The thing is, you’re gonna take Censure anyway on cold Infiltrator, Purifier, elemental Tactician and Deceiver if there’s any, and, of course, elemental Mage Hunters because how else you’d get RR.
It’s not like with physical Warlord where you choose from 2-3 exclusives depending on what you want more. Or Druid. Or Oppressor. Et cetera.
So like I said, you won’t pick Conviction on cold Infiltrator, would you? You’ll take Censure anyway for RR, while also getting DR. And it seems people forget that this stuff is active at all times and affects ALL enemies in range, i.e. where it is needed the most.
Like, DR from War Cry is higher because it needs to be casted and has 66% uptime. DR from Yugol puddles activate when struck and have limited AoE. DR from Ulzuin’s Wraith is just an additional perk of the skill on which you can’t really rely on, same as Ravneous Earth’s one. You get the idea.
Feels like I’m the only one who uses Stormcaller’s on Vindicator, heh. Yeah, it’s LD one, but at first it was Ludrigan. Man, this guy was made of paper thin glass. And of course I’m not breaking any records, and have no clue how it would fare with Censure instead of Stormcaller’s.
But looking at these builds [1.1.8.1] Light's Defender Vindicator ( 5:30 Crucible, SR 95, Crate, Callagadra, Ravager of Minds) and [1.1.8.1] Totems of strength! Light Defender Vindicator I would say they do alright. But then again, they also use Wendigo Totem and Twin Fangs on top, which is also a staple of how you build a Vindicator, right?