Is Armor / Evasion taken into consideration BEFORE Energy Shield?
I already know from a player of some renown that Armor / Evasion is taken into consideration BEFORE Energy Shield, but I want to make sure you guys know the same thing.
I want to go for Chaos Inoculation with a melee character so I have to be absolutely sure about this: Evasion is the first thing taken into consideration. Then comes Armor, which reduces the amount of damage the Energy Shield gets. Then comes Energy Shield. True? My article promoting PoE:
http://www.axonnsays.com/2013/01/you-are-invited-to-the-path-of-exile-open-beta Running PoE on an Intel i5 2500K, Radeon 7950 OC, SSD Vertex 3 MI, 8 GB RAM. I'm also a Software Engineer and Indie Game Developer ::- ). Go Go GGG!!! | |
There's a mechanics thread for a reason.
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I think, and I could be wrong, the order of operations goes something like this:
1. Dodge 2. Evasion 3. Block 4. Armor/Resists 5. Energy Shield 6. Health |
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" Sounds about right. That said... Exceptions/caveats: - Spells will skip steps 1-3 (except in the case of Phase Acrobatics) - Chaos damage will skip step 5 I have wandered through insanity;
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" Just a minor detail - there is a shield node in the templar area which gives you a (low) chance to block spells - so Phase acrobatics is not the only exception (and of course there is one unique shield which blocks spells as well, but sadly it doesn't block attacks ;)) Proud 5th duelist in the Jul 1 2012 Ladder Race and in the Nov 3 2012 Solo Turbo Race :D And even prouder 4th Templar in the Nov 10 Four-hour Party Hardcore Race :P Current OB success: top 20 Ranger in 105 Minute Turbo Solo (S4E9) Last edited by Sony_Black on Jul 9, 2012, 5:36:38 PM
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TheRabbit303: since you spent time to post about the existence of that thread, could you also link the relevant post? If not, why bother? I asked for a reason: to get a quick answer from somebody who knows this stuff. Forum Search isn't exactly the best engine. My first stop would be an official wiki, but we don't have that yet.
FaceLicker & co.: thank you! My article promoting PoE: http://www.axonnsays.com/2013/01/you-are-invited-to-the-path-of-exile-open-beta Running PoE on an Intel i5 2500K, Radeon 7950 OC, SSD Vertex 3 MI, 8 GB RAM. I'm also a Software Engineer and Indie Game Developer ::- ). Go Go GGG!!! Last edited by Kyliathy on Jul 9, 2012, 5:45:59 PM
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" Pretty sure this is the answer I give if asked. I'm still a tad hazy on dodge/evasion but other than that it's fairly clear. Skivverus: wouldn't chaos damage also skip step 4? If not, I'm unusually attracted to armour right now... Warhammer 40k Inquisitor: where shotgunning is not only not nerfed, it is deeply encouraged.
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" You're right, that would require people to do research on their own instead of ask for handouts. Or, it could be that it's a huge thread stickied at the top of this forum. The answers to everything asked in this thread are in the very first post of that thread... TehHammer is not a crime!
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" It's enough that he came here and asked rather than ask in-game, Rabbit. Also, I've looked through that sticky and found no clear list of the order in which the various defence types operate. It might be somewhere in the entire thread but searching for that could be quite problematic. We mods are the first to agree that the search function of the forum right now is borderline broken. You've made your point. You disagree with people asking questions that you feel they could find for themselves. No one else here seems to have a problem with Kyliathy's query, including two mods. Please drop it. Warhammer 40k Inquisitor: where shotgunning is not only not nerfed, it is deeply encouraged.
Dogma > Souls, but they're masterworks all. You can't go wrong. I was right about PoE2 needing to be a separate, new game. It was really obvious. |
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