Here’s something you’re seeing more and more of recently: raiders forgoing the Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle and instead nabbing the Greater Inscription of the Gladiator for their shoulder enchants. My first thought when I saw this was “resilience in my pve gear?!” but at second look it’s not such a bad idea.
If you break down the numbers, the Pinnacle enchant gives you:
- .86% avoidance (from dodge and defense rating)
- .12% mitigation (block from def)
- .12% crit chance reduction
The Gladiator enchanter gives you:
- 342 hp
- .18% crit chance reduction
So the big question here is what’s more worthwhile having, the avoidance and mitigation of Pinnacle, or the health of Gladiator? Personally, I’m thinking that in terms of heavy hitting Ulduar bosses, I’d rather have the assurance of the extra health (and that’s before Kings) over the RNG-ariffic avoidance.
It’s only 10k honor to purchase a Gladiator enchant from the PVP vendors in Org/SW. I think I’ll switch that out tonight when I log in.
