PM vs PRR, can i increase it?

[sheintao]

I play an 18 wiz / 2 monk build. I'm trying to calculate my maximum physical damage reduction for a situational tank-ish gear set. Can you think of anything i could to do to further increase my PRR? Obviously shields and armor are out.

[AtomicMew]

You could sldo twist in shiradi Fey Form for DR 7.

[sheintao]

Hmmm. I would have to drop the Damage Reduction twist from Fury for it, which is PRR 6. On the other hand, Fey Form would clear up the DR5 gear slot.

Looking at it from a pure DR point of view, it would be +2 DR and -6 PRR. So..

6 PRR = 3.8% damage reduction

So something would have ot hit me for 57 points of damage (53+5DR) before 6 PRR would level out with +2 DR.
At 84 points of damage dealt, 6 PRR is 1 point better than +2 DR.
At 110 points of damage dealt, 6 PRR is 2 points better than +2 DR.
At 136 points of damage dealt,6 PRR is 3 points better than 2 DR
and so on.

On epic elite quests some things hit me for around 150, so in those situations i would be loosing out on about 3 points of DR. Just the same, I think i'd prefer to free up the gear slot and go with Fey Form. Thanks for the suggestion!