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[monsterSPIDERS]

Hey guys, so I've been browsing the forum for a while, and I've seen a few theorycrafting threads with some good information so far, but there is one thing that I have not been able to find. I'm looking for information regarding the "armor" sub-attribute, and how much damage it actually mitigates (looking for a formula if one exists). I've also checked the wiki but there doesn't seem to be much there.

[Critus]

If you hover your mouse over it will tell you its Toughness +armor(from your gear) combined.

[Elcee]

Pretty sure he means something like in GW1 where you could tell that +X armor meant roughly +Y% damage reduction. Personally I noticed that even when I was stacking Toughness + the Toughness trait line armor wasn't reducing all that much damage against a lot of mobs.

[monsterSPIDERS]

Yeah, the Armor stat comes from Toughness and Defense, but it is difficult to tell how much a certain amount of Armor will reduce incoming damage by.

[OldCrow]

As I understand it, and I may be wrong... feel free to correct me if I am...

Defense just determines your chance to trigger a glancing blow. Not just straight damage mitigation which is the combination of toughness and defense.