Poe Ranger Guide: High Evasion, Critical Strike And Life(Ii)--Evasion

we've talk about how to poe ranger from skills, passive skill tree and poe equipment at poe ranger guide: high evasion, critical strike and life. i share some information about evasion in path of exile.

since iron reflexes has been weakened in the game, armor is no longer stronger as it was, especially when you fight against powerful bosses. therefore, there are lots of players to choose high block, life or evasion in the game world. for ranger, high evasion is a good choice.
look at the following chart:

you will find that damage reduction will go down as solo damage raises. in other world, high armor can protect your classes from the damage from a group of monster, but it has no effect to reduce damage from the solo boss. and high evasion with high life can.

let's look at the evasion mechanisms:

in short, if you have 50% evasion, you can dodge one or two hits but you do not dodge all hits.

evasion and critical strike chance of enemies

when you are hit by enemies, there is possibility for your character to avoid critical strike damage from them. high evasion can reduce enemies' critical strike chance. in this case, i consider that evasion is a effective defense way for low damage or high damage.
it is not to say you need to run away while you fight against a boss followed some monsters. you may dodge monsters’ attack but be hit by the boss. so you’d better avoid the boss’s hit.

how to add evasion in path of exile

one way is to increase dexterity for your classes in the game. of course, you can use flasks or aura like grace to add evasion. and you can equipment your character with path of exile items, such as skull span.