Toughness for elementalists

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Posted by: LordXy.4278

LordXy.4278

How much toughness should I have before I stop increasing it? From what i’ve read, toughness has diminished returns, so what toughness should I aim for before I start pumping up other stats? I mean what is the most efficient number of toughness should I get before I hit the diminishing return

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Posted by: FrownyClown.8402

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Go full knights if u want berserker. Healing power is more important. Do pvt armor and get at least 600 hp


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Posted by: LordXy.4278

LordXy.4278

i dont think healing power is effective,

My armor set is already full knights, but i was thinking what accessory should I get, wether i should get Power Prec Toughness, Power Vit toughness, Power vit Con dmg, or power prec crit dmg or power prec condition dmg.

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Posted by: Caffynated.5713

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One point of toughness gives you one point of armor.

The damage formula is: Power * weapon damage * skill coefficient / target armor

The more toughness you have, the more each point is worth in terms of overall effective hitpoints and effective healing. In general, adding a little bit of toughness is fairly worthless and you would be better off going with vitality to add survivability.

I find that ~2500-2700 armor (25-30% damage mitigation) is a good spot to be in (valk amulet with zerker jewel, scepter earth 2 and divinity runes in sPvP). More than that and you start sacrificing more damage, healing, condition removal and utility than getting to that point. That’s not a bad thing if your goal is to be a walking brick. 3800 armor (~50% damage mitigation before protection) will certainly let you do that.

“We recognize that the changes to [ele] will essentially remove it from play. In the future,
we may consider whether or not there is an incarnation of [ele] that would be viable
but balanced. For now, we do not expect it to see serious use.” – ANet

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LordXy.4278

oh cool thanks i guess ill aim for 2500 armor then focus on increasing my dps after