Quote Originally Posted by GeekMatt View Post
Does that work? I was under the impression that defensive buffs mitigated damage targeted towards you, and in the case of Cover, didn't affect damage towards the person being covered. I'm positive I take damage when stacking Hallowed Ground with Cover
Some damage seems to just bypass Hallowed Ground, like a bosses super attack. I believe incoming damage from Cover fits in the same category. But you can use most of your cooldowns to help mitigate it otherwise. Like Brannigan said, if the subject of cover is facing forward you can and will block, so this can be used to get Shield Swipe procs off your MT if your healers are ready for you to suddenly take some damage. In addition, I believe Awareness can prevent you from taking extra critical damage.

Also, been using that trick to cover Healers when adds pop up. That takes a load off my mind during certain add spawns.