How much HP for raid tank?

How much HP for raid tank?

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Posted by: Jarvis.9540

Jarvis.9540

Hey guys. I have a set of Knight’s armor already built, and I was thinking of trying my hand at tanking the new raid with it (using mostly hammer for melee). My only concern is the low hp on the knight’s armor, so I was thinking of pairing different types of trinkets with it. Do any of you guys have a good feel for what a comfortable hp level would be for raid tanking?

How much HP for raid tank?

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Posted by: Timston.1976

Timston.1976

I don’t do much pve and haven’t done a raid yet, but barbarians trinkets or Valkyrie would help your hp alot. I use them in wvw and they help alot too

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How much HP for raid tank?

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Posted by: phor.7952

phor.7952

I face tanked the first boss with 14k in mostly zerker gear (just a few pieces of soldiers).

You never really take big spike damage (unless your group screws up on the lightning circles, but then it’s probably a wipe anyway).
So I don’t think HP is all that important.

You can use blocks from Mace3, Shield4, Focus5, Shield of Courage to negate a ton of damage if you time them right before a melee hit.
Sigil of Justice and Hunter’s Fortification help too.

I don’t know if that changes on Gorseval though…