I've been wondering for a long time now if I should rework all my armor gear, primarily for usage in the clockworks:
Skolver Set: Both pieces UV'd with Pierce Med.
Vog Set: Both pieces UV'd with Elemental Med.
Snarbolax Set: Both pieces UV'd with Shadow Med.
Chaos Set: Both pieces UV'd with Normal Med.
I've been questioning the usefulness of med defense UVs, I often read that they're definitely not as useful as status resist, but are they actually useless to the point where I should have gotten clean armor pieces instead of spent the extra crowns on the "extra defense"? If that's true, then I'd be willing to work up all of these sets again with certain UVs, but I'm somewhat stuck wondering what UVs would be ideal for each set if I were to be a person that plays everywhere.
I know fire and shock UVs are commonly sought after, but is normal defense UVs a better option for general play on all the sets? And would the normal defense UV have to high or max to actually be viable?
I've been doing some research into defence today, and a pierce UV would be worth more than a normal UV on a Skolver set. This is because the effect of defence continuously decreases. Due to this, having 8 normal, 8 piercing will defend you better than having 10 normal, 6 piercing against a piercing melee attack.