How to set CP to mitigate damage.

Norgh

CP 810 Nightblade DD, PVE only and a solo player, Ok with the damage side of CP but struggling on how to set CP to reduce damage before blocking or dodge roll, too many things can one shot me WBs etc so really need to reduce incoming damage of all types to enable me to then block ,roll dodge or use resolving vigor etc.

FakeFox

Generally you want quite a lot of Ironclad and Thick Skinned, with the exact distribution depending on what form of incoming damage actually causes you problems. In PvE content most incoming damage for DDs are magical damage types. So depending on if you have any relevant physical damage types or not you split it up between either Spellshield and Elemental Defender or Spellshield, Elemental Defender and Hardy.

Septimus_Magna

How I usually put my red CP:
49 Hardy
49 Elemental Defender
48 into Thick Skinned
81 into Iron Clad
43 into Spell Shield

Many attacks are direct damage and elemental/physical so it helps if you put many point into Iron Clad.
If you play a lot solo you can put something like 19 points into Quick Recovery to get 5% more healing.
In that case you can take some points out Iron Clad and Spell Shield.

Make sure to allocate your CP after the jump points, for example 23.1% gives 23% bonus but 22.9% gives 22% bonus.