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Old Feb 11, 2011, 06:18 PM // 18:18   #1
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Default Better Armor of Earth or Stone Striker?

This is my question:
i need armor,so it's better Armor of Earth or Stone Striker?

why Stone Striker?
i'm working on a farming build,so foes do physical damage.

Stone Striker = Earth damage = Elemental damage

Every piece of my armor has '+10 armor vs Elemental damage' and '+10 armor vs Earth damage'

So Stone Striker should give me 2*10*5 armor,but this 100 armor are better than ~62/65 of Armor of Earth?
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Old Feb 11, 2011, 07:13 PM // 19:13   #2
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well if you're working on a farming Build and you go /Me or /R with Mantra of Earth or Storm Chaser, then with stone striker up, you can get some energy back on hits.
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Old Feb 11, 2011, 07:19 PM // 19:19   #3
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It isn't 100 armor. Those bonuses are on each piece. So for example, against Earth damage your chest piece gains +10 armor for the first mod and another +10 armor for the 2nd. It started at 60 (assuming max armor for ele) so is 80. If all 5 pieces have this same mod, then all five pieces are armor 80 vs earth damage.

If your Armor of Earth is giving you +65, then each piece is armor 125.
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Old Feb 11, 2011, 07:51 PM // 19:51   #4
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It isn't 100 armor. Those bonuses are on each piece. So for example, against Earth damage your chest piece gains +10 armor for the first mod and another +10 armor for the 2nd. It started at 60 (assuming max armor for ele) so is 80. If all 5 pieces have this same mod, then all five pieces are armor 80 vs earth damage.

If your Armor of Earth is giving you +65, then each piece is armor 125.
Yes i mean 60 + 10 +10 for each piece, well now i will try,thanks
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Old Feb 12, 2011, 04:03 AM // 04:03   #5
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Stone striker
Geomancer's = 60+10 to ele +10 to earth = 80
+8 armor from a shield
+ 10 to earth shield inscription,
-2 while enchanted shield inscription or +30HP
leaves you at 98 armor

Armor of Earth
blessed = 60+10
+65
=125

So no, stone striker isn't better unless you are running mantra of earth

Usually people run some variant of Stone Striker + Armor of earth + stoneflesh aura + mantra of earth for obsidian flesh tanking/farming.

http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:E/Me_Gene...n_Flesh_Farmer
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