Deflect on Guardian Fighters

dsn1118

My fellow guildmate was curious why we have so much deflect when we build as a tank since our shield is already doing most of the deflect.He tried lowering his deflect and putting that extra stats to his defense.Now he has 14k+ defense with 3k+ deflect and he thinks he get less damage overall so my question is what is your opinion on deflect for tanky build GFs.What is the ratio you use between defense/deflect for your builds.

guarrrrrrrd

max defence, because it give extra damage to all party members from Into a Fray

dsn1118

so I should get my defense as high as possible without no thought on deflect then.Thank you for the reply.Has someone any different thought? Other classes generally see other people's builds on dungeons but I can't see or talk about builds since 1 tank is enough for one party

ravenan

Yep, but you must remember that even when shield up some boss skills can take your 3/4 hp or kv can hit you in the back when you are mispositioned. Deflect then can save your life or be agro magnet thanks to Fey Thistle. There are some arts that give you 1k def and deflect so having deflect on 25-30% do not lower your defence.