enchant.
I can see how it works for PVP more as a DK but if you already have tons of parry and hit the defense cap as a DK you have to think that maybe the 75 stam isn’t too bad.
when blizzard makes this kind of gear (tanking gear) it’s usually weighted in stats so like it will have a lot of stamina for example but really crappy amounts of defense or dodge or parry. and vice versa. stacking lots of mitigation and then not having enough HP is a problem I ran into on my pally anyway.
PVP is just royally screwed right now with freaking alliance running in wintergrasp with about 60k fucking HP because of that retarded tenacity