max monster minus res cap

i saw in poe wiki that a boss in merci can have max 85% res for an element.

can u pen a monster below zero res?

if yes, whats the cap of maximum minus res a monster can get by using elemental penetration skills?

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Freya98 wrote:

i saw in poe wiki that a boss in merci can have max 85% res for an element.

They're dicks like that.

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Freya98 wrote:

can u pen a monster below zero res?

Yes.

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Freya98 wrote:

if yes, whats the cap of maximum minus res a monster can get by using elemental penetration skills?

Dunno if there is a cap. Elemental resistance is capped on the positive at 75 for normal critters, 85 for dicks. There's no minimum cap to the best of my knowledge, though continued resistance decrease tends to run into diminishing returns.

Ah. Good to know. That did sound a bit weird. Thanks, Viper.

ok ty. so u cant overkill with mass elemental penetration. good to know :)

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Freya98 wrote:

ok ty. so u cant overkill with mass elemental penetration. good to know :)

You don't waste it, no, but there's absolutely such a thing as overdoing it. I've seen players devote far too much of their build's resources to trying to achieve MAXIMUM PENETRATION, and they suffer for it because there's not enough build left over to do all the other things a build needs doing.

Generally you don't need more than 2 or 3 sources of penetration/resistance debuff. A Pen gem + EE, a Pen gem + Curse, Curse + EE, Pen gem + penetration on item, Item + EE, so on and so forth. Trying to do a Pen gem, EE, a debuff curse, item penetration, and all the rest is too much. Those resources would be more effective augmenting the rest of your build, not building an ever-higher negative resistance number.

can u dual stack flammability/conductivity with ele weakness by using blasphemy support or do u still need something that enables dual curses?

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Freya98 wrote:

can u dual stack flammability/conductivity with ele weakness by using blasphemy support

No

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or do u still need something that enables dual curses?

Yes

Blasphemy and its ilk (Curse on Hit) do not naturally come with any special ability to override curse limits. They count towards your curse just as if they were self cast.

You will need "Enemies can have 1 additional curse" if you want to have EleWeak + Flam/Cond in any way.