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Comment by Ottius

2 agility rings, 2 dodge rings and 0 str dps rings. 3d expansion in a row. What is Blizzard's problem?

Comment by 126038

Pretty good tanking ring to begin heroics with. Since you need 4 Chimera's Eye, you will need at least 4 days to get all of them doing the JC daily, or spend some gold in the auction House.

Recipe: Design: Elementium Moebius Band

You also might want to check Elementium Guardian

Comment by JoEU

4xChimera eyes makes the one crafting this clueless.

Comment by redraven937

The question on everyone's mind should be: is this a good tanking ring compared to other available options? Tank ring options:

Elementium Moebius Band (JC crafted)
Entwined Nereis (heroic Lady Naz'jar, Throne of Tides)
Felsen's Ring of Resolve (Revered with Therazane)
Phosphorescent Ring (heroic Corborus, Stonecore)
Ring of Three Lights (heroic Siamat, Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Red Rock Band (Revered with Ramkahen)

The Red Rock Band isn't strictly a tanking ring per se, but generally speaking Expertise and Mastery are things with some measure of value to all of the tanks. Now that all of them are listed, here is how they stack up against one another:

Tanking Ring Showdown

The one thing that jumps out immediately is that the Moebius Band has a socket whereas none of the others do. That aside, the Felsen ring gains +20 Strength and +47 Mastery at the cost of -16 Dodge and the socket (with it's +15 Stamina bonus). If you slapped a Skillful Ember Topaz in the socket, the comparison falls to 17 Mastery vs 16 Dodge + 15 Stamina. Minus, of course, the literal cost of the Moebius Band and the cost of the gem.

It is with that literal cost in mind that the Elementium Moebius Band falls short in my eyes. Finishing the normal quest-line in Deepholm will put you 2-3 days worth of dailies away from Revered with Therazane and a ring that is nearly identical. While the Ramkahen reputation ring is not as directly comparable, the fact remains that it too is within easy reach of level 85 characters (nevermind that plate tanks are going to like the epic wrist at Exalted). So if you were looking for this ring to wear yourself, I suggest taking a pass.

Comment by 388489

Note that none of the Cataclysm BoE Jewelcrafting rings are unique-equipped, so it is possible to have two of these on at the same time.

Comment by 615359

This is a BiS tanking ring before raiding.Socketing with a Defender's Demonseye gives you 45 more stamina before talents.Definitely worth the money as prices of mats are coming down everyday.

Comment by 712782

What about pairing up Elementium Moebius Band, reforging the dodge into parry and adding a Fine Ember Topaz a little like Fenitarn2 was saying, with Ring of Three Lights?

Now, granted I am looking at these two in the perspective of a dwarven protection warrior. Which in my mind means, Mastery > Parry > Dodge. That being said, Ring of Three Lights doesn't need any reforging.

Here's my comparison.

Comment by Swordy

You can equip two of these, it is not unique.

Comment by Mendric

I'm a JC, and have plenty of alts that I get my own mats with, so 2 of these is a no brainer for my soon to ding alt Pali. The current top comment on this page is quite dated and is very opinionated (then again, most are). Facts are that this ring is the best Pre-Raid tanking ring for Cata. It really depends on your budget and resources.

This is the current list for choices of pre-raid rings. Be sure to note that this ring is not unique equipped. The list is best 1st.

Elementium Moebius Band - 346 - BoE - Jewelcrafting
Phosphorescent Ring - 346 - HEROIC The Stonecore - Corborus
Red Rock Band - 346 - REPUTATION Requires Ramkahen - Revered
Entwined Nereis - 346 - HEROIC Throne of Tides - Lady Naz'jar
Umbriss Band - 346 - HEROIC Grim Batol - General Umbriss
Ring of Three Lights - 346 - HEROIC Lost City of the Tol'vir - Siamat
Felsen's Ring of Resolve - 346 - REPUTATION Requires Therazane - Revered
Ring of Three Lights - 333 - DUNGEON Lost City of the Tol'vir - Siamat
Umbriss Band - 333 - DUNGEON Grim Batol - General Umbriss

Normally I only give max effort for my main (Mage), since I don't have the time I use to, but this is little effort and is a great ring. I don't have time to farm heroics with my many alts, and luckily in this case, I don't need to bother. If you happen to be on Dalaran, I'll hook you up. I can do this ring for about 600-700g easy. Possibly less depending on the Volatile Life (only thing I don't farm).

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Elementium Moebius Band

Item Level 346
Binds when equipped

Finger

+148 Strength
+252 Stamina
+65 Mastery

Red Socket
Socket Bonus: +15 Stamina

Requires Level 85
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 128.

Sell Price: 5 50 86

Elementium Moebius Band

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