If you can stay alive the toxin gem is better than mutilation guard of course. If you really wanna be defensive in solo play then using Unity rings on your follower and yourself is the standard solution. Plus the fact that followers now are better in keeping us alive in patch 2.7. Finally there are a couple more defensive gems to experiment with… and you also have the choice of defensive oriented skills, runes and passives.
If you wanna do damage (and you’re not playing at ‘easy’ levels) no build can use more than one defensive gem. You also have the choice of gem type in chest and pants of course.
PS. The title of this thread should really be: Defensive questions and offensive replies!
We also need a new category to supplement melee and ranged, namely deranged!
Have a nice day!
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