Bathory Armor?

[Namine]

I strongly suggest putting a bathory card in a glittering jacket. A lot of people favor Odin's for the combos but glit will always trump it because of the mdef. Being restricted to set gears sucks anyway.

It's just for flexibility's sake that if you are aiming for pure def, odin's combo is still pretty hard to beat for the peco riders. Most mvps that require the LK tank usually don't use magic beyond dark, so you're quite alright. The only exception is just SM. Plus in those scenario... the melee hurts so much more than the magic that the mdef lost really pales compare to def loss. Lending is also great too in case if the designated peco rider does not have it.

Stone buckler isn't bad with 5% large resist which is most mvp, and in most cases, one single monster don't use a wide enough variety of elements to really consider valk shield instead. Thus the only lost is the magni cap vs other gears, which isn't a bad trade off for using a set gear.