nullsignature Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hello - Level 24 Guardian. Just respecced to Defense, love it. However, I was wondering how much damage the Blade Barrier talent absorbs? Does it scale with level? Just trying to plan out my build. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IxCptMorganxI Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I'm not sure on actual numbers but what I've heard is 300-500 damage. Not too much but it could add up in a long fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtenEQ Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Basically, it's a free absorb every time you use Blade Storm, which basically should be on cooldown after Hilt Strike, Guardian Slash, and making sure you have your accuracy debuff up. Overall it's free mitigation for something you're going to be using all the time anyway. It's definitely worth it in a "tanking" build and probably even a "grinding build" depending on whether or not you want to have a bit more survivability or a bit more damage output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Paladin Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I've heard that it scales off of your healing bonus, so I believe power would cause it to increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullsignature Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Honestly, I'm going for a PvP support/meatshield build. The shield seems like it would be great for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russmanOR Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 It bugs me they wont show the numbers for this, but it is enough of a shield to notice, and Blade storm is high priority anyway so it will be up every cooldown, more or less. Adds up and really, what else are you gonna take in a full defense build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconobalen Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Agreed, a 'moderate' shield doesn't mean much to me. I have noticed that it's been able to take at least one hit from just about anything short of a champion mob, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonLights Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 It's small but sometimes it's enough to buy your healer some time to catch up. It can help soften a blow from a big hit and in general give you extra damage protection. Considering you get free Blade Storms and can reduce the Focus cost to 1, I'd say it's worth it. You're doing okay damage with Blade Storm while giving yourself some added defense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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