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

Back Slot

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.

Chest Slot

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.

Foot Slot

Type	Health	Mitigation	Avoidance	Notes
	Heavy Clefthoof Boots Edgewalker Longboots	Supple Leather Boots	Nimble-foot Treads Edgewalker Longboots Shadowstep Striders

Finger Slot

Type	Health	Mitigation	Avoidance	Notes
	Violet Signet (exalted) Ring of Unyielding Force Shermanar Great-Ring Iron Band of the Unbreakable	Same	Delicate Eternium Ring Elementium Band of the Sentry	The rings are pretty good at what they do.

Hands Slot

Type	Health	Mitigation	Avoidance	Notes
	Wastewalker Gloves	Hands - Verdant Gloves	Wastewalker Gloves	Verdant gloves are nearly impossible to beat.

Head Slot

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.

Leg Slot

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.

Neck Slot

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

Shoulder Slot

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

Trinket Slot

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!

Weapon Slot

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.

Waist Slot

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

Wrist Slot

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.