OK, so lately I have noticed this. I have a 88 fire with a total (gear, pet,) resist of 38. When in a boss fight I stack on a trained fire shield -80% I use a tower -50% I use a another -35% treasure with yet another -50% tower treasure>
The fire boss hits and I still get damage, a small amount but still damage. How is this possible ??
If the resist is there and the shields count past -100%, then there should not be any damage ??
OK, so lately I have noticed this. I have a 88 fire with a total (gear, pet,) resist of 38. When in a boss fight I stack on a trained fire shield -80% I use a tower -50% I use a another -35% treasure with yet another -50% tower treasure>
The fire boss hits and I still get damage, a small amount but still damage. How is this possible ??
If the resist is there and the shields count past -100%, then there should not be any damage ??
Just curious
Your -80% takes that much damage off the initial spell leaving 20% Tower takes 50% off that remaining 20% left, etc. You will never find 100% shielding; there will always be damage.
Basically, you start off with 100% of the damage. (This is also something you will learn in high school named exponential decay.)
The math: Damage*.8*.5*.38=What is left You lose 80% of the 100%. That leaves you with 20%. You stack the 50%. However, the 50% does not add on. Instead, you take 50% of the 20%. 50% is half, and half of 20 is 10%. Therefore you are left with 10% Then you have 38% Resist. 38% of 10% is 7.2% of the damage left.
If someone used a 1000 damage wildbolt, this is how it would happen: -80% 200 -50% 100 -38% 72
Ravenlady is correct the damage set starts and each shield/resist is done separately they are not actually stacked. How ravenlady explained it hits the nail on the head.
