I'm assuming you're level 60.

DR (Damage Reduction) from Armor = Armor / ( Armor + 3000 )
DR from Resist = Resist / ( Resist + 300 )

Get at least 600 resistance then worry about HP. You can have 100k hp but if you have less resistance you still get 2-3 shotted.

how does damage reduction from armor and resistance works actually?

both reduces damage taken. which one kicks in first?
both at same time?

damn all playing inferno now, im still stuck at nightmare

anyone feels like doing something good can donate me some armor/weapon for a low level 36 like me

Nah, your weapon wont last your for long anyway, the max 1~2 days you will be switching weapons n gears. No point right?

armor kicks in then resistant is bonus

http://image.ohozaa.com/i/0bf/FXkQ4J.png

also

30k health + 900 all resist + 9000 armor = 60k health + 300 all resist + 3000 armor

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5836324621

wrong. even before doing the math also you should know from experience that 300resist/3000armor has a HUGE difference from 600resist/6000armor, what more 900/9000

MATH:

30k health + 900 all resist + 9000 armor = 480k for ranged, 685k for melee (we have extra 30% reduction)
60k health + 300 all resist + 3000 armor = 240k for ranged, 342k for melee.

[edit] I see that you are just copy pasting from that guy's equations. Most of his math is sound, but at the end he makes a brain fart or something.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jun 19 2012, 03:31 PM

act 1/2, ok fairly normal... act 3/4 SWEET JESUS THE 6 DIGIT DAMAGES!

uuughh wall of text.
i'll just look at this table.

http://image.ohozaa.com/i/0bf/FXkQ4J.png


seems like higher armor is better than higher resist.

This post has been edited by Deimos Tel`Arin: Jun 19 2012, 03:32 PM

All else being equal, 10 armor = 1 resist, IF your armor:resist ratio is currently 10:1

That means if you had to choose between a piece of gear that gave you 50 armor vs a piece that gave you 4 resist, you would choose the 50 armor piece.

However if your resist was significantly lower than a 10:1 armor:resist ratio, then it would make more mathemetical sense to take the 4 resist piece

say i'm at

5k armor
700 all resist

so that means ...
about 12% dmg get

if i pump all resist up ... say
5k armor
1000 all resisit ...

9.258% dmg get ... dafuq?

but if i pump armor up ...

say
10k armor
700 all resist ...

7.434% dmg get ... !!!

right ... for act2, i need to swap out deadly reach dmg rune for +50% armor rune and conviction mantra for evasion mantra + armor rune i guess

you need a balance. the monk class is ALL ABOUT BALANCE

maintain a ratio of 10:1 armor to resist

With these numbers, you've got 92.13% damage reduction (62.5% from armor, 70% from resist, 30% from monk).

If you pump armor to 7k, it becomes 93.70% damage reduction
If you pump resist to 900, it becomes 93.44% damage reduction only.

So you can see that because your resist is quite a bit higher than your armor (using the 10:1 ratio), you gain more benefit from 10 armor than you do from 1 resist.

nah. the table i just saw tells me that i will resist damage better with higher armor values lulz.

anyway after tonight, mobs in act 2 / 3 / 4 is supposed to deal less damage than before right?

read deodorant's post, or read the long tldr wall of text. what i said still holds truth. monk = BALANCE

hmmm all right.
i'll try to stack higher armor values see how haha

but ... but ... the table i saw ...

the table still points to having a balance. see the bottom right corners then look at the resist/armor values represented.

hmmmm now that i look at it again ... yeah u r right.

U want? i got some. Add me!

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Added on June 19, 2012, 4:20 pmAiyo, just hunt for the best of both world. Uber resist + high armor. End of story. Other than that, keep farming.

This post has been edited by yuhhaur: Jun 19 2012, 04:20 PM