defensive gems

esprit

        What type of gems do you prefer for your main and heroes and why? Block or END? Or maybe HP/DEF? On main and striker there is one slot left if we exclude ATK HIT AGI and fuse (non imperial). On supports 2-4 depending on role. Please share your thoughts because I\'m kinda stuck with what to socket.

        Should dodge be substituted for something more reliable on main? (30-40k dodge)

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s500remus

        dodge build = good for pve, continue with dodge build until you advance pretty well into pve such as lvl 7 totem, lvl 17 eternal spire, most of purgatory zodiac, lvl 160 or higher in dark abyss, once you achieve these level, your team is pretty much strong enough that you can switch away from dodge and still be able to pve effectively to gain daily resources

        if you transition out of dodge build too early then what you end up with is perhaps better pvp result but your daily clear of pve contents will suffer thus in the long run you gain less resources. so the point is stay with dodge until you have good clear of pve and maximize your daily resource potential before switching.

        AGILITY AND HIT SYSTEM
        if you use multiple striker in your team and your main is one of the main source of damage, then go with a hit and agility focus build, use gem to max out your hit and agility
        agility + hit
        atk + hit
        crit + hit or if hit is ok then hp + atk
        hp or if hp is ok then agility
        atk
        hit
        you\'d want to build similarly for all your striker

        HP AND ENDURANCE SYSTEM
        if you have strong snow queen/fire queen and opted to play a 1 striker + 4 support system and want to turn your main into a healer and buffer, then at that point itemize heavily into hp and endurance for every hero except sq/fq

        the only use for hp + pdef fuse gem is on son of odin/sandlord or heaven hunter as these support does not benefit from additional attack, their gem would look something like
        hp+pdef
        hp+mdef
        hp+end
        hp
        end
        pdef
        with some tweaking a lot of folks like to run low agility sq/fq so they can stack buff before atk then at that point if you have sandlord and heaven hunter, you want to give them some agility so they buff your sq/fq before it atk then you itemize gem like this
        hp+pdef
        agi + hit
        hp + end (or hp +mdef depend on what extra gem you have)
        hp
        agi
        end

        but the 1 striker + 4 support system only work if your fq is insanely strong, and if you nowhere near the top of your cs com, it probably won\'t work for you, so;it is probably best if you stick with agility and hit build, it will be efficient for 95% of the population 100% of the time

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esprit

Reply 1# s500remus

        ty for input!;
        is block completely useless? why END is so must have? Would not be better to block crit and non crit to 50% than just prevent crits?

        and HP better than END?

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jackamine46

block is useless because you cant block a skill (block work fine only against normal attacks), and for END help you to not get hitted by crit attack

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esprit

        Oh, I see...

        And what gems are typical for end game healers buffers like envoy/oracle and hecate/lunar? Is crit necessary for healer or can be swapped for END/DEF?

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jackamine46

Crit is useless for healer/buffer, END/DEF is good, help your support to survive longer during a fight

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s500remus

        typically for gem you want to itemize everything else beside def, if you put every other gem in and still have extra slot, then use def
        the only effective way to lvl up defense is to get stronger guardian angel, better cherub, and improve artifact tier/socketing/burnishing

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jackamine46

Reply 6# s500remus
can you explain to me what do you mean by burnishing?

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