Talk:Magick Archer/@comment-176.11.47.15-20120616231027/@comment-5213806-20120620061702

Magick Archer has a very high magick defense growth rate so I chose to wear armor that favored physical defenses and ended up with nearly idential magical and physical defenses. So far at level 57 having cleared about 6 rooms in the Everfall and making liberal use of Backfire I have had no problems with survivability.

My HP is about 1500 and my defenses are about 430 both with Bastion and Awareness slotted, if that helps. You don't actually need to spend any time in Warrior to get Bastion, it becomes available at Warrior 1 so you can just buy the class then buy the augment and switch back.