Armor Advice for Assassin? (PVE/General)
Xenomortis
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Originally Posted by HigherMinion
When running with Prot Spirit, Prot Bond, Save Yourselves! or any other armour buffing/damage mitigation skills- Survivors makes so much more difference.
If you have armour-boosting insignias/runes, and someone uses SY!, it's almost a waste, isn't it? Because they won't stack. And I would not use blessed/attunment because it doesn't help you maintain your energy; it just gives you a little tiny bit more in the beginning.
Survivors is definitely the way to go. Armour bonuses from Insignias, runes, shields, weapon mods and offhand mods all stack.
Armour bonuses from skills alone do not stack, with the exception of "I Am Unstoppable!".
In short, if my Necromancer is wearing Tormentor's, carrying a shield and has a spear with a +5 AL mod he will have an AL of 83. If someone activates SY, he will have 183 armour.
The same applies for my Assassin. 70 base, with a +5 mod on my daggers and Nightstalker's giving a total of 90. SY then boosts it to 190.
But when you're running with that level of protection, the extra AL really doesn't add too much. Neither will Survivor's.
Personally I do not like the conditions for the AL boosts on the Assassin insignias. Nightstalker's requires you to be constantly attacking, so you're vulnerable when running or activating non-attack skills, the rest are vs. physical damage only.
If you have armour-boosting insignias/runes, and someone uses SY!, it's almost a waste, isn't it? Because they won't stack. And I would not use blessed/attunment because it doesn't help you maintain your energy; it just gives you a little tiny bit more in the beginning.
Survivors is definitely the way to go. Armour bonuses from Insignias, runes, shields, weapon mods and offhand mods all stack.
Armour bonuses from skills alone do not stack, with the exception of "I Am Unstoppable!".
In short, if my Necromancer is wearing Tormentor's, carrying a shield and has a spear with a +5 AL mod he will have an AL of 83. If someone activates SY, he will have 183 armour.
The same applies for my Assassin. 70 base, with a +5 mod on my daggers and Nightstalker's giving a total of 90. SY then boosts it to 190.
But when you're running with that level of protection, the extra AL really doesn't add too much. Neither will Survivor's.
Personally I do not like the conditions for the AL boosts on the Assassin insignias. Nightstalker's requires you to be constantly attacking, so you're vulnerable when running or activating non-attack skills, the rest are vs. physical damage only.
Toine0109
I run this armor stack:
- Survivor Mask of Minor DM (and mask has inherent DM+1 too)
- Survivor Guise of Minor CS
- Survivor Gloves of Superior Vigor
- Survivor Leggings of Vitae
- Survivor Shoes of Clarity (to reduce duration blind and weakness, to prevent missing an attack)
I would also some Slashing Zealous Daggers of Fortitude with either "Strength & Honor" or "Guided by Fate" inscription.
- Survivor Mask of Minor DM (and mask has inherent DM+1 too)
- Survivor Guise of Minor CS
- Survivor Gloves of Superior Vigor
- Survivor Leggings of Vitae
- Survivor Shoes of Clarity (to reduce duration blind and weakness, to prevent missing an attack)
I would also some Slashing Zealous Daggers of Fortitude with either "Strength & Honor" or "Guided by Fate" inscription.
Stealth Bomberman
nightstalkers w/ full survivors and zealous daggs of fortitude w/ 50%^50inscrip.
Trader of Secrets
if im playing some general sin build, its most likely melee so nightstalkers with hp runes filling empty rune slots.
_Nihilist_
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nightstalkers w/ full survivors
How do you use Nightstalker's with full Survivors? They are both Insignias...
Crippie its Tom
nightstalkers on chest and legs, radiant or survivor on the rest.
Stealth Bomberman
Crippie its Tom
Lanier
my sin uses:
Head: Survivor + minor rune of x attribute (i have a headpiece for each attribute )
Chest: Survivor + Rune of Sup vigor
Hands: Survivor + rune of vitae or minor rune of x attribute (depending on whether or not im using a 3 attribute split)
Legs: Survivor + rune of vitae
Feet: Survivor + rune of minor crit strikes (I also have a pair of boots with a major crit strikes for when im running a 3 way split so i can reach 13 crit and i have a boots of vitae for when im running assasacaster)
Head: Survivor + minor rune of x attribute (i have a headpiece for each attribute )
Chest: Survivor + Rune of Sup vigor
Hands: Survivor + rune of vitae or minor rune of x attribute (depending on whether or not im using a 3 attribute split)
Legs: Survivor + rune of vitae
Feet: Survivor + rune of minor crit strikes (I also have a pair of boots with a major crit strikes for when im running a 3 way split so i can reach 13 crit and i have a boots of vitae for when im running assasacaster)