Talk:Aura/@comment-25174749-20170221044632/@comment-26397825-20170221050553

Well that depends on how you look at it. The way I see it, if you get struck in an armoured part of your body, you take less damage to your aura as the armour also absorbs some of the blow. So a strike that does 20 DMG in game terms strikes at an armoured portion of your body. The armour gives you Damage Reduction of 10, meaning that you only take 10 DMG instead of the full 20. But you lose mobility in return for the armour.

At lower levels, like Cardin and Dove and Sky, the Damage Reduction may be worth the lesser mobility. However, at higher levels the increase in mobility is worth more, such as with Qrow and Winter.