Quote Originally Posted by Dearche View Post
They've claimed it, yet it's right there clear as day in the benchmark. I don't see that thing being anything but some sort of barrier.

It definitely doesn't look like any other sort of buff, unlike the arguments for what the SCH put out. It has all the coding of a barrier, and nothing to suggest otherwise when it comes to how it was used and the spell effect.
It could possibly be a %mitigator, but it isn't the first time they backed away from a stated design goal.