an other question about the red constellation =)

Hibbou

Hi,
I don t quite understand the difference between "armor focus"/"Spell shield" and "elemental defender"/"hardy"

one raises resistance, the other reduces the damages, that I understood, but what is better for PVP,
for the moment I have 11k spell and physical resist and 20% damages reduction, I ve been told that I need at least 15k resi for PVP, is it even possible with a medium armor or do I need to go full heavy armor and shield to be competitive?

thanks

MrTarkanian48

IMO do not waste your time with Armor Focus/Spell Shield. These raise your resistances by a flat amount. If your resistance is at 33,150 you are at the resistance cap, which mitigates 50% damage. Anything over 33,150 is wasted (unless someone applies major fracture/breach). 33,150/50= 663. So every time you increase your resistance by 663, it is essentially 1% increased resistance.

If I am not mistaken, placing 100 CP in Armor Focus/Spell Shield will give you a 5280 increase to that stat. 5280/663=7.96 or roughly 8% increased mitigation.

On the other hand 100 CP in Elemental defender/Hardy provides 25% resistance to magic/elemental(ele defender), or poison/physical (hardy). These are also % resistances that cannot be negated my weapon or spell penetration.

Basically you get a lot more mitigation out of your CP by investing in Ele defender/hardy. If PVP is the focus, depending on your build you may want to invest in Resistant as well to reduce crit damage. I currently run 60 in hardy, 60 in elemental defender (providing 17.5% resistance to both mag/phys damage) on my stamina character to get the "unchained" passive, and then put my last 47 CP in resistant.

Hibbou

ok, thank you for your answer, that was pretty much my opinion