Jade of Steady Defense

BlissfuI - Lost City
BlissfuI - Lost City Posts: 6 Arc User
edited June 2010 in Cleric
Would 4 garnet gems be better than 4 jade of steady defense? J/w, been trying to figure this out for the longest time ;O.

Oh, and would a cleric benefit from a piece of gear slotted with 4 +2 def shards? 8% phy damage reduction sounds nice b:dirty
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  • xperfectxzer0x
    xperfectxzer0x Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    There's too much to calculate really

    how much initial pDEF you have

    how much enemy is hitting for

    how much % redux you have aside from the jades

    generally jades are pretty nice if you've got more % reductions to add onto it

    because 8% damage redux ain't that great alone
  • Paramedic - Dreamweaver
    Paramedic - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,801 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/ ftw?
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  • ManeK - Harshlands
    ManeK - Harshlands Posts: 151 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    what are jades of steady defense? never heard of those...
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Paramedic - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/ ftw?

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  • Tojop - Dreamweaver
    Tojop - Dreamweaver Posts: 623 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Actually, I thought the citrine/jade argument was determined by your max hp. Look at your max hp; if citrine gem gives more than 2% of that, use gem, otherwise use jade.

    That being said, jade is probably going into end game gear. Citrine gems are only more efffective if your hp never goes above 5750. If it goes higher, (and it better), then use jade of steady defense.

    I didn't really look into how much p def you need for jade to be better than garnet gem, but I wouldn't be surprised if jade comes out on top again.
  • jinemon
    jinemon Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Def gem doesnt have anything to do with your max hp... its 1% less dmg you take for every def lvl, so it matters on what the person is hitting you for, if he hits me for 1000 and I put 10 def +1 gems, he will hit me for 900 instead, thats 10% less dmg... as far as vit stones go, its all about class... I dont the exact numbers, but I tihnk a barb get 20hp per vit = prim stone-200hp, where as cleric get 10hp per vit = prim stone-100hp so a g11 critine would be better with 115hp
  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    jinemon wrote: »
    Def gem doesnt have anything to do with your max hp... its 1% less dmg you take for every def lvl, so it matters on what the person is hitting you for, if he hits me for 1000 and I put 10 def +1 gems, he will hit me for 900 instead, thats 10% less dmg... as far as vit stones go, its all about class... I dont the exact numbers, but I tihnk a barb get 20hp per vit = prim stone-200hp, where as cleric get 10hp per vit = prim stone-100hp so a g11 critine would be better with 115hp

    Except that the vit stones would also boost your phys/mag def and HP recovery rate as a trade-off for the 15 HP they'd lose to a Citrine gem on a caster.


    Of course, with end-game gears that's moot since you'd use refines for HP and Def level shards for damage reduction since jades would affect all incoming damage sources (with the notable exception of Damage over Time attacks), so a simple garnet or sapphire wouldn't be able to match it as well. Especially once you stacked a large number of them.

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