Quote (buniac(thebot) @ 8 Jul 2013 12:22)
It's hardcore. Defense means everything. Obviously, some people do not have a single clue what they are talking about.
Quote (D2Jomblified @ 8 Jul 2013 13:55)
You just need to stop talking....
Defense > damage in hardcore
If I were you bud, I'd get might because while doing ubers most of the monsters are cold immune so your holy freeze will have no effect on them.
you both have no damn clue;DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
lets see - with might aura ur dmg is 30-50% higher (depends on weapons and skills and so on...), but lets pick the bottom value.
With 30% more dmg u kill monsters 30% faster (not to mention ur merc gets 50% more dmg so the numbers goes up even higher), so they have 30% less time to hurt you,
while defiance WON'T make your enemies hit 30% less often - the chance of missing will be ~10-15% higher (or even less). ALSO with defiance u get extra bonus to survivability JUST vs melee mobs which arent that big deal compared to those who use spells due to 75% block. Let's go further! The thing which determines your survivability is also life leeching. You obviously have source of at least 5%ll right? If not I loled... but let's say u r not that terrible player and u have some, so you probably know that
amount of life returned is determined not only by % of life leeching but also by the dmg you do - so with 30% more dmg u get back 30% life more, so Might not only increase ur killspeed but in the same time affects your survivability signifficantly.
But obviously I'm the one who doesn't have a clue right?:)
you pvm guys...:) ...try pvp sometimes - you will learn a lot about the basics of this game, which will help a lot with properly building your pvm chars;)