What % do i need to be in defense to be softcapped in pvp?

Or is it even possible?

and if it is, is it worth it?

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I'm pretty sure that softcapped SR without elude in PvE plus ED capped Elude will get you close to the soft cap in PvP.

So 45 + (45*1.56) = 115.2% defense in PvE = ~45% in PvP. Or something silly like that.

Worth it? Don't know.

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Be well, people of CoH.

With IO sets alone, its impossible.

It depends on what AT you are playing. Squishies can never exceed ~20 defense. Sorry, no way around that. really just dont build for defense its impossible

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I think with the right powerset it's possible to get to the cap...or almost to it. My friend has an ice tank that he says is right around that 45% mark in PvP. All from the ice shields + bonuses. It must be totally crazy in PvE.

Other than that, I've teamed with Ronin in the past, and with like 3-4 stacked vengeances, a defense based melee toon will get to the cap. But obviously that's a lot of external buffs.

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There's no such thing as a "soft cap" in PvP, only the hard cap imposed by DR. The reason for this is players, unlike critters, have attacks slotted for accuracy and have access to a multitude of tohit and accuracy buffs. For most melee ATs the DR hard cap on defense is somewhere in the 50-60% range, but good luck hitting that yourself. I've seen some Forts/NWs pushing 50% ranged defense without Elude but that's rare.

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