What does everyone think about those AST buffs?

[Ghishlain]

Actually, ast ilvl is lower than my scholar ilvl. If the scholar ilvl was the same, it will be even more weaker...

Yeah, I typed that poorly.

I imagine your AST gear set is Gordian / Law gear. I'd recommend putting that on your SCH and redoing the test to equalize the ilvls. Try to equalize the MND too just for a perfectly equal test.

I just prove AST normal shield is better.

We're talking eHP / total potency here, not total shielding. It's a small but important semantic to the discussion.

Based on your post:

AST shield with hive weapon and no eso stuffs (ilvl 183) = 1825 + 30% = ~2372
SCH simple adlo shield with hive weapon and a few eso stuffs (ilvl 186) = ~2145

AST @ i183 has a total eHP of 4197
SCH @ i186 has a total eHP of 4290