bobdicator

I think I'll put one of these together just to see the SM animations on Granite.

I'm late to the fun, here. My $0.02: it is another tool in the tool box, and, I think, a pretty good tool at that. Do you need it? No. You can work around not having it and still keep a team safe, or maybe you just want to play an immortal scrapper, which I can totally respect. Maybe your concept doesn't involve the animations or whatever. YMMV. Myself, I always take it, right after I get status protection, and I frequently six slot it.

I'll second this. IMO, a defense based build is fine until it isn't, and when it isn't things can get drastic real quick. I'm not saying that is a show stopper at all, but it is something to think about.