+24 Defense vs. +1300 Protection

DonHaensl

Hi guys,

what is better? Defense or protection ?

Let´s say I have a Shoretrooper and I could use either a mod providing me 1300 protection or +24 Defense.
Which one to pick ?

Hansi

Wundalicious

Probably defense for a tank like shore. 1300 protection is nothing when his max is like 35k. Good rule of thumb is percentages are better to boost stats already high (health on tanks) and flat numbers to boost stats a toon is low on (health on glass cannons)

Poxx

Defense is armor. It only mitigates physical damage...and poorly. Protection is good against everything.

DjangoQuik

Defense increases have really minimal impact. 24 defense is a tiny % increase on pretty much anyway, so 1300 protection is definitely better but tbh if those are both the primary boosts from mods, they're both rubbish nad you should try to get better ones instead.

Ing256

Just do the math yourself, you didn't give enough infos to give you an answer.
For example:
total prot+health = 100k and armor is 50%, you are looking at 200k total absorbable damage
total prot+health = 99k and armor is 51%, you are looking at 202k total absorbable damage

Poxx wrote: »

Defense is armor. It only mitigates physical damage...and poorly. Protection is good against everything.

No, it's not, it's armor and resistance. It's good against everything

DonHaensl

hmm. So Armor or protection ? When is the break-even ? And did you calculate in, that armor is only good vs. physical damage ?

Supercat

DonHaensl wrote: »

hmm. So Armor or protection ? When is the break-even ? And did you calculate in, that armor is only good vs. physical damage ?

Defense is armor and resistance.