Electric Armor vs Energy Aura for Scrappers

[Rajah]

Which is generally considered the better defensive set for scrappers?

[Gone]

It depends.

 

If you mean for just leveling without set IO's, either will work fine but the defensive set may be better because defense works well just on basic enhancement.

 

If you mean a completely built character, then the answer is almost always the resist based set, since you can easily build defense into a character with IO set bonuses (and later incarnate powers) compared to the more difficult task of building resists with IO set bonuses that the defensive sets face.

 

In the end, I think they are about equal for leveling up, pick whichever looks fun.  If you want the stronger endgame build, pick Elec, because you can add defense later on top of already strong resists.

 

Also note that in endgame just about every build is on a similar plane, everything stomps the content available because everything is extremely maximized, so again, you can honestly just pick what looks fun to you.