2010-11-23, 02:44 AM
Stereo Wrote:I just subtracted the base wdef contribution from the total reduction (with Shield Mastery) to get the amount Shield Mastery adds.
Currently I have 1080 str and about 500-550 wdef in GMS with a 2h weapon. I haven't actually got a potential'd 1h+shield yet so I'm just making an approximation of what my def will be (putting it at 2000)
I think you underestimated your defense then. A very low estimate puts your def at 5k post bb. sheild mastery is an addative increase. it doubles your total defense at 10 and triples it at 20. you have a 1.2k+ base def from str alone. so upwards of 1.7k+ before shield mastery.
Unless you went so far as to include the level difference handicap. hohoho. So i'll just put my preemptive scratch that, i suck cocks right here for when someone needs it.
EDIT: I just noticed something from your large post.
If guardian can proc while blessing armor is active without taking a "charge", it ups it's value as far as damage reduction goes. It would also increase blessing armor's potential duration significantly. It also has some damage reduction passives which i don't think you included, but they would be small anyway. If it works over blessing armor, it's just a flat damage reduction by percent over whilst hugging.