Originally Posted by
meliancill
ok ill give you some simple math here and you can decide for youreslf.
lets say you have 0 resil and you get ambushed ( raped ) by a rogue for 10k.
now you get 1k resil ( im going to use enhance shaman as an example since its what i play ) you now remove 10% base and 20% crit.
so the same thing happens agen. now its 7k not 10k. now if you put 25 stam ( rounding up to make it easyer ) thats 250 hp in your gems. or you get 20 resil you get about .40 damage reduction and .80 crit damage reduction. ( i havent pulled the hard numbers im just giving the close amount )
so you have 250 more hp giving you a grand total of 25,250. you get crit by a rogue you are now siting at 18,250 hitpoints
you have 20 more resil giving you 25,000 hp and 1,020 resil you get crit agen you are now siting at ( 7000 - 280 = 6720 - 537.6 = 6182.4 / 25,000 - 6,182.4 = 18,817.6 hit points.
agen not exact numbers but as close as i could get them
so get 1 stam gem puts you at 18,250 hitpoints after the ambush
so geting 1 resil gem puts you at 18,817.6 hitpoints after the ambush
now if you dont get crit. we will make that number 5k using the same math
25,250 - 5,000 = 20,250
5,000 - .40 ( 200 ) = 25,000 - 4,800 = 20,200
so if my math is correct resill stacks much better on crits and is slightly lower on normal hits. now lets do an entire battle
you get hit 100 times with 1k resil ( base crit reduction of 10% - we wont put tallents in ) the person your fighting has a 30% crit chance.
so you will get crit 20 times during that fight
normal hits are 1,000 and crits are 2,000
you wil ltake 80,000 damage in hits and 40,000 in crits
80,000 + 40,000 = 120,000 in total during that fight ( hitpoints wont do all that much for you with a healer )
now you go up to 1100 resil
base crit chance reduction is 11% crit damage reduction 22% base damage reduction 11% attacker has a 30% crit chance
agen 100 attacks
81 hits 19 crits
hit damage is lowered from 1000 to 990
crit damage is lowered from 2k to 1960
990 x 81 = 80,190
1960 x 19 = 37,240
80,194 + 37,240 = 117,430
1k resil = 120,000 damage taken over 100 hits
1100 resil = 117,430 damage taken over 100 hits.
you use 5 20 resil gems to do it so 25 x 5 = 1,250 base health increase
120,000 - 1,250 = 118,750
totals are
1k resil = 118,750 ( 5 gems = 1,250 base health increase )
1,100 resil = 117,430 ( 5 gems = 100 resil increase )
the diffrence imo is moot. it isnt enough to warnent going one way or the other stam or resil is probably person prefrence after you hit 1k. however the more times you get hit the more resil will do for you over just stam. so over realy long fights like you would see in a bg were you take quite alot of damage resil would = much more damage reduction then stam would give you. so idk look at it and make your own desitions