Question About Armor Set Bonuses and Skill Buffs

agabahmeatshieldb14_ESO

I have a question that I can't find an answer to in the patch notes regarding armor set bonuses.

Two of the sets I use for tanking are Hist Bark and the Bloodspawn set (the Undaunted helm/shoulder combo from Spindleclutch).

How will these work with 1.6? Will Hist Bark's 5 piece bonus now give the Major Evasion or Minor Evasion buff while blocking, or will the sets work independently of skill buffs?

Same question for Bloodspawn: will the 2 piece bonus trigger Minor Resolve, Minor Ward, and Major/Minor Heroism?

EDIT: Oh, and while we're on the topic: will the 3 piece bonus from the Infallible Aether set apply the Minor Breach and Minor Fracture debuff, or is this independent from skills?

Roselle

It appears the gear set bonuses seem to stack with the current major and minor buffs.

For example, I equipped the 2 piece Blood Spawn while also applying my Templar Channeled Focus ability (major resolve and ward buff) and saw the armor and spell resistances stack with each other when Blood Spawn procced.

Hist Bark, another set I was able to preview on the PTS, still seems to give +dodge, not a major or minor evasion buff.

indigoblades

i was unsure of this also, but my guess was half to most of our old armor is useless now because we will double stack buffs.

This kinda upsets me but it seems the way of the future with this 'balance'. Not sure if champion system and thieves guild will offset the negatives of this patch for me.

agabahmeatshieldb14_ESO

Thanks for the answer, Roselle, and yeah, I tested Bloodspawn and saw that it was definitely giving the full lump sum of 25 ultimate at a time, rather than a Heroism buff.

Now the question is whether Hist Bark will add to Major Evasion or if the system will just choose the highest value evade buff and run with that, and whether the Undaunted sets stacking with skill buffs is INTENDED or not.