It can be a problem, but it's not generally. 5th Column and Council are particularly prolific with AoEs, as minions, LTs and bosses all frequently dish out grenades, LTs and Bosses have shotguns, and Bosses have rockets.
Some AVs do wield AoE damage, and if you care much about Giant Monsters, they tend to have hideous AoEs.
For doing crazy stuff in general play, I'd say you could get by without it, especially if you are anywhere close to the cap. For some special purpose play, you'd probably want it.
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
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Originally Posted by LastPhantomZoner
Hey everyone,
I was just curious. Is it important to cap AoE defense? I have a DM/SR scrapper that has 49% melee, 47% range, and 45% AoE defense so he's pretty set. But i'm curious if I could drop the AoE defense (either the toggle or passive or both) completely in favor of something else. Not sure what power I would replace it with but just curious. Are there any AV's or villain groups that you really need AoE defense for or can it be replaced without problem. Thanks, Zoner |
AoE isn't so common that it will get you killed frequently in regular play, but any GM that lands a couple in a row will kill you pretty quick.
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It's not beneficial to drop any of your SR passives/toggles in most cases, since they also contribute defdebuff resistance and scaling resistance.
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Originally Posted by Laevateinn
It's not beneficial to drop any of your SR passives/toggles in most cases, since they also contribute defdebuff resistance and scaling resistance.
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Hey everyone,
I was just curious. Is it important to cap AoE defense? I have a DM/SR scrapper that has 49% melee, 47% range, and 45% AoE defense so he's pretty set. But i'm curious if I could drop the AoE defense (either the toggle or passive or both) completely in favor of something else. Not sure what power I would replace it with but just curious.
Are there any AV's or villain groups that you really need AoE defense for or can it be replaced without problem.
Thanks, Zoner