Goggles and cloak were my slots since slave lords doesn't compete there.
Hide item + HP is good. I'd say its the only other one besides UNCON range that is good.
With slave lords though you might go for HP set. HP set can not be worn with Hide + HP item.

Pally and fighter stances are exclusive, but both stack with Sentinel HP bonus, and GS.

A competing set of goggles would be Cannith Crafted.
A competing cloak would be Mysterious or Cannith.

For a toon with complex stats, I would use an INT shroud stick for KTA if possible.
Dex-based toons seem to have an advantage because of their synergy with Hide, and the ability to drop a stat.

Monks are the worst. I don't run any Shroud gear on them because of the stats and tactics gear needed; however, the changes to Improved Deception means Unbalancing Strike can completely replace that effect. Ghostly can be gotten via ninja spy. This helps a lot with their gearing.

Hp set should be trip negative + trip positive IMO. Some displacement clickies in them are nice.

YMMV, as always.
Merry Christmas!!

ymmv, but am happy to share what I run
If you're running a monk and want HP set I wouldn't recommend it. Best options look like Boots / Necklace / Cloak. I run wind stance to give myself melee alacrity. I get my incorp from shadow fade. I run Dex-to-damage so I can dump STR. This helps with gearing. 11 AP in Ninja Spy is cheap and extremely effective. The extra SA and dex-to-hide make up for some of the loss of going elsewhere.

Required IMO
Ring1: Prowess (Deadly, Acc, Melee Power)
Body: Robes of the Celestial Guardian
Trinket: Epic Litany of the Dead
Helm: Legendary Executioner's Helm
Gloves: Cannith Crafted, Healing AMP of Doublestrike of Insightful (STR/DEX/ACC)
Goggles: Cannith Crafted, Wisdom of True Seeing of Insightful Wisdom + 2 Festive Aug

Slave Lords
Bracers: Constitution, Resistance 14, Stunning, Quality Con
Belt: PRR, Devotion, Vertigo (Unbalancing Strike), Quality PRR
Ring2: Dexterity, Devotion Lore, Tendon Slice, Quality Dexterity. Bust applied for 3 MP. ---> Make STR item if not dex build

debateable
Necklace: Pendant of Warrior's Focus //// or Golden Guile //// or LGS
Cloak: Cannith Crafted, Hide + Dodge + Insightful PRR //// or LGS hide + HP //// or Mysterious Cloak //// or LGS unconc range //// SWAP Jeweled Cloak
Boots: LGS Unconcious Range Item. //// Slave lords STR or Wisdom for 5-piece, but you'd edit goggles OR doj fom boots with haste if you're not runnin wind stance. There are some other options here. I think boots of Innocence are great until you get some of the other pieces. They get you the stunning / vertigo and haste cheap.

other stuff
Ring2: Ring of Lies (if not running Unbalancing Strike) /// Cannith Crafted, Devotion of Positive Lore of Insightful PRR

LGS set is not worth it.

I've posted current endgame gear for almost every one of my melee builds. None of them have more than 1 LGS accessory. I don't have a tree, but it shouldn't be all that different. You actually have less slots to waste being a 4 stat build as opposed to most of them being 2-3 stats.

Think of it this way: it is the inherent flaw of set bonuses. You're considering using 3 equipment slots to get one nice (not game-breaking or build-making, but nice) set bonus effect. You'll have 9 other effects on that GS, but they will be meh (and no mythic bonus or augment slots!).

Now compare it to slaver gear or modern named items. These will typically have 5 top-of-the-line dead sexy effects each. The slaver set bonus is very good, it isn't game-breaking or build-making either, but each piece of that set is going to be worth slotting on it's own merit also.

For comparison:
L Executioner's Helm (Ins deception +7, Relentless Fury, Seeker 17, Qual CM+4, Mythic +3, augment slot)
L Animated Rope (Diversion 28, SA +14, Dodge 17, CM 14 (Ins), stacking melee power +3, augment slot)
generic Slave craft (anystat +17/Resistance 14/Tendon Slice 10/Q anystat +4/ stacking +3 Melee power/augment slot)

Ah didn't realize it was a tree build.
Go Boots / Necklace.
Those builds need HP before even deadly.
The Wind Stance is statistically equal to Fire stance for you I believe.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Dec 26^th, 2016 at 5:01pm:




Yeah, how dare I answer a build question in the builds section from a guy that I've worked on builds with before. [/sarcasm]

Lern2troll, noob.

I kno about wind vs fire but techically i hit a point where fire stance is of more use to me then wind, reason being because i sometimes (and its really only used in bos fights and sometimes when i pull to much trash because of new aggromechanic) hotswap staff for qstrike and then back to wraps/form.
Gets my dstrike for initial burst rly high with burst n stuff and in that case i stay in fire stance.
Also as im running a 3 wiz split, with twilight my aura has longer duration
I played for couple levels with fire/wind stance and with my current playstyle it seems that i benefit more from fire even tho technically and from numbers on paper i should be 24/7 in wind but completition times just dont seem to point that out (couple lucky crits on that high base outpace your almost always 50% + dstrike as it seems that the higher base the less dstike vs multi is worth it)
Its not really a build made for grouping.
Will check and ingame discuss with some people as well if il go gsteel or no.
Point is, i can farm slavers solo really fast in couple days for a full set of gear.
For shroud accs id would be best to do le shrouds which people rarely run on cannith, but if i decide on wraps only i can do it duo with buddy on ln or lh with 10 bots /and just loot chests since i dont need those codexes or whatever guildies and friends explained to me.

Also tnx guys for pointing out some named n ideas, really helpfull

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Dec 26^th, 2016 at 6:17pm:


You're going to have to troll me harder than that.

Thanks dude.

Goggles and cloak it is.

Lelouch wrote on Dec 29^th, 2016 at 3:12pm:


You can only slavecraft boots, bracers, belt, necklace, ring, and trinket.