Dampen magicka is only strong if you're wearing seven pieces of light. Hardened ward is better because that morph is a third stronger by design.
I'd say hardened ward for PVP, or empowered ward for PVE for the extra regeneration and duration. Personally I stack hardened and healing wards.
oTheTownDrunk wrote: »Does it depend which ward you use first? Healing ward should be first in theory so that it heals you for the larger amount of the remaining shield correct?
Thrasher91604 wrote: »Harness Majicka doesn't protect against bursty physical stam based attacks, which are the current meta. Hardened ward does.
oTheTownDrunk wrote: »How much stronger of a shield is Dampen than Harness?