Not 100% sure about this but I think the +def from tough hide is comparable to weave and is also an auto - saving on the toggles...
What's your travel power? I find CJ useful to decrease the the -def in unyielding.
Oh and invincibility gives +def.
And since you're katana - make sure to 3-slot divine avalanche (sp?) for +def too. Very nice power.
Hi!
I have Fly and SS as travelpowers. Didn't get Divine avalanche though (I was drunk!), was thinking of getting it (+ tough hide) as my 47 and 50 powers. That would make a pretty good DEF/RES build in my opinion.. I'm going to slot my toggles with a little more end red to get rid of the end-heavyness..
Well, I guess I'll have to play it a little more and get used to the end-drain.. =)
Have you added many slots of end reduction to your attacks? Slotting an end reduction into an attack will help you a lot more than slotting a second end reduction into an inv toggle
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3 slotting Tough hide will counter the -Def from invincibility, also you could use CJ for the extra movement bonus. basically I missed out on the resist powers (even 3 slotted the buff is very little, something like 15%).
Tough and Weave are very end heavy, and as Invuln is toggle heavy I never bothered with them. i've got plenty of Def, and as long as you manage to stack at least 2 DA's into your attack chain you'll be doing well with the Def!
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@Miss Chief
The negative Defense is in Unyielding, and to the amount of 5% FYI. A three-slotted Combat Jumping or base-line Tough Hide will counter it.
Imvincibility is all about buffing your Defense based on the number of mooks around you.
That's right, -DEF is in unyielding.. IDNRC (I Did Not Recall Correctly 
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The more I play it though, the more fun it gets.. It's a challange to finish a fight before end is gone, but I can definately notice the extra DEF working.. Divine Avalanche and Tough Hide next!! 
I'm never sure which power has the -Def, but yes, you are correct.
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This question goes out to you number-crunchers out there..
I did my lvl 44 respec one drunken night and at the time it felt like a good build.. Now I'm not sure.. =)
I've based my katana/invul scrapper on res up to 44, but thought of getting some def would be good..
RES-powers from invul:
Resist Physical Damage
Temporary Invulnerability
Unyielding
Unstoppable
DEF-powers from invul:
Invincibility
This was my original "heavy on the RES"-build, on my drunken respec I added:
RES: Tough
DEF: Weave
My question, anyone familiar with the numbers that can tell me if the DEF is "useful"? There is a -DEF in Invincibility IIRC. It seems to me that the DEF is working great but I'm not sure.
In my respec I also added "focused accuracy" so my build has 6 "fighting-toggles", so it's kindof end-heavy, what's your ideas? Should I pray that they'll add some "infinate respec mish" at lvl 50?
I must say that it's a workable build, I just have to watch my end..