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When Endurance and regen change the pick
The AC-first page is a chase rule. This page asks a different question: what is a piece worth on a 50 Warrior with Natural Durability 4 and Warrior’s Endurance, when a bard already covers haste?
This worksheet is not the same math as Gear Advisor. Advisor tank focus is AC × 4 + HP × 2 + STA × 3 plus resists, ATK, and haste — a general owned-gear scan. Use this sheet when you care about Endurance regen and you are song-capped.
What we assumed
- Level 50 Warrior. Natural Durability rank 4 (+12% STA → HP only; flat HP is not multiplied).
- Warrior’s Endurance: +1% max HP regen per 6-second tick.
- Song-capped haste — worn haste is ignored. Re-score if you tank without a bard.
- Scope: Hate, Fear, Sky, dragons, Yael.
The sheet
EffHP = FlatHP + (STA × 4.5 × 1.12)
Regen = FlatRegen + (EffHP / 100)
Score = (AC × 10) + (AGI × 3) + EffHP + (Regen × 50) + (STR × 2) + (DEX × 2)
| Term | What we meant | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| AC × 10 | Mitigation | Primary |
| EffHP | Burst pool | Primary |
| Regen × 50 | Endurance + flat regen. 100 HP ≈ 1 tick ≈ 50 points | Primary |
| AGI × 3 | Avoidance | Secondary |
| STR × 2 / DEX × 2 | Hate, hit, procs | Tertiary |
| Haste | Ignored while song-capped | — |
| WIS / INT / CHA / resists | Situational | Not in score |
Within about 25 points, we would take more HP/regen for long fights or more AC for a hard-hitting named. Do not treat 2 points as a swap.
Same slots, a few nudges
Core worn set still matches the AC-first ranking. Endurance / AGI / STR / DEX only move a couple of close calls:
| Slot | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ear ×2 | Black Sapphire Electrum | Unchanged |
| Face | Darkbrood Mask | Unchanged |
| Head / arms / legs / feet / wrist | Indicolite | Chase missing chest, legs, hands first |
| Finger | Engineer’s + Fire Wedding | Unchanged |
| Shoulders | Imbued Granite Spaulders | Yael — +10 AC beats 30 HP / 9 STR on Pauldrons of Power |
| Chest | Indicolite Breastplate | Over Rubicite, but see below |
| Back | Cloak of Scales or SOTI | Sustain vs max AC. Cloak of Flames loses while haste is ignored |
| Waist | Brell’s Girdle | Runed Bolster on any-slot if you want STR/DEX |
| Hands | Indicolite Gauntlets | Over Slime Blood of Cazic-Thule — same AC, more pool |
| Primary | Dagas (Warrior) / Theurgist’s Star (Cleric) | Weapons still rank damage ÷ delay first; tank stats are a bonus |
| Secondary | Bladestopper | Usually the largest free upgrade still sitting in the bag |
Rubicite vs Indicolite chest
A Rubicite Breastplate with flat HP regen (example: +6) is worth 300 score from regen alone. Indicolite still wins on 35 AC plus 15 STA/STR/DEX in the worked sheet (about 523 vs 490), but the gap is small. Keep Rubicite until Hate chest drops if you are attrition-tanking and the inspect regen is real.
Back slot under this sheet
| Item | AC | HP | Other | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield of the Immaculate (as back) | 25 | 0 | STR 10 | 270 |
| Cloak of Scales | 15 | 50 | STR 10 | 245 |
| Cloak of Flames | 10 | 50 | DEX 9, AGI 9 | 220 |
The sheet prefers SOTI. Weight regen at about 100 instead of 50 and Scales ties or wins — reasonable for long pulls. Flames loses here because haste is ignored and AGI does not close the AC gap. Wear Flames when you are not song-capped.
Do not dump a large AC or HP swing for a small STR/DEX bump. AGI is real avoidance; it is not 10 AC. Weapons: ratio first. Dagas (11/21 plus 20 AC / 100 HP) and Theurgist’s Star (15/25) earn the slot on ratio and tank stats.
Import a dump into Profiles, then run Advisor on tank focus for owned gear. If an inspect-verified regen line disagrees with a row we used on this sheet, the inspect is what we will store.
Unofficial fan writing. Not affiliated with Daybreak Game Company. Inspect in game before you camp or destroy anything over a ranking.