Bulwark of the Amani Empire

So i can't decide what to socket it with... 15 stam or 8 dodge rating. The socket bonus is 3 stam and the socket is red.
_________________

Do 15 stam or the nightseye agility / stamina. (I may prefer the later so you can still pick up the item bonus for extra stamina).
_________________
Official tankadin of The Core <Tichondrius>

im gonna put a 14 spell dmg (jc bop gem) in it as it will be my aoe/trash shield since the gruul shield that never drops is still better for bosses IMO
_________________

Really, Gruul shield over this one? It does seem interesting that ZA gear is stacking block rating and value.
_________________
http://wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?n=Sielanas&r=Dark%20Iron

This shield looks significantly better than the Gruul shield to me... you lose some pure avoidance but you gain a LOT of mitigation. It contributes more to uncrushable, and has the same stamina assuming you gem for the socket bonus, more if you don't (I chose to socket mine w/ a shifting nightseye in my spreadsheet, but to each his own).

It also has more armor than Aldori Legacy and the same BV as the Shield of Impenetrable Darkness (which is huuuge).
_________________
[url=http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Uther&n=Brute]

personally i just wouldnt want to sacrafice 8 defense skill and 1% hit on a boss to gain 133 armor and 59 bv as when im in both my MT and trash/aoe set i try to stay between 490-500 defense to maximize other stats (2.4% block rating wouldnt matter on a boss if youre already uncrushable without it, except for possibly prince and shaman add on FL due to their thrash-like attacks)

im going to maximize the stats on the bulwark anyway by getting tough shield on it to give it a total 261 bv

pretty much if a mob hits for less than 4k a swing i use trash/aoe gear, if its for more i use my boss set, and if he's hitting for more than 4k hes probably hitting slow and the hit is nice for a small threat gen increase

*the armor and bv assume you have +10% armor and +30% bv
_________________