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<blockquote data-quote="striatic" data-source="post: 5390728" data-attributes="member: 99945">In my experience? Having the damage prevent gets way more attention.Monsters have lots of HP, and when you start hitting them it doesn't necessarily draw their attention unless you're dealing *the most* damage. And even if you're hitting them hard, they're still able to operate.Whereas preventing all of the damage the damage they dole out can completely neuter them. Unless they are controllish or leaderish types, if they aren't dealing damage, they're worthless. So they'll attack the defender. If they can reach it and hit it. Which in the case of the Shielding Swordmage isn't always the case.Having a monster thrashing around, almost completely neutered while your strikers pound it is a good situation to be in.Healers are great, but they shouldn't be totally responsible for keeping up HP. they have a limited number of healing powers per encounter [and per round]. A low Paragon Tier Shielding Swordmage has the capability of preventing just short of a Healing Surge's worth of damage every round, and that gets a monster's attention more than nipping at their heels while the striker does the real damage and draws the real attention.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="striatic, post: 5390728, member: 99945"] In my experience? Having the damage prevent gets way more attention. Monsters have lots of HP, and when you start hitting them it doesn't necessarily draw their attention unless you're dealing *the most* damage. And even if you're hitting them hard, they're still able to operate. Whereas preventing all of the damage the damage they dole out can completely neuter them. Unless they are controllish or leaderish types, if they aren't dealing damage, they're worthless. So they'll attack the defender. If they can reach it and hit it. Which in the case of the Shielding Swordmage isn't always the case. Having a monster thrashing around, almost completely neutered while your strikers pound it is a good situation to be in. Healers are great, but they shouldn't be totally responsible for keeping up HP. they have a limited number of healing powers per encounter [and per round]. A low Paragon Tier Shielding Swordmage has the capability of preventing just short of a Healing Surge's worth of damage every round, and that gets a monster's attention more than nipping at their heels while the striker does the real damage and draws the real attention. [/QUOTE]

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