Druid Tanking Equipment
When tanking there are three factors to survival. Those factors are Health, Mitigation, Avoidance. Within the category of mitigation there are two types, physical and magic.
Additionally, there is the issue of holding aggro. This is done partially by improving your AP and your crit.
This page organizes tanking equipment first by slot, then by type.
All this info is from a post by Jini here - I just added in links and drop sources
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Thoriumweave Cloak Resolute Cape |
See health | Gilded Thorium Cloak Burnoose of the Shifting Ages |
Thoriumweave is the best all around. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Wastewalker Tunic Heavy Clefthoof Vest Nickwinkle's Harness Experiment |
Jerkin of the Untamed Spirit | Breastplate of Malorne Warden's Hauberk Wastewalker Tunic Chestguard of the Talon |
Lots of ways to go here. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Heavy Clefthoof Boots Edgewalker Longboots |
Supple Leather Boots | Nimble-foot Treads Edgewalker Longboots Shadowstep Striders |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Violet Signet (exalted) Ring of Unyielding Force Shermanar Great-Ring Iron Band of the Unbreakable |
Same | Delicate Eternium Ring | Rings are pretty simple for tanking,they have good health and mitigation except for the Delicate Eternium Ring which has a good amount of avoidance. Get two of the listed ones. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Wastewalker Gloves | Hands - Verdant Gloves | Wastewalker Glvoes | Verdant gloves are nearly impossible to beat. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Stag-Helm of Malorne Wastewalker Helm WL Dragonhide Helm Cobrascale Helm Exorcist's Leather Helm |
Stag-Helm of Malorne Cobrascale Hood Stylin' Purple Hat |
Stylin' Purple Hat Stag-Helm of Malorne Cobrascale Hood The Night Watchman |
Cowl of the Guiltless can be useful to fill in for crit immunity when lacking on other pieces. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Heavy Clefthoof Leggings Wastewalker Leggings |
Ash Tempered Legguards | Skulker's Greaves | Few options, but each category is good at its task. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes | |
| Mark of the Ravenguard Barbed Choker of Discipline Thick Felsteel Necklace |
None, pick between Health or Avoidance | Strength of the Untamed | Necklace of the Juggernaut Jagged Bark Pendant Strength of the Untamed |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Mantle of Malorne High Warlord's Dragonhide Shoulders Shoulderpads of Assassination |
None, see health | None, see health | Pretty small set to choose from |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Argussian Compass Timelapse Shard Alchemist's Stone |
Mark of Tyranny Smoking Heart of the Mountain |
Moroes' Lucky Pocketwatch Adamantine Figurine |
Two good choices for each category, hope you took the MoT! |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| Greatstaff of the Leviathan Feral Staff of Lashing Staff of Beasts |
Earthwarden Braxxis' Staff of Slumber |
Terestian's Stranglestaff |
Earthwarden is the best all around weapon, Greatstaff is probably second overall. |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| General's Leather Belt | Manimal's Cinch | General's Leather Belt Naaru's Belt of Precision Girdle of the Deathdealer |
| Type | Health | Mitigation | Avoidance | Notes |
| General's Leather Bracers | Umberhowl's Collar | General's Leather Belt Spymistresses' Wristguards |
Umberhowl's Collar is the overall best, the Pvp piece may be worth picking up. |