Does Resolute Technique affect chance to burn, shock, or freeze?

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Trantis wrote:

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Laellu wrote:

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Trantis wrote:

You can still do elemental effects without crits, it's just harder. You need to do a big dmg from that specific element to apply the effect. It's calculated as the damage from that element compared to the mobs total HP.
I got Resolute Technique and I can still burn mobs from time to time, but my cold damage is low so I can never freeze them.

This is incorrect. You cannot get a status ailment without a crit unless you have a different way to apply the status effect. Some skills and passives offer status effect chances that do not require you to crit.

Edit: A bit of light reading for you http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/11707

It's correct.

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RabidRabbit wrote:

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_Lokken wrote:

My understanding is that the chance to shock/burn/whatever is based on how hard you hit the mob vs its total HP.

You have to do a high enough % of their HP to get the stack; or you can use passives/support gems if you're going a lower damage build.

Damage vs total HP only determines the chance to stun (for physical damage). Chance of inflicting elemental status ailments comes from a few sources:
1) Critical chance, if dealing elemental damage.
2) Skill gems that have +X% chance to burn/shock/freeze (e.g. quality molten shell)
3) Passives that have +X% chance to burn/shock/freeze (e.g. static blows)

RT only eliminates the first source of elemental statuses.

Also, shock/freeze duration is determined by damage/hp ratio, and is ignored altogether if the duration calculates out to be less than 300ms.