A Bit of Rune Fencer Feedback

[Delvish]

I believe 2 do I think the hands and the pants both have -pdt but since it's only 5% might as well only be 1 piece but I completely agree that this is a really really nice set for RUN. I've been able to tank much better with it and the refresh/regen buffs are very nice. The fast cast is also really useful. Only thing I see being a problem is that we're probably going to be stuck in this suit for quite a while because of how good it is for the time being.

Ah you caught me. It's just too easy for stats to get lost in all that help text now...

If we aren't tanking, there are better pieces of gear to wear than this, naturally. But as a tank/soloist, 629 def with my current configuration without protect. 809 with embolden protect IV. The DEF helps quite a bit. Toss in the evasion with it, they are all pretty solid pieces. I hate trading the boots with +48 Evasion in for the Thurandaut boots with -3% PDT though.

[Hayward]

With all that Evasion in the full Runeist set, it would be surprising if anything below an EM monster or Delve NM could string together enough hits to warrant more than the -PDT it has. Tried it out with a Frenzied Mantis (rated DC) and it barely touched me enough to justify casting Regen.

A bit disappointed Attack wasn't included in the set at all but not too despondent since the Dux Scale Mail set didn't have any, either.

[Thorbean]

At ~800 def, with AF having an extra 26 def over thurandaut, the extra def buys you:


0% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants just over -3% PDT
10% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants just under -3% PDT
20% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants just over -2% PDT
30% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants just over -2% PDT
40% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants just under -2% PDT
45% -PDT in gear = 26 def grants ~-1.5% PDT

All based on physical damage based on attack V def. -PDT is still best for non attack based physical damage.

The less def you start out with, the more -PDT you gain from 26 def.

EG. @ 400 base def, and 0%PDT in gear, 26 def is = -6% PDT.

The extra def over other options is reducing the damage we take significantly. So while the legs may only have -3% PDT, the def/vit bumps them up to around the same damage reduction as dux +1, + they have haste and lots of other goodies . The def on the hands is amazing too, especially with an additional -2%PDT.

Full credit to Motenten for def vs -PDT findings!