Vitality Or Steel Fiber

[TenzoZero]

i use two of these on my valkyr but both not maxed so which one should i max to increase her survival? except going hysteria every 3 mins =_=

[mromutt]

thats a tough call. its more of what you feel works best to how you play. if it was me i would just forma 2 times and have both :) (which i actually did)

[Angius]

Both. But if you need to choose - Steel Fiber is a better choice.

 

Vitality inreases your HP amount making full recovery longer, since you need to recover more health.

Steel Fiber makes you take less damage, and it is still possible to fully heal in shorter time - less health to recover.

[MarianneAsteri]

Both if you can. But if I had to choose one, it would be Vitality.

It gives a larger buffer time to which you can activate Hysteria before you actually go down. Hysteria recovers health on hit anyway.

[Nkomo-Sama]

It depends on if you have a reactor on her or not If so then max vitality and then put a high ranked steel fiber... I have mine 1 from the top. She already has high armor. If I had to choose only one I would go vitality since her armor is already high.

[Nkomo-Sama]

Both. But if you need to choose - Steel Fiber is a better choice.

 

Vitality inreases your HP amount making full recovery longer, since you need to recover more health.

Steel Fiber makes you take less damage, and it is still possible to fully heal in shorter time - less health to recover.

a good point here though as well

[Casardis]

I think more HP is better. Effective HP seems to be higher with simply vitality rather than Steel Fiber, since the latter also counts on the base HP to be more effective, if I understood correctly. Also, Vitality costs less mod capacity points, and if you're not using Hysteria, you'll be able to take a few hits before going god mode. Hysteria has a short delay before invincibility, so there's an opening to get killed if you're taking heavy damage by surprise.

 

So let's say you choose only one over the other.

With only Vitality, you'll have a bigger HP pool (740HP) for less capacity points and taking 67% less damage with base armor (600 armor) alone.

With only Steel Fiber, you'll have 300HP while taking 81% less damage (1260 armor).

 

If my math is correct, let's say you take an attack that does 100 damage.

With only Vitality, you'll be able to take around 22 hits

With only Steel Fiber, you'll only be able to take around 15 hits.

 

This is crucial in an opening such as getting knocked down in the middle of a heavy Grineer squad.

 

Both. But if you need to choose - Steel Fiber is a better choice.

 

Vitality inreases your HP amount making full recovery longer, since you need to recover more health.

Steel Fiber makes you take less damage, and it is still possible to fully heal in shorter time - less health to recover.

 

It doesn't really matter if full recovery is longer if you have a bigger HP pool, especially since Hysteria gives you enough time to do so with only a few hits. Having more health with decent base armor also means that you're less likely to be near-death.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Casardis

[ultra_KING]

I'd say vitality

[Tatersail]

Depends how you play, I would prefer duration mods and simply keep hysteria up 100% of the time.

 

Math says Vitality, for EH calculations(effective health), unless your actively running the armor boost ability, which cost energy you could use on hysteria or rip-line fun

Edited March 26, 2014 by Tatersail