Talk:Vauban (Warframe)/@comment-99.20.89.140-20130717211400/@comment-198.72.197.244-20130718064112

for Vauban, I'd specifically recommend health/Vitality if you only get into near-death situations once per mission. If you are always wading in a pool of danger, you can try shields but given their poor performance in general you're very likely to die anyways no matter what you try to pull.

Redirection/Vitality mods are based on the frame's unranked health/shields, which for Vauban is 100/75 respectively. If you try to pile redirection, its output will be 3/4 of its potential of the same level Vitality. With that being said, obviously this is only in respects to how many total hitpoints you have in general for one danger instance (in other words how much damage you can sap in one sitting). Since health doesn't regen effectively, consistently taking heavy damage will mean you really should have gone for shields.

tl;dr: shields if you often get shot somewhat, health if you rarely get shot a whole bunch.

"If it's both?" well, pull off "If" and "?" and you got your answer.