Guild Wars 2

Can someone please tell me how much mitigation does 3400 armor vs 3600 armor give? like 2% or something?

Also what percent damage does 180 power give?

Thanks guys, also if you can… please can you simplify it in simple terms. I’m not good at math. Thanks ahead

3600 Armor will further reduce the incoming damage by 5.55% compared to 3400 Armor. In other words, if you took 100 points of damage in 3400 armor, you would take 94.45 points in 3600.

A simple formula to calculate this percentage (this assumes new Armor is higher):
(1 – (Current Armor / New Armor)) x 100

As for 180 power… The additional damage as a percentage depends on you current Power rating. The formula would simply be: (180 / Current Power) * 100. An example: if your current power is 1800 and you add 180: (180 / 1800) * 100 = 10% damage increase.

Hope that all makes sense.

what would u go with? 3600 armor or 3400 armor and 3600 attack?

vs 3600 armor and 3400 attack

also what armor is 50% damage mitigation? 3800 ?

Divide 180 by your current power ((180/X) * 100). If that number is over 5.55, go with the Power. If it is under 5.55, go with the Toughness.

4254 armor will reduce incoming damage by 50% when compared to 2127.

what do u mean by 2127?

i dont have 4254 armor tho

You asked how much armor mitigates 50% damage.

2127 is our base armor value. To mitigate 50% of damage when compared to base heavy armor, you need 4254 armor.

hmmm, lol my brain is kittened. I still dont get it, but i did what u said… (180/2533) * 100) but 2553 power that i have is with food, and sharp stone…and 25 stacks of bloodlust thats it…no signet of rage was used

Go with the power.

with banner and defense signet i can get up to 3800 armor

ok thanks man, with your suggestion, im not sitting at 3822 attack and 3400 armor…just food and stone buff…. with sig of rage im basically at 4k attack (3,997)

Dilios.8739:

with banner and defense signet i can get up to 3800 armor

Okay =)

crit at 43% and crit damage at 10% tho

So are you asking another question?

btw i have negative 60% condition duration atm…should i go with reflect missles trait on block? or negative 33% snare + regen (Dogged march) ?

thanks sorry for all the questions

I would go with Dogged March.

also with my armor level, i was hoping that my armor could give me enough mitigation to make full use out of Healing signet… or is Healing surge still waaay better?

my goal was to have my regen higher than the mitigated damage

my current regen is 1k health per 3 sec

That’s totally dictated by playstyle. Healing Signet isn’t as bad as lots of players make it sound. Healing Surge is by far our weakest heal if you get forced to use it with low adrenaline, and getting the most out of it requires some forethought. Meanwhile Mending and Healing Signet are safe, reliable heals, but they don’t bring the flexibility of adrenaline control.

Veritas i agree with you, i like how you made the point how people look at it like its bad… thank you.

But in the name of 3800 armor for the “goal” of having my regen higher than my mitigated damage, should i still go for power? …. my overall “goal” is to simply be effective in solo wvw

You won’t mitigate enough damage for your heals to outpace incoming damage. If you wan’t to mitigate tons of damage, you should look into getting runes that provide Protection or pick a different class. For solo WvW, go with the power.

I will be simple, armor does a kitten in this game.

KK i dont want to milk this cow anymore =) thanks folks…

Sure. Good luck!