Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - What's the resistance hard cap? - Forum

as the title states.. EDIT: for those who are not aware of the terminology hard cap is what you can get after the initial soft cap which stands at 75. Last edited by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 2:45:55 PM	Posted by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 12:16:21 PM Quote this Post
75% by default, can be increased through various means, and Penetration supports completely fuck it over. (Penetration is substracted from the final resistance value, ignoring overstacked resistances, unlike the resistance curses. Only really matters in PvP btw) Last edited by Vipermagi#0984 on Jan 9, 2013, 12:18:43 PM	Posted by Vipermagi#0984 on Jan 9, 2013, 12:17:22 PM Valued Poster Quote this Post
You can get 100% if that's what you're asking.	Posted by Aggnog#2036 on Jan 9, 2013, 12:29:58 PM Quote this Post
They must certainly have a cap on resistances it can't be 100%.. by the way as far as i know it you can get to 99% max. i think it must be somewhere around 82-86 but i need clarification. Anyone knowing what I'm talking about done any research on this? Last edited by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 2:25:18 PM	Posted by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 2:23:58 PM Quote this Post
ya I'm skeptical that you can get to %100 resist afaik the hard cap is 75 base there is only 1 passive that increases your maximum elemental resistances, and it does so by 5 (all) for a total of %80 maximum elemental resistances afaik there aren't any buffs that increase your maximum elemental resistances not sure if there are any uniques that increase your maximum elemental resistances	Posted by Darkfyre#6647 on Jan 9, 2013, 2:48:45 PM Quote this Post
" pneuma wrote: This is using RF both for aoe damage and to massively buff my spells. Currently it gives 69% final spell damage (times 1.3 from Inner Force!). The setup is: 75 max fire resist normally +5 from the passive Elemental Adaptation +5 from Saffell's Frame unique shield +2 from a high level Purity aura = 87 fire resist. Now Ruby Flasks give 10 max resist, but again, Inner Force increases that by 30% so I get 13 max fire resist instead. And of course, 13+87 = 100 fire resist, and now the fact that I'm burning for 30% more damage doesn't mean anything at all. Happy hunting. :) Righteous Fire build.	Posted by Semptimilius#4676 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:09:17 PM Quote this Post
so there's no hard cap?	Posted by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:16:13 PM Quote this Post
apparently the hard cap (for fire resist anyway) is 100	Posted by Darkfyre#6647 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:21:58 PM Quote this Post
yeah that's what i meant to say.. 100%.. sounds ridiculous	Posted by ighnaz#2874 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:24:23 PM Quote this Post
" Semptimilius wrote: " pneuma wrote: This is using RF both for aoe damage and to massively buff my spells. Currently it gives 69% final spell damage (times 1.3 from Inner Force!). The setup is: 75 max fire resist normally +5 from the passive Elemental Adaptation +5 from Saffell's Frame unique shield +2 from a high level Purity aura = 87 fire resist. Now Ruby Flasks give 10 max resist, but again, Inner Force increases that by 30% so I get 13 max fire resist instead. And of course, 13+87 = 100 fire resist, and now the fact that I'm burning for 30% more damage doesn't mean anything at all. Happy hunting. :) Righteous Fire build. The Purity Aura actually gives 4% at the highest levels. If Inner Force does work on the flask.. then the max for any Elemental Resist, not just Fire, is 102%. It should be capped at 99% in my opinion.	Posted by FaceLicker#6894 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:40:25 PM Quote this Post