Thread: 4.05 - Tenacity Vs Non-Tenacity Builds

Originally Posted by DacienSanderon

Melding or gearng its all the same. Melds just seem weak for tenacity because they are weak for every stat.

Its not the same because you can't get nearly the kinds of gains through melding that you can by simply wearing a piece of gear that has that stat on it as opposed to not having it. This is why Direct Hit melds are so popular, because we get zero of it from gear, making melding it an extremely efficient % increase. Stacking more Tenacity on top of the crazy amount that you'll already have on your gear just isn't going to be as efficient from a DPS or mitigation standpoint.

A minimum skill speed/maximum tenacity gearset has over 1800 tenacity innately. I'd much rather meld direct hit on that than more tenacity.

Edit: In fact, such a build has more tenacity than any other secondary stat, so it could be argued that you'd get more mileage out of anything else other than more tenacity. Not sure if it was intended or not, but the current tier of gear is swimming in it.