iron reflexes worth it?

[Tony]

Is it worth the conversion or not?

[Epochalypse]

Would you rather get hit harder but less frequently, or softer more frequently?

[PlayerNameT]

It's a decent Keystone. No must have but really good I personally take it everytime it is in reach.

What makes it so good is one simple reason: Armor is reliable, Evasion isn't. Armor is a constant reduction to the influx of damage you receive while Evasion is far less consistant armor makes it much easier to estimate the amount of incoming damage and react according to it.

[DarkCat]

It is worth it. Not for silly AR>EV arguments but because it makes gearing up your character million times easier. Loot you are finding can be useful in the range of every AR, AR/EV and EV armor you find. If you use not the keystone, you are pretty much bound to specialize your equipment, making many loot you find crap for your char.

If you have the means to specialize in one defense style effectively, it can be superior to do so and is subject of your personal preferences and your playstyle.

[Deadlylag]

It use to be almost every build have it and still one of the best keystone in the game. The IR nerf screwed up the right side of the passive tree but left the left side almost untouched. In other words it made dex heavy character shy away from IR.

[Dawnbomb]

Originally posted by Nightmare90:

It is worth it. Not for silly AR>EV arguments but because it makes gearing up your character million times easier. Loot you are finding can be useful in the range of every AR, AR/EV and EV armor you find. If you use not the keystone, you are pretty much bound to specialize your equipment, making many loot you find crap for your char.

If you have the means to specialize in one defense style effectively, it can be superior to do so and is subject of your personal preferences and your playstyle.

your either forign, or young, cause there is alot of blah in that text

your also very, very correct

[DarkCat]

Originally posted by dawnbomb:

Originally posted by Nightmare90:

It is worth it. Not for silly AR>EV arguments but because it makes gearing up your character million times easier. Loot you are finding can be useful in the range of every AR, AR/EV and EV armor you find. If you use not the keystone, you are pretty much bound to specialize your equipment, making many loot you find crap for your char.

If you have the means to specialize in one defense style effectively, it can be superior to do so and is subject of your personal preferences and your playstyle.

your either forign, or young, cause there is alot of blah in that text

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Both applies and I agree.

My writing is awful and unnecessary complicated.

[Sexy Mike]

if you run grace + determination with this keystone you become very tanky without much investment in gear

[skivverus]

If you run Grace and Determination with the aura costs as they are now, you've made a fairly substantial commitment in terms of mana reservation and passives, so of course your gear standards can afford to slip a bit.

As for Iron Reflexes - I personally prefer having evasion (it's more reliable than the "chance" wording would suggest - completely streakless), but some people swear by this keystone.