Well a very large portion of the attacks in the game have a smashing or lethal component to them, which means it blocks many attacks.
In general 1 defense == 2 resistance, so whatever value it has, it would be like having twice that much resistance.
Also s/l defense is easy to stack up via IOs and other powers.
I am an ebil markeeter and will steal your moneiz ...correction stole your moneiz. I support keeping the poor down because it is impossible to make moneiz in this game.
I have it on my TF/AV soloing capable build because it serves as a kind of set mule for another Red Fortune set, and it gets me up to the 30% treshhold for Smashing and Lethal defense.
I've come to the conclusion though, that on it's own it's mediocre at best for a defense power, and yea the animation is hideous.
Bottom line: I'd only take it if I were stacking it with other defensive powers or my set bonuses helped get the smashing and lethal defense up to something that matters.
Thanks, Kran. I knew Kranik had it - I asked for the build all those moons ago - and that led to me assuming it was a given. Since this build of an Ice/Em isn't about capping ranged def I wasn't all that fussed about having it.
Yea, it's definitely not needed if you aren't going for any sort of soft-cap, in fact I'd go so far as to say it's pretty useless. Unless you want to look like a glowing turd for a bit.
Mm. The build is focusing on recharge - entropic Chaos', Crushing Impact - and with Flash Freeze it's getting about 70% global, which is pretty brilliant for a small investment from where I stand.
Now, all I need to do is get people to parse the same kind of judgement about my soft-capped empath...
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I have it on my TF/AV soloing capable build because it serves as a kind of set mule for another Red Fortune set, and it gets me up to the 30% treshhold for Smashing and Lethal defense.
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This.
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...soft-capped empath...
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Wait, what?!
I have an empathy/archery defender who's going to have soft-capped ranged defence. Because I thought it'd be a cute thing to try.
I won't lie, that's pretty awesome.
What I think is really awesome about it is that I did it without lousing up my build with powers I dislike. I don't have it on this computer, but the closest to a 'dud' power that comes up is Maneuvers. All the goodies in Mind mastery and nuking with Rain of Arrows every eighteen seconds. Throw in a self heal and Regen aura and it's really funny to think of him as 'squishy.'
Now, that's MY kind of Fender right there.
Because to me, it looks like poop. Very small values of defence - even socketed up, it doesn't break 20%, which is where I feel comfortable with a defence power. It only protects against S/L for defence and the cold/fire resistance doesn't feel all that telling (there aren't a lot of enemies that deal it, as far as I can see in the 40+ range).
Am I missing something amazing about the power? Because its best purpose looks like being an IO mule, and I think that Flash Freeze does that better.