How do we deal with m/s with new gear?

[Royce]

How much is the difference between the Level45 Thoth Buckler and the Force/Screaming Shield?

I did the math in another thread:

Comparing level 45 Thoth gear (50s are super rare and don't drop any more) to level 50 rift, here are the armor differences:
Overlord Rift Helm (higher armor than Jacobs) - Thoth helm = 22 armor
Rift Plate - Thoth Plate = 22 armor
Rift Shield - Thoth Buckler = 12 armor

[TheLaw]

Cool, is the stats of Buckler the Level50 one or 45? the 50 one has 5 more defence.

[Royce]

Cool, is the stats of Buckler the Level50 one or 45? the 50 one has 5 more defence.

The comparison was with level 45 Thoth gear stats. I'm pretty sure there is no level 50 buckler. The level 50 pharaoh shields have 5 more armor than the 45s, but the 45 bucklers have 4 more armor than the pharaoh shields, so the difference between a level 45 buckler and level 50 pharaoh shield is like 1 armor or something.

[Orei]

I use the following Gear for my paladin.

Jacobs/Overlord Helm of Rift
Force Cutter of Rift
Mynas Plate of Thoth (Level 50)
Force Kite Shield of Rift

Gives u about 154 to 160 Armor (depending on your stat distribution), and 6 m/s. Good enough for semi-tanking / casting spells. If u need to spam spells, start quaffing some mana pots.

An alternate setup u can use if you cant get your hands on level 50 mynas thoth is,

Mynas Helm of Thoth (Level 45) - Its only 1 armor lesser than a Lvl 50
Power armor of Rift
Rift Weapon
Rift Shield

Still gives u around 150 to 160 armor.

[Royce]

I use the following Gear for my paladin.

Jacobs/Overlord Helm of Rift
Force Cutter of Rift
Mynas Plate of Thoth (Level 50)
Force Kite Shield of Rift

Gives u about 154 to 160 Armor (depending on your stat distribution), and 6 m/s. Good enough for semi-tanking / casting spells. If u need to spam spells, start quaffing some mana pots.

An alternate setup u can use if you cant get your hands on level 50 mynas thoth is,

Mynas Helm of Thoth (Level 45) - Its only 1 armor lesser than a Lvl 50
Power armor of Rift
Rift Weapon
Rift Shield

Still gives u around 150 to 160 armor.

Look, I'm telling you the level 45 Thoth Buckler is the best setup to work in 1 Thoth piece, even if you use the rare 50s.

Rift plate (87 armor), Rift helm (32 armor), Thoth Buckler lvl 45 (25 armor)
= 144 armor

Rift Plate (87 armor), Thoth helm lvl 50 (11 armor), Rift Shield (37 armor)
= 135 armor

Thoth plate lvl 50 (72 armor), Rift helm (32 armor), Rift Shield (37 armor)
= 141 armor

And that's considering the level 50 helm and plate

[Orei]

Everyone have their own preference how they like to set up their gear. Just sharing my build. I think so long as you have above 140 armor, you are set out to fight AO3 bosses, with some bosses requiring you to pot defense.

And I think my paladin build is cheaper to obtain, considering the price of power rift armor being around 400k now, compared to a lvl 50 mynas plate of thoth around 100 ~ 200k. Things might change in the future as level 50 mynas thoth drops rarely and price will soar with demand.

[BeardedBear]

Everyone have their own preference how they like to set up their gear. Just sharing my build. I think so long as you have above 140 armor, you are set out to fight AO3 bosses, with some bosses requiring you to pot defense.

And I think my paladin build is cheaper to obtain, considering the price of power rift armor being around 400k now, compared to a lvl 50 mynas plate of thoth around 100 ~ 200k. Things might change in the future as level 50 mynas thoth drops rarely and price will soar with demand.

Hey Orei - Lvl 50 Thoth,Isis, Osiris, and Horus no longer drop in A03. They did for a short period of time when A03 first came out, than the devs fixed that, perhaps do to complaining about reused gear. Anyway, this gear is now "extinct" and people do sell, just hard to find. You would think they would be crazy expensive but I have been able to buy lvl 50 Thoth or Isis armor for 50kish. IMO they should be selling for much much more than any new AO3 gear.

[Dip]

dual spec int/str bear.... base will be 3M/s

quite nice