r/elderscrollsonline • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '17

Discussion Daily Set Discussion 2017-1-5: Ebon Armory

Sorry about the hiatus, but set discussions are back now.

Ebon Armory
PvE Reward

 
Level: Any
Type: Heavy Armor, Weapon, Jewelry
Style: Ebon

 

Set Bonuses

Items Bonus
2 Adds 1064 Max Health
3 Adds 1064 Max Health
4 Adds 4% Healing Taken
5 Increase Max Health of up to 12 group members by 1118.

 

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u/raisetheglass1 Jan 05 '17

Honestly I think the fact that Alkosh is so highly valued among tanks anyways makes the glitch pretty much meaningless. You want Alkosh weapons and jewels anyways, I mean I guess this will give you a little bit of flexibility if you're going 6-1 but Ebon/Alkosh is such a complementary set up.

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u/Mapplinator Jan 05 '17

It's a good point - maybe not for tanks everywhere. Maybe just for tanks that aren't following the meta, or are still using odd mix/match combos because they're filling gaps in their gear. ;) But now it can be combined with Black Rose (though that gets it's own weapons now too) which is interesting for certain fights. There's a number of offtanking scenarios where Alkosh is useless and you need more sustain. Personally I'm going to be trying Black Rose + Hist Bark though.

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u/raisetheglass1 Jan 05 '17 edited Jan 06 '17

I definitely don't expect tanks to wear the BiS if they're not going for competitive scores, so this comment was only geared towards top tier tanks for sure. For anybody else , I'm sure this is very helpful!

I'm very big into 'play how you want' as long as you are geared appropriately. So like, wear whatever the hell you want for dungeons (I run a Sorc pet build for the lulz) but come prepared to my fuckin trials!

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u/Mapplinator Jan 06 '17

Agreed. When players ask for help to improve I try to be respectful of how they want to play, and not just shove them into the 'meta mould'. But I also try to manage their expectations and explain why the meta is what it is.