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Resistance modifies the relevant damage type by a percentage, after Damage Reduced and Magic Damage Reduced have been applied; Resist -100% is the floor, while Resist > 99% makes a unit immune to the relevant damage type. Increasing resistance decreases damage by a percentage, effectively increasing effective life against that damage type; conversely, decreasing it increases damage.
- Final Resist > Initial Resist
Effective life multiplier = (100 - Initial Resist) / (100 - Final Resist)
For example, increasing resistance from 25% to 50% decreases damage from 75% to 50%, multiplying effective life by 1.5 (75/50); increasing it from 50% to 75% decreases damage from 50% to 25%, multiplying effective life by 2 (50/25) (the effect on effective life becomes more significant as resistance increases beyond 50%).
- Final Resist < Initial Resist
Damage multiplier = (100 - Final Resist) / (100 - Initial Resist)
For example, decreasing resistance from 75% to 50% increases damage from 25% to 50%, multiplying damage by 2 (50/25); decreasing it from 50% to 25% increases damage from 50% to 75%, multiplying damage by 1.5 (75/50) (the effect on damage becomes less significant as resistance decreases below 50%).
The table below lists multipliers of damage or effective life as resistance increases or decreases:
| Resistance
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| Initial
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Final
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| -100%
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-75%
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-50%
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-25%
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0%
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25%
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50%
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75%
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80%
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85%
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90%
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95%
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| -100%
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1.00
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1.14
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1.33
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1.60
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2.00
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2.67
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4.00
|
8.00
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10.00
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13.33
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20.00
|
40.00
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| -75%
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1.14
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1.00
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1.17
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1.40
|
1.75
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2.33
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3.50
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7.00
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8.75
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11.67
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17.50
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35.00
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| -50%
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1.33
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1.17
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1.00
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1.20
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1.50
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2.00
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3.00
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6.00
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7.50
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10.00
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15.00
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30.00
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| -25%
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1.60
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1.40
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1.20
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1.00
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1.25
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1.67
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2.50
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5.00
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6.25
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8.33
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12.50
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25.00
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| 0%
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2.00
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1.75
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1.50
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1.25
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1.00
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1.33
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2.00
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4.00
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5.00
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6.67
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10.00
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20.00
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| 25%
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2.67
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2.33
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2.00
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1.67
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1.33
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1.00
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1.50
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3.00
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3.75
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5.00
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7.50
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15.00
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| 50%
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4.00
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3.50
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3.00
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2.50
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2.00
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1.50
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1.00
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2.00
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2.50
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3.33
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5.00
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10.00
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| 75%
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8.00
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7.00
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6.00
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5.00
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4.00
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3.00
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2.00
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1.00
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1.25
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1.67
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2.50
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5.00
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| 80%
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10.00
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8.75
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7.50
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6.25
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5.00
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3.75
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2.50
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1.25
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1.00
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1.33
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2.00
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4.00
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| 85%
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13.33
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11.67
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10.00
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8.33
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6.67
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5.00
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3.33
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1.67
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1.33
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1.00
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1.50
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3.00
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| 90%
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20.00
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17.50
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15.00
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12.50
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10.00
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7.50
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5.00
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2.50
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2.00
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1.50
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1.00
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2.00
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| 95%
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40.00
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35.00
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30.00
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25.00
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20.00
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15.00
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10.00
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5.00
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4.00
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3.00
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2.00
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1.00
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 Player fire, cold, lightning and poison resistance are displayed in the bottom right corner of the character screen (and mercenary screen): Resist < 0% is displayed in red, Resist > -1% is in white (or blue when enhanced by a skill bonus) and in gold when the ceiling has been reached. Damage and magic resistance are not displayed.
Player and mercenary have a ceiling of Damage Reduced by 50%, while for all other damage types they have a ceiling of 75% which can be increased to 95% by applying +% Maximum Resist (although any excess can offset penalties that might otherwise reduce it below this ceiling). Difficulty level penalties of -40% in Nightmare and -100% in Hell (-20% and -50% respectively in Classic games) also apply to the following for them:
The character and mercenary screens normally display resistances accurately, with the following exceptions:
- Malah gives a Scroll of Resistance applying +10% All Resistances to the player as a reward for rescuing Anya from the Prison of Ice in each difficulty level. After dying in a game this bonus is no longer applied (although it is still displayed by the character screen), but it will be restored after saving and exiting.
- Despite what the character screen displays, higher level Conviction will only prevent a hostile lower level being applied if the higher level is active before the lower level is applied; equal level never prevents hostile Conviction being applied. [3]
No such ceilings or penalties apply to pets or monsters, who can become immune to multiple damage types. Download Monster Resistances.xls for a filtered list of all monsters and their resistances and immunities in Hell; if you don't have Microsoft Office or Excel, you can download Microsoft Excel Viewer or OpenOffice for free to view it.
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