Quote Originally Posted by 'nomenquis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=168511#po st168511
Actually def rocks for pallies. After getting crit immune a really good stat for pallies is shild block rating (until they have 100% miss dodge parry block with hs up). Def is really good for that since it also increases shield block rating as well as parry dodge and miss. Blocking >>1k each hit really rocks for heroics.

Imo it's stacking def until you reach this block soft cap and only focus on gemming / getting dodge afterwards (never get parry via parry rating, it sucks from a cost / effect perspective for avoidance, at least until you have _loads_ of dodge rating).
Hmm i thought 540 was not only the goal but also the capso i thought it wouldnt matter after that. But if it continues to rise and effect more stats i may have to look into that more. im sitting around 18% dodge 16% parry and 20% block unbuffed atm. Ill switch some gear around and see what numbers i can pull. Thanks for this new info i had no idea about