Grizzfazzles Shield or Blade?

[munne]

<DIV>Hi im a non raiding lev 65 gaurdian and both the shield and 2 hander look very nice to me because i solo alot and doing grp quests, so what im asking is which is easiest to replace at my lev,dont ever see any items for sale close to these so is there another 2hander or shield i can go after of equal stats?mind you that dw is nice to lol.</DIV><p>Message Edited by munners on <span class=date_text>08-07-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:53 AM</span>

[Anariale]

<P>Shield</P> <P>There are about 10,000 2handers you can get, but this is probably the best shield you will see before raiding.<BR></P> <P>W<BR></P>

[AlexT]

<DIV>Depends what you do with your AA's, buckler is the way to go imo in wich case choose waht you will use the most until you get the right AA's.  If not what do you find yourself doing the most group tanking or soloing ? if tanking i would choose the shield.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also are you doing the claymore series ? if yes you get several shields from the quests so you could pick the sword and still get a legendary towershield.</DIV>

[Sir_Halbarad]

<div>Shield.As one of the previous posters stated, there are a gazillion 2 handers in game. And the shield is the best until you start raiding.Even if you choose buckler aa line - you sometimes want a tower shield for hard pulls and for tower of stone.</div>

[Wabit]

<DIV>take the bow, its not like there are decent bows really around...  shields, 1H, and 2H are all a dime a dozen...  to get a decent bow you need like 1 of 4 mobs to drop it...</DIV>

[minionofdeath]

<div><blockquote><hr>Wabit wrote:<div>take the bow, its not like there are decent bows really around...  shields, 1H, and 2H are all a dime a dozen...  to get a decent bow you need like 1 of 4 mobs to drop it...</div><hr></blockquote>The Splitscar Bow is pretty popular and sells for 15g on my server.  For a tank, it's miles better than the Grizzle bow.  I'd take the towershield.  Though on the 2H, while there are tons of them around, their DR barley break 90.  So unless you raid or are able to pickup a Flapping Wing staff, picking the 2H Grizzle would not be a bad choice either.</div>

[Wabit]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> minionofdeath wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Wabit wrote:<BR> <DIV>take the bow, its not like there are decent bows really around...  shields, 1H, and 2H are all a dime a dozen...  to get a decent bow you need like 1 of 4 mobs to drop it...</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>The Splitscar Bow is pretty popular and sells for 15g on my server.  For a tank, it's miles better than the Grizzle bow.  I'd take the towershield.  Though on the 2H, while there are tons of them around, their DR barley break 90.  So unless you raid or are able to pickup a Flapping Wing staff, picking the 2H Grizzle would not be a bad choice either.<BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>i've got like three 2h on the broker right now, all with a DR of 105 or higher...  not to mention all the ones we let rot during the raid of a week...</P> <P>2H are very misleading on their DR...</P> <P>aITEM -803054689 839683184:Fang of the Brood Watcher/a compared to aITEM -1930307368 -1885102380:Ancient Vorpal Blade/a ...  they parse almost identical, with sta spec the 1H blows the 2H away...</P> <P>i'm kinda curious to see what the aITEM -294619508 1545482074<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />unishment of the Watcher/a actully does dps wise...  i'm guessing its like aITEM 1651640605 1251345281:Right Hand of the High Priestess/a and if so its even more junk...</P> <P>aITEM -1301194767 173425366:Vukar'ohk, Sword of Legend/a is actully the 2h that i'll use over most of the others, and its a drop from HoF...  this is the other one i like aITEM -2092457738 -1890271100:Mallet of the Overlord/a</P> <P>slower is better, you proc more, crit more, and can time the attacks better...  WTB t7 RGF <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P>the reason i said bow was because the +5 ranged mod on it actully does help for hitting yellow mobs on pulls, and i like 10% proc on it...  the shield is the best non raided tower shield, but the buckler line really is so overpowered that its silly not to take it unless you're a raid MT, and even then its debatable for having...  and if you are a raid MT you'll soon replace the shield, but the ranged slot is something thats usually the last to be replaced...  in hindsight i shoulda taken the bow, i regreted it from the moment i chose the shield...</P>

[minionofdeath]

I choose the shield but in retrospect would have chosen something else since I do basically everything in buckler mode.  As far as the bow goes, I have a hotkey and switch out my Splitscar with a Blyze bow for the pull.  Seeing a 3k hit on the mob quite a buzz.  Once I've made the pull, I hit my hokey and the Splitscar is re-equipped.<div></div>

[munne]

<P>Thanks guys,decided on shield for now,even happy to solo with it atm with the bixie sword,i have 6 points in Acceleration Strike  which puts my haste at 48% during encounters so im happy with that, now to check out the Buckler line x 1 point atm to see what everyone is raveing about,add obliteration spell and i have no complaints with my dps atm ,just need to upgrade the bixie with somthing  with a little better stats on it.As for bows i just take in acount what stats come with them not so much there dr,guess i will have to start thinking like a tank now that our taunts and dps have improved, and start chasing mit gear because now that im lev 65 i can actually see light at the tunnel  now for the gaurdian are we finally fixed?</P>

[Wabit]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> minionofdeath wrote:<BR>I choose the shield but in retrospect would have chosen something else since I do basically everything in buckler mode.  As far as the bow goes, I have a hotkey and switch out my Splitscar with a Blyze bow for the pull.  Seeing a 3k hit on the mob quite a buzz.  Once I've made the pull, I hit my hokey and the Splitscar is re-equipped.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>get the bow off venny, 100% dps mod, bucker speced, and have it crit on both hits...  add in a couple procs...  you're lookin at a 10k nuke for pulling...  now if you're really good/lucky you'll get 100% haste too...  you can get 2 attacks off on a pull...</P> <P>if i was goin for stats it would be the satchel off princes...  its just yummy...</P>

[Anariale]

Heck, the satchel from AoA/Claymore is pretty [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] nice for stats too.