Toughness vs Wounds

[martimi]

I go mostly for Toughness with my Shaman and I think I can handle myself pretty well against Slayers, SWs, BWs etc.

[Luth]

I stack always initiative very high, about 950 in T4.

[Druin]

I stack always initiative very high, about 950 in T4.

Pro-tip, can confirm.

[Glorian]

Why so High Initiative?
To stop the Crit peaks?

[grumcajs]

Why so High Initiative?
To stop the Crit peaks?

with 500 ini you can see stealthted WEs pretty often.
950 ini would have to allow you to see through walls

[Rebuke]

Glorian, Sarcasm

[mvazquez99]

Toughness vs Wounds is not just the math: If you are taking a lot of damage fast without much healing, more wounds help you stay alive longer. If combat is more drawn-out with some heals, toughness can be more beneficial for your survivability. You can create "break even" scenarios running the math between the two stats, but that still requires a lot of assumptions.

[mvazquez99]

Note the above basically agrees with what others are saying in this thread, just another way of looking at it.

[Jaycub]

I think it is also worth nothing that toughness does nothing against pure damage mechanics, like damage from morales, backlash from BS/Sorc (I think), and probably other I am forgetting.

[grumcajs]

also - if u can reach very high ammount of toughness - near softcap, you will notice the effect, if u can reach only medium levels - totally not worth it and u should avoid stacking toughness