Awareness

[Maelwys]

Enemy Autoattacks can Crit, their spells and abilities can't.
Awareness is actually worth using now whenever you're in danger of taking a big nasty hit of damage, and taking an unlucky autoattack hit at the same time might push you over your limit.
I tend to pop it alongside Bulwark, which is also "Chance based" mitigation.

Since you can't see when a Crit "Doesn't happen" you can't really tell when it's working, but its a little extra insurance for normalising incoming damage.

[PiedPiper]

I tend to pop it alongside Sentinel, which is also "Chance based" mitigation.

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How is a flat 40% reduction in incoming damage chance based? Unless you mean like... its possible to use it and it wear out before something big hits you.. but that's just down to knowing the boss rotations well enough.

[Kitru]

How is a flat 40% reduction in incoming damage chance based? Unless you mean like... its possible to use it and it wear out before something big hits you.. but that's just down to knowing the boss rotations well enough.

Pretty sure he means Bulwark, which increases Block chance.

[Maelwys]

Pretty sure he means Bulwark, which increases Block chance.

That. Apologies.
Posting from work, and had a Friday Brain Derp

Incidentally, I've been looking rather lustfully at the new Onion Shield's stats. When I get one I *may* end up taking it over the Allagan Round Shield, need to see how the extra Block chance stacks up.