Is it just me or do the Armour+Evasion hybrid notables on the skill tree suck?

They all just seem numerically wimpy compared to the other types of defence notables on the skill tree.

The starting areas for everything are notably weaker than ES.

Typically you get +15% for smalls and +28-30% on ES while the others get +15% and +20/25%. You get better Armor/Evasion stuff further out with conditions but so does ES.

Armor + Evasion has never really worked due to how armor works. It's even worse in PoE2 since you can't Evade certain hits. Armor + Acrobatics worked in PoE1 but they gutted that.

I can't remember the last time I made a south side build without Iron Reflexes.