Someone's figures were that at level 50, S/L was about 1/3 of incoming damage. That was a sheer damage breakdown- so if you got hit by a Rikti blast that was 200 smashing and 200 energy, it would count as half of each.
From a Defense perspective, smashing counts against that attack. (There are some exceptions- Fireball does fire and lethal but is only defended against by fire- but generally you get "Best type" defense.)
It has been my experience that the most common big hitter attacks seem to all have a smashing or lethal component.
My Blaster/Defense experience is pretty much limited to an issue 10 or 11 Blaster with strong S/L/E/N defense. It worked for what I wanted it to do: allow me to (usually) live long enough to commit massive destruction solo, and allow me to pull my weight, plus, in a group.
I didn't build any of my other blasters for defense (typed or otherwise).
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In my experience its been better to go for positional defense rather than typed defense. On my Ice/Elec Blaster I have had 38% s/l and it was great, but I like having softcapped typed (ranged) since I initiate attacks from range which lead into holds.
I think its much easier to hit the ranged softcap than it is to hit the typed cap, but then again I could be wrong because I don't go for typed. Depending on your build you can easily hit the ranged capped using Thunderstrikes x 5 in your Blaster attacks, and if you have a set like Elec Manip you can use Mako's x 4 for even more ranged. Add in the Steadfeast unique for another 3% and it starts to add up.
I personally don't care about area of effect damage on Blasters because there aren't enough aoe attacks to worry about outside of Council or Nemesis.
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Going from what Fulmens said;
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This means that a character with capped S/L Defense will be defending themselves against a 1/3rd, or 33.33333% Of damage
Someone's figures were that at level 50, S/L was about 1/3 of incoming damage.
However someone who managed to get around 36% Ranged defense, which is quite easy, and played their blaster well (That lvl 1 immob in your secondary has more use than you'd think!) Would be defending themselves against 80% of Damage.
Yes that is purely ranged damage, but if you play it well, you'll be living a long time (:
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Depends entirely on play style. If you're ranged type blaster, ranged/AoE works great. If you use your blaps alot, then S/L defense. Both are effective, and one isn't necessarily better than the other. While it's true that many attacks have a smashing/lethal component, it's also true that a ranged blaster is often attacked with less powerful attacks than a blaster that is much more up close. Strictly on a ranged basis, ranged positional defense is better than S/L. S/L though is better in all around situations.
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Originally Posted by Harkness
I asked this question over in the general forum, but I thought I might hit more people with blaster experience over here:
When building for Defense, how effective is S/L Def versus Typed Defense? For the blappers, I'd guess that S/L softcap is easier to hit than Ranged, AoE and Melee, but do you spend a lot more time mezzed as a result? Granted, you'll still have your primary attack chain, and that wonderful S/L Def, but do you find yourself down to the restricted chain a lot of the time? For the fliers, I'm assuming Ranged and AoE Defense are a lot more important than Melee, or even S/L? |
I asked this question over in the general forum, but I thought I might hit more people with blaster experience over here:
When building for Defense, how effective is S/L Def versus Typed Defense?
For the blappers, I'd guess that S/L softcap is easier to hit than Ranged, AoE and Melee, but do you spend a lot more time mezzed as a result? Granted, you'll still have your primary attack chain, and that wonderful S/L Def, but do you find yourself down to the restricted chain a lot of the time?
For the fliers, I'm assuming Ranged and AoE Defense are a lot more important than Melee, or even S/L?