Garnet Gems

Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary
Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary Posts: 337 Arc User
edited April 2012 in Wizard
Hey guys,

I'm trying to figure out what I want to be my endgame sharding, and I'm considering garnet gems (josd's are out of the question...).

My question is: I've heard that pdef has diminishing returns, but I checked Asterelle's socket calc, and garnet gems still give the most physical protection even at 10k pdef (3500 base + 240% pdef modifier). However, pwcalc shows that at 10k pdef, the phys reduction is 71%. With garnet gems added, it goes to 82% - would this added pdef really be better than josd against phys dmg? (hypothetical question).

I'm a TW wiz, so I'm really trying just to figure out whether to go dot or garnet gems. I currently have about the same pdef as I would if I sharded dot, but r9 archers still hit harder than I would like (they are hitting 3-4k+ noncrit, which is pretty bad). The only difference would be an increase in 3k+ hp with refines.
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  • TJTLegend - Archosaur
    TJTLegend - Archosaur Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Simply go DoT since they are the best shards for TW
  • DaKillanator - Raging Tide
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide Posts: 2,965 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    There's no reason that you couldn't do both. Shard 2 or 3 pieces of armor with garnetts and the rest with DoT. That way you could lower the archer's damage a little more and still have some extra stopping power.

    Btw I'd also check Asterelle's socket calc to see how Citrines would stack up.
  • Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary
    Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary Posts: 337 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide wrote: »
    There's no reason that you couldn't do both. Shard 2 or 3 pieces of armor with garnetts and the rest with DoT. That way you could lower the archer's damage a little more and still have some extra stopping power.

    Btw I'd also check Asterelle's socket calc to see how Citrines would stack up.

    They aren't as good.
  • FayHumming - Dreamweaver
    FayHumming - Dreamweaver Posts: 325 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    b:laugh DoT Wiz power
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  • Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary
    Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary Posts: 337 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Any wizzies who sharded garnet have any comments? :x
  • Nurfed_You - Harshlands
    Nurfed_You - Harshlands Posts: 754 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    playing on vendetta, with full recast r9 +12. i sharded 50/50 garnet/cit and was nearly unkillable. since i sharded mostly JoSD i actually die a lot easier.

    relating that to pwi, i'd shard garnet til i had 12k pdef self buffed and then go with cit's. With having a Jones blessing i wouldnt shard DoT at all. They just dont increase yoru damage enough at that point.

    Also, the only real reason to shard JoSD on a mage is to stop psys/other mages from one hitting you for 15k+. You can actually shard your build well enough so that you lose the same %hp/atk to phys atks as you would if you were full JoSD.
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