Immortal | Defense Compendium | A Tank's Guide To The Galaxy

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(02-25-2012 05:56 AM)Antarius Wrote:  You're right, I was wrong about the duration, I was under the mistaken impression that both were 6 seconds, since I almost universally use 1 then the other right away, it's 2 seconds of 20% followed by 4 seconds of 36%. (7.2% averaged) So it works out to be 9% flat mitigation, instead of the 11% I was assuming before.

Thanks Coriolis, you pretty much summed up the entire debate on the difference between the 2 specs as best as I've ever seen.

Unlike the "cookie cutter" 14/27 spec that I normally see posted, I pick up shien form instead of maxing accuracy and pooled hatred. I'm in love with it. With a quick gear change I'm probably 80% of the dps of a pure dps spec, and with tank gear, I consider it "equivilent" to the tanking ability of the immortal spec. Flexibility wins in my book.

tanking in shien form is bad. you lose the threat generation, lots of armor, lots of shield chance and rage gains, from Soresu.

Tooltip for Soresu:
Enters a defensive lightsaber form, reducing all damage taken by 6%, increasing armor rating by 60% and increasing threat generation by 50%. Soresu Form also increases shield chance by 20%. While active, taking damage builds 1 rage, but all Assault abilities generate 1 less rage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.