Question about elemental stats on armour.

Do I sacrifice negative Elemental defence on a piece of armour if it has decent stats?
Let's say a piece of armour has +20% spell damage but -30 water defence would it be worth using?

If I'm a mage using water element should I make sure to get +water defence on all of my armour? does it matter much if some are negative?

 

Elemental defenses basically don’t matter at all, unless you have like -300 or +300

 

alright, thanks. should i be looking for mana regen, life steal, spell damage etc then for armour? this is my first time playing mage so I'm not really sure.

 

Yes

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Although life steal and health regen aren’t really that important since you have heal.

 

Ok, I appreciate the help.