Projectile Damage vs. Elemental Damage

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Boylston wrote:

Pro Tip: Armor vs. Physical Damage works differently than Elemental vs. Elemental Resistance.

Boylston,

Can you elaborate or post a link to where this is explained in detail. It sounds like a good read for a newbie like me. Thanks.

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ghoultek wrote:

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Boylston wrote:

Pro Tip: Armor vs. Physical Damage works differently than Elemental vs. Elemental Resistance.

Boylston,

Can you elaborate or post a link to where this is explained in detail. It sounds like a good read for a newbie like me. Thanks.

You will find the dmg/armor formula in the "mechanics" thread. It's in beta general. :)

tldr: Mobs armor is reduced by doing big phys dmg. So by having high dmg, you will do more dmg. Which is not the case with ele vs resist.
edit: This mechanic is the same for our armor. If merciless brutus would crit us, he will negate most of our armor and do a crapload of dmg. It's one of the reasons why people say hp>resist>armor.

The annoying thing is we don't actually know how much hp/armor/resist a mob has. :)