I was recently talking to another Immortal spec'd Jugg who had 17k hp in some nice purples (for reference Im just over 1600 but got me some green relics cause I suck). He was telling me about how he used to use the formula def > shield > abs, but ended up switching to shiled > abs > def and has been having a lot better time tanking. He said this was because with his def at only 15% but his shield at 40% and absorption at 3X% (forget what that was exactly but 30ish) he would get hit a lot, but for only around 25% of the damage, due to absorption and armor reductions.

 

This had two key effects, the first was that he wasn't spiky in the taking damage area as he was always getting hit. With 22% defense, 30% shield and 28% absorb I notice I often either take no damage or a lot. The second was that since he was getting hit he was almost always at max rage due to our def stances mechanic.

 

So I'm wondering what you others have found and if it's worthwhile for me to swap some enhancements around?

Edited January 18, 2012 by MoistMuffin

http://sithwarrior.com/forums/Thread-Tradeoff-with-Defense-Rating-Shield-Rating-Absorption-Rating

So it's still all theorycrafting still, cool, thanks for the link.

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