What's the consensus for Diamond Skin?

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Posted by: Valento.9852

Valento.9852

Q:

Per title, what’s the consensus for Diamond Skin Health Threshold? Is it in a good spot now (90%)? I think that given how HP scaling works for ele, this is too low because most hits make us hit this threshold pretty fast, even if the class is condi-based, but I’d like to know what everyone else thinks about DS.

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Shaman
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Posted by: emikochan.8504

emikochan.8504

It’s fine, the heals put us back above it quickly too.

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Posted by: Valento.9852

Valento.9852

It’s fine, the heals put us back above it quickly too.

But you can’t outheal certain classes with high base damage.

Attempts at ele specs:
Shaman
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Posted by: Wolfric.9380

Wolfric.9380

I had a fight VS a staff ele during beta that used Diamond skin.
The start was rough, so yes it helps and it is good against condi builds. Its dangerous to lower the threshold. Could become OP fast.
I won the fight by panicing him with an earth overload, droped him below 90% and he never came back up :-). But first i thought i might loose…

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Posted by: makku.2508

makku.2508

It’s super cheesy. An absolute waste of a trait against anything running a bare minimum of power, and an auto-win against anything that completely skips power in favor of condition damage.

In a well designed game featuring a vague idea of balance, I’d say get rid of this BS and rework it into something useful. In a game like GW2 it absolutely has its place tho. Nothing better than countering their cheese with your own cheese.
Not particularly beneficial for the overall health of the game, but I guess that idea has been ripped apart, set on fire and thrown out the window long ago in GW2.

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Posted by: nearlight.3064

nearlight.3064

My thoughts on diamond skin: it was created long ago before resistance was introduced to the game. I see no reason why it shouldn’t give a reliable source of resistance instead of its current “all or nothing” effect.

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Posted by: Valento.9852

Valento.9852

My thoughts on diamond skin: it was created long ago before resistance was introduced to the game. I see no reason why it shouldn’t give a reliable source of resistance instead of its current “all or nothing” effect.

That is my understanding as well, besides Stone Heart simply doesn’t compare! It’s so much better to use (no criteria, raw anti-critical damage).

Attempts at ele specs:
Shaman
Conjurer