2010-09-24, 04:51 PM
With the way threaten works now, it takes 20% off of the monster's weapon attack stat, which doesn't necessarily mean that it takes off 20% of the damage dealt to the player; however, after the Big Bang patch the monsters weapon attack isn't a value that goes into a formula, but rather the damage that the monster deals. My question is whether or not threaten will be shaving that damage down by a full 20% still.
If threaten does shave off 20% of the touch damage after the BB updates, then it seems like Paladins will be MUCH better tanks, since they get power guard to reduce damage by 50%, then threaten to shave off another 20%, then Achilles to reduce damage by yet another 15%, and to top it all off they have a chance ot completely negate damage with guardian.
I would be very happy if threaten worked in such a way after the BB patch, but if anyone could explain to me just how a paladin's defensive buffs and debuffs work together I would be very grateful.
If threaten does shave off 20% of the touch damage after the BB updates, then it seems like Paladins will be MUCH better tanks, since they get power guard to reduce damage by 50%, then threaten to shave off another 20%, then Achilles to reduce damage by yet another 15%, and to top it all off they have a chance ot completely negate damage with guardian.
I would be very happy if threaten worked in such a way after the BB patch, but if anyone could explain to me just how a paladin's defensive buffs and debuffs work together I would be very grateful.