Ironblood probably better than swift for Mag dk. Swift seems better for necro.

I prefer impregnable for most bgs and no-cp. 3k+ crit resist is a good damage mitigation, I don’t see many people running malacath. Whatever mitigates dot damage better IMO

Not a dumb question. You just gotta check logs and see if you think you get crit enough. Ironblood is very strong though, but so are huge random crit burst when it’s down.

Having 20-25k resistance helps of course. Usually two protective rings, 2 heavy reinforced.
Someone with 20-30% crit is pretty average but high enough to crit often.

angelofdeath333 wrote: »

Trees and rocks.

Uh, what?

All of the PvP mitigation sets have some major drawbacks.

• Ironblood- 5 second cooldown is very bad and the -50% movespeed means only a few classes can use it
• Aetherial Ascension- Increased cost to block, dodge, break free makes this set unusable for most builds
• Armor Master- Requires a slot to use (Light Shield, Evasion)
• Pariah- Low mitigation until around 60% health which means enemy players see your low health and converge on you
• Brass- Low mitigation comparatively
• Swift- Low mitigation unless you have < 15k armor (remember: armor and damage reduction are multiplicative which means they reduce each other)

My philosophy is to avoid running any mitigation sets and instead, run two damage or healer sets and block heavily.

I know you're a Mag DK but as a Mag Sorc if I was forced to pick a mitigation set, it would be:

Dark Conversion: Pariah
Dark Deal: Aetherial Ascension



See Trial by Fire as well. It's almost as much armor as Aetherial Ascension.



For a hybrid set, use Heartland Conqueror with Defending trait on backbar.

Ironblood is supposed to let you use a gap closer when you have the snare effect.