Hp vs PDef for aoe axe grind

Respin - Heavens Tear
Respin - Heavens Tear Posts: 13 Arc User
edited November 2009 in Blademaster
Want to make sure before i go into the serious AOE grinding. For an axe BM only interested in AOE grinding on Physical mobs, what is the best armor shard choice? More Hp or more Pdef?
The common answer seems to be Hp, but that's for people also looking to tank bosses, all I want to do is grind for now. Maybe in 20-30 levels I'll start the whole boss tanking thing.
Thank you in advance for the answers!
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  • LloydAsplund - Sanctuary
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary Posts: 3,899 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    Hp shards. Use marrow.
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  • Alucardlesta - Sanctuary
    Alucardlesta - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    I reccomend u to use HP shards is better, and the Physical don't recommend it too much and use like the barb say alter narrow to get more def


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  • Kniraven - Lost City
    Kniraven - Lost City Posts: 2,620 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    Assuming that you use heavy armor (which you probably should >_> IJS) hp shards will help you a lot more than pdef.
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  • X_Boot_x - Sanctuary
    X_Boot_x - Sanctuary Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    Respin - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Want to make sure before i go into the serious AOE grinding. For an axe BM only interested in AOE grinding on Physical mobs, what is the best armor shard choice? More Hp or more Pdef?
    The common answer seems to be Hp, but that's for people also looking to tank bosses, all I want to do is grind for now. Maybe in 20-30 levels I'll start the whole boss tanking thing.
    Thank you in advance for the answers!

    If you are HA then hp shards.

    The reason being is that all armor has "diminishing returns". Once you hit about 10k pDef with your own self buff you've mashed right into that diminishing returns. To gain another 1% of physical damage reduction it takes a ridiculous amount of pDef. This is why you see so many armor sets with 1-2% physical damage reduction...it actually does something at that point.
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  • ExoKillr - Heavens Tear
    ExoKillr - Heavens Tear Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    lol a bm with pdef shards is sort of ****. you have phys marrow, use it.
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  • _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary
    _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,294 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    Use Phys defense ornaments for grinding and pump HP as much as you can, after that thanks to marrow, aura and heavy armor your phys defense will insanely high as it is.
  • _Inferno - Sanctuary
    _Inferno - Sanctuary Posts: 71 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    ExoKillr - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    lol a bm with pdef shards is sort of ****. you have phys marrow, use it.

    That's why i quit my BM lol. He's retardedly sharded with full pdef b:victory

    My advice: Go with HP b:chuckle
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  • Dustinmurphy - Harshlands
    Dustinmurphy - Harshlands Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    Like all have stated Hp shards, Have fun with your grinding.
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  • Accelerated - Sanctuary
    Accelerated - Sanctuary Posts: 1,048 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    HP shards. Physical defenses are easily fixable with Physical defense belts/belts/refined physical attack rings + alter marrow + golden bell, while HP is only able to be fixed by refining your armor equipments.
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  • ExoKillr - Heavens Tear
    ExoKillr - Heavens Tear Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited November 2009
    _Inferno - Sanctuary wrote: »
    That's why i quit my BM lol. He's retardedly sharded with full pdef b:victory

    My advice: Go with HP b:chuckle

    lol no reason to quit a character because of the shards. shouldve just purified his armor and walla reset no shards
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