Esh's Visage and Blood magic

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dimosthenis91 wrote:

(logic says 0/0 means you are on full mana)

0/0 is not full mana. It is also not low mana. It's simply not having mana in the first place.

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dimosthenis91 wrote:

so with Esh's Visage equipped Chaos damage should not bypass energy shield.

Not necessarily. Taking Blood Magic means you aren't on Low Mana. It does not mean you aren't on Low Life.

If you are on Low Life, but not on Low Mana, then the statement "You are on Low Life or Low Mana" is true. Esh's Visage explicitly only applies while you are not on Low Life or Low Mana - i.e. when that statement is false.

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dimosthenis91 wrote:

"Or" / "And" are different terms

Yes. "or" is the correct term here. A bonus that's active "while not on Low Life and Low Mana" would be active as long as you were not on Low Life and Low Mana simultaneously, because only then is the statement "You are on Low Life and Low Mana" true, thus turning off the bonus.

To put it another way, since you seem fond of logic you may have heard of De Morgan's Laws, which state that logically, the negation of "X and Y" is equivalent to "not X or not Y". This "while not on Low Life or Low Mana" is logically equivalent to "while not on Low Life and not on Low Mana".

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Moskito47 wrote:

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Mark_GGG wrote:

If you are on Low Life, but not on Low Mana, then the statement "You are on Low Life or Low Mana" is true. Esh's Visage explicitly only applies while you are not on Low Life or Low Mana - i.e. when that statement is false.

I try with BM + Discipline (85% life reserved) and no mana reservation, but chaos damage can pass the energy shield.
For example, i tested with the Act 2 Vaal Temple mounters and passed the energy shield equally.

You just said you have 85% of your life reserved. That means you are on Low Life.
Since you are on Low Life, you are on Low Life or Low Mana.
Esh's Visage explicitly says it will apply while you are not on Low Life or Low Mana.
This is correct behaviour.

Yes. With Blood Magic, you have 0/0 mana, which is not Low Mana, so you don't have to worry about that half. Provided you don't go down to Low Life, the bonus will apply.

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m1k3g0_1 wrote:

don't understand about words on item, realy:

1) if (LL==true) or (LM==true) then chaosDamageNotBypassEnergyShield = false

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2) if (LL==false) and (LM==false) then chaosDamageNotBypassEnergyShield = true

???

Yes, those are both correct.