1) 15%
2) 24%
3) Yes.
4) 2acc 3def 1dam is good, 1acc 3def 2dam with focused accuracy later on is great.
I'm not a scrapper, but wouldn't 2 acc, 2 def, 2 redrec be better so there is more overlap? Seems a bit pointless to slot this power for damage.
I really should do something about this signature.
A Katana user here, but Parry and Divine Avalanche are AFAIK pretty much identical.
My slotting is 1acc, 3 defbuff, 1 recharge, but I have Focused Accuracy. 3 defbuffs are a given, it lowers your DPS enough that you want to get all possible use out of a single application. Recharge is only needed if you want to keep it constantly stacked. It recharges in 3 seconds on its own. Frankly there's no point in shortening the recharge too much because you'll still want to use some other attacks too. 
Without Focused Accuracy I'd go 2acc, 3 defbuff, 1 recharge. I wouldn't bother slotting for damage, it's going to be meh anyway.
Also I seem to recall that the base defense was nerfed to 12.5%, but I'm not sure about that.
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I'm not a scrapper, but wouldn't 2 acc, 2 def, 2 redrec be better so there is more overlap? Seems a bit pointless to slot this power for damage.
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It's not possible to get it to overlap more than once, and running Hasten, or a single recred, you can have it overlapped full time with one attack between each DA strike. This does reduce your DPS, you need to be chucking in something nasty between DA hits or you do no damage.
As with Idris, my experience comes from katana. To my knowledge, no DA and Parry have never been touched regarding their base DEF bonus. Expect them to be, possibly in I7. That's why I want to get my kat/regen to 50 before I7 is released. Don't think I'll make it, unfortunately.
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1) 15%
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Any idea when it dropped to 15%, I5 or I6?
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Any idea when it dropped to 15%, I5 or I6?
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Glad it wasn't just me that thought it should be higher than that. It's recent, and not documented, I think.
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Yes and 15% seems somewhat too high considering the nerfs to SR toggles and passives (base 12.5% and 5%). By stacking Parry/DA you can get higher melee def than an SR scrapper who doesnt have Broadsword or Katana. Or you could just eat a couple of Luck insps and beat the whole SR set ffs.
As a Katana/Regen Scrapper, I have Divine Avalance slotted as 3 Damage Resistance, 2x Accuracy and 1x Recharge Reduction. This is enough to make sure that it hits consistently, and it overlaps (can get a _very_ brief overlap of 3 Divine Avalanches with this build with +3 SOs, two DAs can be up constantly).
Stacking two such Divine Avalanches increases my defense dramatically (about 48%), however it does reduce my Damage Per Second by a large amount, due to it's considerable execution time and relatively low base damage. For that reason it is inefficient to use it much in groups.
It's a great soloing aid though. With a Recharge SO in Soaring Dragon and Golden Dragonfly (Katana's two heaviest hitting attacks, Knockup and Knockdown respectively) I can chain DA-SD-DA-GD more or less constantly, without Hasten running.
For I6 I think the defense boost is fine because of the DPS tradeoff. I'd say it's about as useful to Katana users (and presumably Broadsword users) as Touch of Fear can be to Dark Melee scrappers.
(Hey it's on the primaries, so SR scrappers can get it too if they want!) 
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Any idea when it dropped to 15%, I5 or I6?
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I5, AFAIK.
About the slotting part, as Ravenswing said you can't overlap it more than once and it hurts your DPS a lot. I find it better to use the last 1-2 slots for damage so it's not too bad as a attack.
thanks for all the answers guys. It really is quite a nice power 
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see no-one could answer question 5 though
5) Who is Knight Stalker and what is a nimmer?
I really should do something about this signature.
Knight Stalker (There might be another though!)
Nimmer
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Yes and 15% seems somewhat too high considering the nerfs to SR toggles and passives (base 12.5% and 5%). By stacking Parry/DA you can get higher melee def than an SR scrapper who doesnt have Broadsword or Katana. Or you could just eat a couple of Luck insps and beat the whole SR set ffs.
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But don't forget, to actually benefit from it you have to actually hit something, and at the same time you greatly reduce your damage output.
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Knight Stalker (There might be another though!)
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Genius! Always knew he was a kill stealing [censored].
This has prolly been asked loads, but,
1) What is the base def for parry?
2) With three def enhancements in it what does it go to?
3) With hasten I can see a maximum of two def buff symbols appear on the power gui. Does this mean it stacks?
4) Recommended slotting? ( 2xacc 3 def 1 dam - if you can only stack two, or, 2 acc, 2 def, 2 rch - if more possible )
5) Why is Knight Stalker such a nimmer?