Do you think 28% more Armor Absorption will help...

Grim Dawn Gameplay Discussion
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Do you think 28% more Armor Absorption will help if you have low armor.
Heavy Physical damage hitters can cause me many issues at times even actually kill me once.
I lose some Damage/OA but gain the Armor Absorption/Health/DA

Just not sure how much the added armor Absorption will actually help.

I have 12% Physical Resists and 13% Damage Absorption

This is with 70% Armor Absorption

This is with 98% Armor Absorption

If Armor Absorption isn’t that helpful then I guess I could just try dropping the boots losing +2 Sigil/Destruction and try wearing Golemborn Greaves for bit more Physical resists and Flat Armor Proc

I want to eventually level this in hardcore, but would probably end up dying to something in late Ultimate. Really wish I wouldn’t have upgraded to 1.0.0.7. enjoyed the game more before when I didn’t have to try and stack so much DA

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Lets say all armor slots are 1000 rating

  1. 5 enemies hit 1500 damage which makes it 1305 with 13% absorb

with 70% ar you take 305 + 300

taking 12% phy res it becomes 532.4

and with 5 enemies you get hit for 2662 damage

with 98% ar you take 305 + 20

taking 12% phy res it becomes 286

and with 5 enemies you get hit for 1430 damage

  1. A big single hit like 5000 damage which becomes 4350 with 13% absorb

with 70 % ar you take 3350 + 300

taking 12% phy res it becomes 3212

with 98% ar you take 3350 + 20

taking 12% phy res it becomes 2965.6

  1. A massive 10k damage becomes 8700 with 13% absorb

with 70% ar you take 7700 +300

taking 12% phy res it becomes 7040

with 98% ar you take 7700 + 20

taking 12% phy res it becomes 6793.6

Theoretically more absorb is good for taking quick multi hits of smaller damage

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Of all defensive properties, absorb is applied last.

Of physical damage, yes. That about sums it up.

In GD it’s the hard hitters that kill you though. I don’t think 1 - 1.1k armor warrants a significant absorption investment. Although it is just one little component. Looks like you need another silk swatch though :wink:

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Yeah. Id be more concerned about your pierce/bleed resistance. One good bleed would destroy you.