Acrobatics

[Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch]

30% chance to Dodge Attack Hits. 50% less Armour, 30% less energy shield, 30% less chaance to block spell AND ATTACK DAMAGE.

i DON'T GET IT.

Can someone explain the benefits of gaining 30% dodge to attack hits only lose 30% chance to block spell and attack damage? (not to mention the 50% less armor 30% less energy shield)

this game is so confusing.

[gachi is manly]

Plenty of builds have no block whatsoever, so losing 30% chance to block when you have none to gain 30% chance to dodge hits is a big bonus.

The 50% less armor probably hurts the most, because even evasion heavy builds usually end up running some armor items (like say, Belly of the Beast) that will be a lot less effective. The ability to dodge 30% of hits makes armor less important, though, as attacks missing you is even better than mitigating the damage they do after hitting you like armor does.

[Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch]

Thanks.

[Drake]

Also. +30% chance to dodge is not equal at all to 30 less to block. Less is calculated as a percentage. Like if you have 30% chance to block, 30% less chance is not 0%, it's 21%. So instead of having 30% chance to block, you have 30% chance to dodge and 21% chance to block.
In all it makes 44,7 chance to avoid the attack.
So it's clearly a buff.

[Incunabulum]

Most build don't have 30% block chance at all. And almost no one has the ability to block spells. So for those builds it provides more bonus than malus.

Its basically so you can stack Dodge and Block together here.

[Deadbubble]

Unless you're actively scaling either Armour or Energy Shield, whatever amounts you have is completely worthless compared to the ability to dodge 30% of damage..

[Memo]

Once you learn you can hit 75%+ chance to dodge AND 95% chance to evade, you'll understand if they take away just under 1/3 of your block chance away.

[_Fell]

Evasion is a check where if it succeeds, you evade the hit and dont get hit. however, there is entropy. if you have the cap, 75% evade chance, then you will evade a maximum of 3 hits before the 4th is guaranteed to hit and cant be evaded.

Dodge works in a similar fashion. the game will roll for evasion, and then if it fails, it will roll for dodge. if the dodge roll succeeds, you dont get hit. dodge, however, lacks entropy. if you have 75% dodge chance, you will ALWAYS dodge 75% of the time.

Evasion/dodge can be a very strong defense when also combined with a high Effective Health Pool. Tricksters are able to achieve that pretty sufficiently. the reduction to evasion/armor from acrobatics is easily negated when you also have mind over matter and an energy shield pool equal or greater than your life total.

These builds typically dont use block stats, as youll aim for a higher EHP instead. so, losing something you dont already have doesnt hurt.

now, phase acrobatics is a little different. its just as useful as acrobatics, in that you now dodge spell hits. but it can be argued that the best defense against spells is to not get hit. you can achieve that by just walking out of a flameblast circle, for example. some find spending the 4 points for phase acro to not be worth it.

[Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch]

Thanks for all this info...where do you guys get it ?

[Lord Commander]

Originally posted by Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch:

Thanks for all this info...where do you guys get it ?

The path of Exile Wiki has all the info you need: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Path_of_Exile_Wiki
If you just google something like "path of exile armor" one of the first results will be a Wiki page explaining everything about armor...

[_Fell]

wiki, reddit, forums, and of course having been playing since 2012

[Drake]

Also there is a thread on the official forum where a dev answers any mechanics question you wish to ask.

[la_nague]

for example a life/evasion/mom build can use it to get additional defences without many drawbacks.