, against even con minions, -35% tohit is the equivalent of 35% defense. Unfortunately, it's a bit more complicated due to resistances and level scaling.
For example, at +2 debuffs are only 80% as effective, reducing that -28% tohit. It's further complicated by mobs that have resistance to debuffs like AV's, from 60-87% of the total debuff. Defense, on the other hand, is a flat value. If you have 30% defense you'll get the same return against minions up to +5.
So against even level enemies -tohit = defense; against higher level enemies and AV's -tohit is resisted while defense is not.
Good synopsis in the previous. The only thing I'd add is the other major difference, which is -ToHit affects all positions and damage types, where +Defense is normally limited to only certain attacks.
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Expounding on that example, against the AV's with 87% resistance to the debuff, 35% becomes worth about 4.55%. So if you plan on doing a lot of big game hunting don't rely on that.
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Originally Posted by ketch
For example, at +2 debuffs are only 80% as effective, reducing that -28% tohit. It's further complicated by mobs that have resistance to debuffs like AV's, from 60-87% of the total debuff. Defense, on the other hand, is a flat value. If you have 30% defense you'll get the same return against minions up to +5.
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Thank you everyone, very clear and precise, has helped me a lot. :-)
It also means that earthquakes -hit will help a lot as well, at least until you are fighting very high level mobs or AV's.
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Yes, it is somewhat helpful, but the knockdown is far more helpful. In general, I would slot Recharge over -ToHit, but once you have enough Recharge for your needs, then adding some ToHit Debuff is nice.
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Originally Posted by Peacemoon
Thank you everyone, very clear and precise, has helped me a lot. :-)
It also means that earthquakes -hit will help a lot as well, at least until you are fighting very high level mobs or AV's. |
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Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea of the impact of -to hit debuffs when considering defence bonuses.
Radiation Infection (RI) for example does roughly -35% with average slotting. How much would this count towards my defence? If I have say around 22% ranged defence, what would be the equivalent ranged debuff?
Been a question I've been meaning to ask for a while when considering the usefulness of -hit debuffs; just only recently have I decided to make characters who actually have powers capable of that.
Thank you :-)