why chance to Suppress Spell Damage ONLY for dex base? what exactly alter mod has for str base?

what u think? why its only for dex base?

Fits thematically.

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

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TreeOfDead wrote:

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

Yep the intended balance seems to be that str-base gets you protected from physical dmg, but you get killed by elemental damage. Dex-based gets you protected from elemental dmg, but you get clapped by physical damage, and int-base gets you nearly invincible on legacy gear, and squishy af on anything that fits into a reasonable budget.

Balance. Image you could stack 20K ES and 100% suppression. You cant you need to buy Hybrid gear.

Anyway Strength gear has life regen rate and STR as "specials"

ES gear has mana and ES recharge rate as specials.

Nothing as OP as suppression so people use hybrid gear finally. Like pig faced bacinets and dragonscale chests for armor and suppression.

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Xyel wrote:

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TreeOfDead wrote:

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

Yep the intended balance seems to be that str-base gets you protected from physical dmg, but you get killed by elemental damage. Dex-based gets you protected from elemental dmg, but you get clapped by physical damage, and int-base gets you nearly invincible on legacy gear, and squishy af on anything that fits into a reasonable budget.

but game balanced around 100% spell suppress + ton armor + 10k es and block ofc bcs why not

Why not both?

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TreeOfDead wrote:

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

Armor, regeneration, endurance charges and +maximum resistances, which got buffed last league. I actually think a lot of people don't know how much more mitigation you get from +Maximum Resistances. You can even 'easily' get them as implicits this league - on several spots, if I'm not mistaken.

Anyhow, Spell Suppression is arguably in a stronger state right now compared to other types of defenses, I'll agree. But there ARE alternatives, even though they're not as strong.

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TreeOfDead wrote:

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

If we're talking items, str gear can roll additional % phys reduction, so that's probably supposed to be their thing.

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raics wrote:

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TreeOfDead wrote:

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vlmndd wrote:

Fits thematically.

so what str alternative?
just armr? or what?

If we're talking items, str gear can roll additional % phys reduction, so that's probably supposed to be their thing.

The equivalent mod for STR-based armor is "%increased life regeneration rate", which is pretty niche but very good for some builds.

Hard to compete with spell suppression for most characters, though.