But my logs would show transmuters parry &/or avoid around 80% of the regular melee attacks tossed their way. That's about as good a defense as many a warrrior.

So the questions become - are my numbers too low a sample set to be indicative of anythong other than the vagaries of the RNG, is 80% about right in the way of defended attacks, if accurate is that a bit higher than team balance thinks it should be, or lastly, would team balance think it too low?