Health or Defence - which is better for Nadezhda


I we have Nadezhda LBed & have 3 emblems on her.
The first pic shows her current stats with 3 emblems
The second pic has her emblem path for reference

Am wondering which would be better for her - health or defence?
The following, for reference, are the stats (A/D/H) that she would end up with if either are chosen

Health - 886/875/1843
Defence - 877/954/1699

As can be seen, there is a significant reduction in health if the defence route is chosen & hence the question
Would better Health or better Defence stand in good stead for Nadezhda?

  • Defense
  • HP
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Back in the days of DoT I chose HP over D. But I always choose D over HP nowadays.

@Ruskin505
Please close this poll as it’s irrelevant to the post.
The post is not for a generic opinion on health over defence (as applicable to all heroes) but it’s specific to Nadezhda, given her skillset

Poll is to answer your question. I didn’t put it there to be a generic opinion (those exist elsewhere on the forum that can be copy/pasted). I edited it to be more specific.

it depends.

if u like to boost the health choose hp
if u like to boost the defense choose defense
it’s depends
it’s depends
what another hero u got in ur roster?

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I don´t understand why Nadezhda is has anything specific to do with health vs def?

I would say in general def is better than HP, no reason why this should be any different for her?

The only exceptions I can think of is incoming DoT (which these days is rather rare and not often a problem) and counterattack heroes. A counterattacker can benefit more from HP than from def (not saying def is bad, only that HP is even better).
But alltogether both HP and Def do the same thing, they make your hero survive longer no huge thing either way. Just def seems to be better at it than HP.
Looking at the stats you posted I would say the one with higher def is also the one with lower attack (which means more overall points in survivability), so even better. I see absolutely nothing speaking for HP.