In most PvE situations 12 is way more then enough, I mean my Bane has 7 and only seen him kb'd by an AV on rare occasions. One of my fire armor brutes only has 8 and he does fine.
All of my /Fire characters have only -4 kb; that's enough for the great majority of content, and I just use a breakfree for the occasional high-kb boss. That said, none of them are high enough for Incarnate content, I'll probably add more if they ever get that high.
As for your Bane, recall that VEATs have high Defense, which means that it's harder for KB to stack, or hit at all. They do better with less -kb than an all resistance set will.
As for your Bane, recall that VEATs have high Defense, which means that it's harder for KB to stack, or hit at all. They do better with less -kb than an all resistance set will.
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