06-06-2012, 08:01 PM
(06-06-2012, 07:51 PM)Apostolic Wrote:(06-06-2012, 07:03 PM)RiotInferno Wrote:(06-06-2012, 06:59 PM)ima_nerd Wrote: I think I'll take your advice and regem to up my HP. This is the first thing I've encountered in D3 that's really made me step back and evaluate the decisions I've made on skills and gear. I have the Diablo skills to kite properly but when there's 3 champ + 4-5 normal Phasebeasts coming at me from one direction and I can only run away in the opposite direction then 2-3 of them TP to where I'm trying to run...I think it's the environment of narrow walkways more than anything that's really hurting me.
Somewhat aside - am I an idiot for not being too impressed with SS? I think I'd rather Vault twice for a little more discipline (or less depending on runes).
SS: If you are, then I'm an idiot also. I don't think it's quite the cat's pajamas.
HP: At item lvl 31, you can start finding items with +Resist to specific categories. Phys Resist / Fire Resist / Arcane Resist + Armor might be more useful then stacking VIT.
At the end of the day, damage mitigation is better than more HP.
Not necessarily true. Both VIT and Armor/Resists increase your Effective Health (the total damage you can take before you die), but do so at differing rates depending on your current gear set. 1 VIT is almost always going to provide more EH than 1 Armor. See:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-13899.html (contain link to Flash app showing VIT/Armor scale)
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-13865.html
A concrete example (using the Flash app above): for my monk that has ~49k HP and ~6450 Armor, Vitality is 6.75 times as effective as armor at increasing her EH, meaning I should only be willing to trade 100 VIT for an Armor value of 675 or higher.
Point taken. It is not 100% Resist + Armor > Vit. As always, gear is a fine balance based on may factors.