Improved Devotion Aura

[Aedh]

I've been thinking about removing imp devo for a few reasons. My first reasoning is that as we gain more and more armor the extra armor imp devo would contribute less and less to total physical mitigation. Right? My second reasoning is based on whether we need the 6% extra healing. We don't pick up divinity because all it does is contribute to over heal, and is a poor investment of talents, of course imp devo does give us a lot more for our points.
I know I could easily get away with doing this in a heroic tanking build, but I am wondering about the overall viability for use as a raid tanking build.
This started because I want DS/DG AND reckoning 3/5.

Thought, ideas, math and flames are welcome.

[blakk]

I've been thinking about removing imp devo for a few reasons. My first reasoning is that as we gain more and more armor the extra armor imp devo would contribute less and less to total physical mitigation. Right? My second reasoning is based on whether we need the 6% extra healing. We don't pick up divinity because all it does is contribute to over heal, and is a poor investment of talents, of course imp devo does give us a lot more for our points.
I know I could easily get away with doing this in a heroic tanking build, but I am wondering about the overall viability for use as a raid tanking build.
This started because I want DS/DG AND reckoning 3/5.

Thought, ideas, math and flames are welcome.

it's armor. period. EH>threat IMO

[Fridmarr]

I've been thinking about removing imp devo for a few reasons. My first reasoning is that as we gain more and more armor the extra armor imp devo would contribute less and less to total physical mitigation. Right? My second reasoning is based on whether we need the 6% extra healing. We don't pick up divinity because all it does is contribute to over heal, and is a poor investment of talents, of course imp devo does give us a lot more for our points.
I know I could easily get away with doing this in a heroic tanking build, but I am wondering about the overall viability for use as a raid tanking build.
This started because I want DS/DG AND reckoning 3/5.

Thought, ideas, math and flames are welcome.

Well Divinity is just heals on you, Devo aura is all heals on the raid, resto druids do give the same buff though. While it's true that the percentage mitigation contribution from the armor gets to be less, it's still mitigation and in my opinion a better option than a little more threat.

[Anorian]

The percentage of dmg reduction lowers per added armor but the value of the added armor goes up at the same time.

It takes a little armor to go from 0 to 1% reduction but that is a 1% dmg reduction. From 70 to 71% takes a whole lot more armor but you are reducing the dmg intake by a bit over 3%.

[lythac]

^ what she said.

This is from level 70, same outcome at level 80.

[Anorian]

^ what she said.

[Vorianloken]

I've been thinking about removing imp devo for a few reasons. My first reasoning is that as we gain more and more armor the extra armor imp devo would contribute less and less to total physical mitigation. Right? My second reasoning is based on whether we need the 6% extra healing. We don't pick up divinity because all it does is contribute to over heal, and is a poor investment of talents, of course imp devo does give us a lot more for our points.
I know I could easily get away with doing this in a heroic tanking build, but I am wondering about the overall viability for use as a raid tanking build.
This started because I want DS/DG AND reckoning 3/5.

Thought, ideas, math and flames are welcome.

I love armor. makes me tingle more and more the more armor I get. So that answers the first part of your question about devo aura.

Second, do you regularly run with a resto druid? If yes, then the healing part of imp devo is not so valuable since trees pick it up for less cost. If no, then this is a vital talent.

Third, would your DS/DG + reck 3/5 spec also include SoCleave? If yes, and yes you regularly run with a resto druid then the talent doesn't seem so hot. But if no and no, then do not skip imp devo to take reckoning.

[fuzzygeek]

^ what she said.

This is from level 70, same outcome at level 80.

The armor cap at l80 is 49,905, so like that graph, only moar.