Cloak of Fear -ToHit Debuff

I have finally gotten my Dark / Dark Tanker mostly IO'd out, just a couple things missing here and there. One thing that I built for (albeit only slightly) was the -ToHit in Cloak of Fear. I six slotted this Cloak with the Siphon Insight set, for the bonus to Smashing / Lethal Defense.

Now, my Smashing / Lethal defense is at about th 44.5% mark, which is more than enough combined with my other mitigation tools. I am now handily tanking, solo, +2 or +3 8 man mobs. Which was my goal.

BUT!!! I still wonder about Cloak of Fear. As slotted, it provides about a -7.5% ToHit. Does that effect everyone it hits, even if they are resistant to the Fear effects? Seems like a fair amount of upper level content has some fear resistance, but I just wonder if its worth running the Cloak for the -ToHit even if they aren't cowering.

Anyone know if this works?

Outstanding! I noted, purely anecdotally, that I seemed to be getting hit a bit less when the Cloak was up, even with fear resistant or immune mobs, but wanted to verify it by those who knew.

And yeah, I know that the Fear cloak is generally considered substandard, and that my Shroud of Darkness pulses are messing with the cowering effect, but combined with Touch of Fear, I can lock down the bosses and lts easily, while the Shroud takes care of the minions.

My alternate build uses OG, and I just don't have quite as much fun with it. There's something about landing in the middle of a mob to have everyone in it suddenly start cowering that appeals to the Dark tanker in me.

Have to say, IO sets have really changed my perception of this build as well. I took the toon to 50 (my first in fact) with nothing but generic IOs with a smattering of frankenslotting. Loved the toon, but it seemed slightly squishy when I went back to it after levelling up my Shield tank. So a few hundred million later (which pretty much emptied the bank!) I got my defenses up and am now loving this 50 again! Its great.

Yeah, DA tanks can be potent, but they require a little more investment than some others to get there.

I hate Cloak of Fear with a passion, but if I took it I would slot it for to-hit debuff. I just hate the fact that you have to 6 slot the power to get any noticable benefit.

Yeah, that was a pain, until I found that set. Global accuracy bonuses, defense bonuses and a Chance for +ToHit (which fires almost constantly in the aura!), made it a lot easier to take.

But yeah, my Dark tank has taken a lot of work to bring to my new benchmark level for tanking performance. Its not for everyone.

Now if only I can actually level a stoner or invulnerability... those two both bore me to tears. But I have a mission to get one tank of each primary to level 50. Its going to be easier on some sets than others.