Talk:Heavy Class/@comment-24.24.254.5-20150125091820/@comment-24659969-20150125101843

It would be better to max out TB rather than BAE first as Heavy. TB will aways end up giving you 56% damage reduction, works on any armor set and active vs dark minion. While BAE requires you to have armor with high base stats to be effective and does not active vs dark minion. Remember BAE does not count augments, masteries, and buffs!!

For example you have 900 armor base stats for 30% damage reduction and total of 200 point armor from masteries which means you have 1100 armor point, sqrt becomes 33.16% DR. On Tough body 25, you will have total of 33.16% + (56% x 0.6682)= 70%+ damage reduct which have 56% vs dark minion

On the other hand, 900 base armor x 2.75 with BAE lv 25 = 2475 + 200 masteries means sqrt about 51% damage reduct, but 0% vs dark minion. If you using fortified armor, remember to add that to first case formula as well. But remember augmented add value is not multiplied by BAE