Can't speak for red--some of its mechanics are different there than Blue--but AC parsing on P99-Blue since Velious launch confirms that armor has good effect since that time. It should not be ignored as a stat for any tank type.
The character linked a few posts above has less than 200 worn item AC, which I regard as unacceptably weak for difficult group/duo content. Upper-end duo/group named hit for 300's and 400's, sometimes (rarely) more. You want to mitigate that as effectively as possible. If you don't do difficult group/duo content and stick with Sebilis/Karnor trash before raiding (where Hybrids won't tank much anyway) that equipment would serve well enough. Since a lot of players--probably a majority if we're honest--do actually play that way, I won't call that gear setup invalid, merely unsuited to how I'd play the character.
Danth
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