class REDUCED vs LESS damage

So my question is based on the class tree.

Augury of Penitence gives 5% less damage done to the enemies.
I suppose if they did 100 damage then it would hit me for 95 damage x0.25 (with max resistances, 75% reduced damage) = 23,75

From the other hand we have Nature's Boon that reduces 5% elemental damage taken.
So 100 damage x0.25 =25
then 5% reduced it means 25 x 0.95=23,75.



1) Can someone give me an explanation how the less and reduced work with the specific skills?
2) Is less maybe like you have 5% to maximum resistances? if you had 95% resistance it would be like 100%? (just asking ^_^ )

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Receiving_damage

You can read the steps and how they work when taking damage.

oh I get it, but for monsters/bosses this is the same?
Do monster/bosses have increased damage or flat damage?

Augury of Penitence causes to monsters to do less damage to everyone, but it only affects the monsters near you.

Nature's Boon causes you to take reduced damage, regardless of where the monster dealing the damage is located.

Then there's the usual difference between "reduced" and "less" - multiple "reduced" mods are added together, but "less" mods are multiplied.

Monsters dealing flat or increased damage does not matter for these passives since less damage done is multiplicative and applied after everything else.