Resists

[bredo]

Was just wondering what resists are the most important ones? I am assuming that body is the kinda dmg most mobs do with melee? What about matter, is that just another element, or do melee attacks do matter?

And also how important are resists really? Do they funcion as absorb? so if i have 10% fire resist and someone blasts me with 100 fire dmg i take 90?

 

[wichtel]

Melee damage is either slash, thrust or crush and not affected by any magic resistances (besides procs).

Magic resistances reduce the damage taken from a magical attack or reduce the time affected by a spell.

And yes, they are important! You can get up to 26% at lvl 50 from items plus 16/20/?? from buffs/chants casted by friendly players. This means you can reduce the damage taken to the half of the normal damage.

To check which resistance helps against what spell, and which armour against certain weapon types, check:
http://www.camelotseer.com/handler.cfm?app=&method=magicResistances
http://www.camelotseer.com/handler.cfm?app=&method=weaponEffectiveness

W.

 

[StewieG]

26% max yes but your racial resist is +cap so if u got like 5% cold u can get 31% cold res ^^