Tanking: Protection (Phys/Mag) vs Mitigation (Evade/Glance/Evade)

Originally Posted by Nipsnaps

Good to know atleast from that point.

And then again, glance is not 142% damage reduction like dodge is.

I run both. Winwin?

Originally Posted by Nipsnaps

If there are multiple sources of dmg like adds or fast hitting boss, then evade and Inevitability and the "two hits reduced" of evade get better n better, and aside the spikyness issue evade IS the best overall Time to Live defense stat, it just works best with multihit situations.

Originally Posted by DirewolfX

Only after you've reached the 'anti-pen/crit cap.' We don't know the formulas for pen/crit very well, but the values of Block and Defence for reducing pen and crit respectively are much more than Evade with Fleeting Fortress.

Originally Posted by Nipsnaps

I haven't parsed any of my tanking runs, how much crit% and pen% are mobs getting? All I can say as a feeling is that crits and pens are very rare unless the mob has some spesific thing bout them. Sure when they happen they can be nasty-y-y ...

And like I love to say to DPS guys failing evading AoE stuff, taking a 5% risk times many minutes times 5 players means that even that 5% risk tends to happen nearly every fight ...

Originally Posted by BlessingsXI

My stats are 1053 evade, 806 defense, and 550 block. 10,053 HP with one blue vigour signet, and two greens. I'm cheap. 2200 AR ensures that even the 4k dps (yes dps, not AR) I run with can comfortably go all out without having to slot confuse or subtlety. AOE fights I tend to break 2k dps, single target its more around 6-700, but it all adds up.

Originally Posted by Kaias26

1053 evade = 1head q10.4 (306) + 3major q10.4 (277*3=831)
You have only 3minor(185*3=555) and 1weapon(319) to stack 806def and 550block...
well well well...

2k dps with your gear...OKAY

Originally Posted by BlessingsXI

Wasted slots: Mass Provoke, Fuel to the fire, Sixth Sense (wtf garbage... watch it more often, see how long it takes to go off in a single target fight, the damage and healing it actually does).

As for the actual purpose of the thread, I disagree with phys prot over all other stats in an all purpose gear set. I hate swapping gear for every boss, every instance, etc.

Here's what I run with on every dungeon but Ankh.

http://thesecretsandbox.com/Deck?abi...0,178,1027,476

This is hands down the highest mitigation spec I could possibly find. This setup may not work with people that don't have my setup, but I'm full 10.4/10.4 except for my sword, which I'm debating on switching out for another weapon for funzies. Sword is 10.2, but a home-made 10.2 with defense. I have an AR headpiece, three health majors, and three AR minors.

My stats are 1053 evade, 806 defense, and 550 block. 10,053 HP with one blue vigour signet, and two greens. I'm cheap. 2200 AR ensures that even the 4k dps (yes dps, not AR) I run with can comfortably go all out without having to slot confuse or subtlety. AOE fights I tend to break 2k dps, single target its more around 6-700, but it all adds up.

In Ankh, I grab trial by swords, stoicism, and spiral of death, knocking out art of war, martial discipline, and Helter Skelter. All for Klein. I can see the questions now. "But Kat, why the Illusion, bosses cant be evaded in Ankh!" You're wrong. Only bosses 1, 2, 5, and klein himself on 6 are counted as true bosses in that instance. Melothat, the zombies that can hit for 8k, the orochis, and the spider boss + minions can all be evaded. Even the bosses that cant be evaded/glanced/blocked, still register evaded/glanced/blocked attacks, so things like the Signet of Hatred, and abilities that proc off mitigations still work. They do the full damage, but still show up as mitigated in your combat log and proc abilities.

http://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/...er/CheshyreKat