Questions about Mitigation

[Mithrandi]

<div></div>Hello EveryoneI follow this board for a while but this is my first Post.Iam a little bit confused about Mitigation and how it works.Atm iam lev55 Defensive Skill at 275 and Parry Skill at 288My Mitigation is 1605 and my Avoidance is 3778 in 'normal' StanceIf is use Defensive Stance ( Creepin Impetus +57agi, +33Parry +44Def.) my Avoidance rais to 5766 but my Mitigation still stay at 1605.Shouldn't +Def also effect the Mitigation ?I tried to find out more about this an bought a Rock Encrusted ShirtNormaly i use a Pristin Imbued Cobalt Chest with +12Str/Sta/Agi and 241 MitigationThe Rock Encrusted Shirt have +12Str/Agi and 226Mitigation ( so -15 compared to Cobalt) and +4 Defensive +57vs SlashingSo with Cobalt i got 1605 Mitigation and 3778 Avoidancewith Rock Encrusted Shirt i got 1609 Mitigation and 3894 Avoidance ??i mean Mitigation should be at 1590 and also Avoidance should be lower - so from where this plus of Mitigation and Avoidance come from ?Does it Come from +4 Defensive ? - if yes why does the Defensive Stance doesnt effekt the Mitigation ?or does this plus only come from the +57vs Slashin ?thanks a lot for your help greetingsMithrandierps: English isnt my Mothertounge so i hope everyone understand what i want to ask<div></div>

[Ryugu]

+defense is NOT, mitigation, it helps your avoidance a lot, I would say it's like parry, but in the system it's not. Parry is what, I think every melee class has, helps meleers avoid melee attacks more, casters dont have parry. Defense is something every class has, it's there to help avoidance and to actually let everyone avoid attacks. Physical Mitigation is cut into 3 parts, slashing, crushing, and piercing.  The three only types of melee damage.The extra mitigation comes from the +67 vs slashing, You have more mitigation, but not against crushing and piercing. You have less since its 226 mit.when armour, etc show a flat mitigation value like, 226, it defends +226 vs, crushing, slashing, and piercing. But with 226 mitigation, and +67 vs slashing it defends, 226 vs crushing, 226 vs piercing, and 293 vs slashing.gains like that are really only useful against, of course, slashing damage. So in essence, the very little amount of more mitigation you gain, is not worth the statloss IMO. Defense stance doesnt affect mit for assassins.It adds a large amount of avoidance, which is what we rely on to survive. If aggro'd. remember, defense and parry= avoidance. slashing, crushing, piercing= mitigation. If i'm wrong correct me, anyone.<div></div>