Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Anything that increases current and maximum eHP is mitigation. %DR is one form of mitigation. Barriers/"shields"/absorbs are another.



No where do you see that this fits the description of what effective HP is. Effective HP is the amount of damage you can take before you hit 0. Mitigation is always referred to as a "reduction" of something, in the case of FFXIV, damage received.