hunter's fortification and signet of judgment
I’m wondering the same since I am considering to invest in Scrapper runes which give another 7% damage reduction. Currently using trooper runes but they are not very useful at the first raid boss since there are no conditions.
Unfortunately the numbers are a bit hidden with regards to damage reduction. We know that toughness effects armor, while armor gives damage reduction. I believe the formula would look something like this:
Total damage taken = Incoming damage (Based on Armor) * (.66 protection modifier) * (.9 Signet of Judgment multiplier) * (.9 Hunter’s Fortification multiplier) * (.93 Scrapper rune multiplier)
So let’s say the incoming damage is 5000 then with all those boons and traits listed above you would get hit for around 2500. That’s a damage reduction of 50%. If you add the boons and traits together it would be 60%. So there are some diminishing returns because of the multiplicative nature of the formula.
(edited by Noah.4756)
There are no diminishing returns because the time it takes to die scales linearly
Fishsticks
With knight amulet and these two equipped, I was being tickled by what were supposed to be huge bursts. Throw in prot and you’ll actually consider not running blocks since you’ll be the closest thing to a walking wall of diamonds.