Wow, these forums are full of people with selective reading and people who want to voice their nonsense opinions to build up their post count.
I am clearly pissing against the wind here with all the nay say. Just because you read the forums and wiki a lot, doesn't mean you know everything.
NOT the physical number stats you see, but the base stat modifyers.
I was doing farms with elite bosses only with a spines/fire scrapper with soft cap defence and cap resists and taking little to no damage like you see on your typical tank/brute farmer built the same way today on +4x8 farms.
And for those who nay say and be like........
"scrappers have less resist, they are going to take more damage" blaaa blaaa blaaaa
Try this out for yourself...
Make a fire scrapper with soft cap and max resists and try it on a +4x8 fire farm
Then make an ice brute or tank that has around 60-70 fire resists and soft cap defences and see the difference on the evade states.