Quote (MoXeR @ Apr 16 2012 07:39pm)
Well...
First of all, AR vs necro is nice, but if you cast CoS its more or less 95% pre block. ED is better. Also having 4200 and tanking for example 5 pure unblocked spirits is as same as having 4800 life and tanking 5 pure unblocked spirits. Sure teeth comes in game and what not, but you understand the logic it goes through. Also when you hit 95% (with block), the extra damage could be felt more then the ability to survive teeth spam. Bone armor collapses faster (especially without %DR), the stronger hits makes necro more nervous etc.
Now vs paladin, difference between being able to survive 1 hammer or 2 are very marginal and depend on the hammer damage of course, but there is probably very little chance you can pump your life to survive 3, and even if you could that would require the most perfect gear ever, plus those 10% cth on chaos looks fucking awesome. Especially when you realize that the charge has only 25% block.
All in all for theorycraft reasons i like dex more. I have not tried it, but I sure don't see the negative effects of it. Sure, if you pump all into dex it sux, but there is some better judgment on appropriate life limit. For the same reason I went from 4500 life circlet setup, to 4200 life guillaume setup (and some other minor changes). Sure this is budget optioning, but the logic stays the same behind it.