I used this build to comfortably get through steel path as Saryn. Believe it or not, with this much defense, it's still possible to die in steel path if you're not careful enough just due to the sheer amount of enemies in the steel path. I felt like dropping any defense would just make my run-through steel path just way more work on my end having to keep going in and out of operator, etc.
I just wanted to make a general Saryn build. For low levels I have a high eff high range build mostly focused for miasma to just nuke basically all of the starchart.