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Best type of defense in this game?

gessekai332gessekai332 Member UncommonPosts: 861
in Path of Exile
I was wondering if anyone knew what the best type of defense in this game was. Evasion, block, hp, hp-regen, resistance, armor, or minions? Discuss :D

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  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,483

    depemds on your style, armor is the most predictable, as is health.

    resistances should be capped or near capped on all classes anyways

     

  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    I got a 73 Tank marauder, and I use armor with max resist.  The only problem is in merciless, I find you could have a million armor and maxed resist, and you still die in 1 hit on many bosses...I guess you're not supposed to be a tank lol.
  • thinktank001thinktank001 Member UncommonPosts: 2,144
    Originally posted by gessekai332
    I was wondering if anyone knew what the best type of defense in this game was. Evasion, block, hp, hp-regen, resistance, armor, or minions? Discuss :D

     

    You want to max elemental resistances and get just enough armour to reduce the weak white mob hits to nothing.   Physical damage reduction is determined by how large the incoming hit was and gets severly reduced on larger hits so you want lots of hp to keep your 1hko chances low.

     

  • RyowulfRyowulf Member UncommonPosts: 664

    Health>armor>evasion>shield

    Also note Chaos damage ignores Shields

    Generally no matter how much armor or health don't think you can just stand there and take everything thrown at you.

  • NilenyaNilenya Member UncommonPosts: 364

    I think soaking is a good option - through any means. have a lot of hp and energy shield, or use minions or a decoy totem. Or even a spell totem with ice spear and multiple projectiles > a good defense when you keep mobs frozen and unable to hurt you.

    On bosses though, make sure they are cursed. Some of them need to be enfeebled or they can one shot you, on merciless.

     

    There is no best defense. It completely depends on the way you've decided to play. A frost witch is not going to defend the way a summoner does, but both is viable.

     

    Personallty I play a chaos innoculated frost witch, with all ES armor. That means low evasion and no armor to speak of. I havent died yet on Merciless, and I basically stay mobile, break rooms with spell totem, and through items I make sure I cannot be stunned or frozen. On normal and cruel I still used minions to soak dmg, but no being a minion specialised witch I find that they become almost useless later on when mobs hit that much harder.

     

    If you have decided on a class you can go on the official forums and read up on how people play the various skillpaths for that class.

  • xiptonxipton Member UncommonPosts: 4
    Originally posted by Ryowulf

    Health>armor>evasion>shield

    Also note Chaos damage ignores Shields

    Generally no matter how much armor or health don't think you can just stand there and take everything thrown at you.

    thats one of a hell good resume hehehe LOL

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  • JimmyYOJimmyYO Member UncommonPosts: 519
    75% of every resist including chaos then hp+hp % regen.
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