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Health/Defense Tradeoff -- Help!

roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
edited October 2015 in Builds and Roles
Howdy

I am working on a build, hybrid melee/ranged, maybe some tanking. My build is almost done, but I want the one that can survive the best against foes like Frosticus and Onslaught villains.

Currently, I am looking at
Option #1: 15,900 health, 123% damage resistance
Option #2 18,400 health, 85% damage resistance

Which of these ends up being tougher (assuming the same set of powers)?

Thanks!
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    pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    Option 1: effective hit points = 15,900 x (1 + 1.23) = 35,457
    Option 2: effective hit points = 18,400 x (1 + 0.85) = 34,040

    Option 1 is also superior for healing.
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    roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    Ah--that is roughly what I was looking for.

    By the way, the difference was in making PSS Str (Option 1) vs. PSS Con (Option 2).
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    pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    What is your damage resistance coming from? 85% is really low for a defensive passive, is that just your Defense? If so, you'd pull slightly ahead (on the Con build) with another 60% or so from a defensive passive.
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    roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    This toon is using AoPM, so no defensive passive. All gear/specs.

    If I went for defensive passive, Con would drop 79 points, and I would then have to figure out another method of energy management. Either of my current build choices does not even need an energy unlock.
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    nether#4450 nether
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    roughbearmattach said:

    This toon is using AoPM, so no defensive passive. All gear/specs.

    If I went for defensive passive, Con would drop 79 points, and I would then have to figure out another method of energy management. Either of my current build choices does not even need an energy unlock.

    One thing i keep wondering is how so many get their health so high?
    I have Con SS and in mostly Legionnaire / silver champion gear and I've only got 8k health. This is literally double me.
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    pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    nether#4450 said:

    One thing i keep wondering is how so many get their health so high?
    I have Con SS and in mostly Legionnaire / silver champion gear and I've only got 8k health. This is literally double me.

    How are your hp so low? 8k health is only 200 con.
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    roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    My Con build uses

    Base Con 5 (like everyone)
    Con PSS (+80)
    All Con talents/innate stat (+45)
    All Vigilante Gear (+132)
    Full Justice Gear set (+25)
    Six Con mods (mixed 7s and 8s for +376)
    Two Growth Amulets (R8, +50)
    Aura of Primal Majesty (+79)

    That totals up to 792.
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    raighnraighn Posts: 2,339 Arc User
    pantagruel01 said:

    Option 1: effective hit points = 15,900 x (1 + 1.23) = 35,457
    Option 2: effective hit points = 18,400 x (1 + 0.85) = 34,040

    Option 1 is also superior for healing.

    Your math is a bit off...

    15,900 x (1 + 0.55) = 24,645 (123% Resistance is a 55.2% reduction)

    18,400 x (1 + 0.46) = 26,864 (85% Resistance is a 45.9% reduction)

    The difference in effective HP and actual damage reduction between the 2 is still pretty minor though TBH...
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    pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    raighn said:

    Your math is a bit off...

    Sorry, your math is the one that's off. If you are looking at resistance as reduction to damage, you have to divide by (1 - resistance) -- i.e. the 55.157% resistance from 123% works out as 15,900 / (1 - 0.55157) = 34,547.
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