Resistance stack effect on damage?

Here's the case, been hearing this now over and over again:

Do resistance stack decrease the elemental damage opponent deals on you?

Say I'm dueling a fire sorc, he have no -fire res in his gear, I have 75 fire res.

Do I take less damage if I have 75 res and 438249023890483290 stack?

Than what I take if I have exactly 75 res?

No abs, max res, -res items involved.

I was under the impression stack didn't reduce damage at all, but I keep hearing this over and over again.

Someone can verify this?|||Stack doesn't reduce dmg at all. Where have you been hearing this?

edit: ah, there's this bug with anya resistances, that if you die once in a game, you lose 30%@res untill you rejoin, but it is still displayed as if you have them on the LCS. perhaps that's what you mean.|||Quote:








Stack doesn't reduce dmg at all. Where have you been hearing this?

edit: ah, there's this bug with anya resistances, that if you die once in a game, you lose 30%@res untill you rejoin, but it is still displayed as if you have them on the LCS. perhaps that's what you mean.




Nope, the case is really as I explained it, no anya bug or -res involved.

Hearing it alot ingame, some new rumor going on again I guess.

Good to get confirmation on it.|||Quote:








Here's the case, been hearing this now over and over again:

Do resistance stack decrease the elemental damage opponent deals on you?

Say I'm dueling a fire sorc, he have no -fire res in his gear, I have 75 fire res.

Do I take less damage if I have 75 res and 438249023890483290 stack?

Than what I take if I have exactly 75 res?

No abs, max res, -res items involved.

I was under the impression stack didn't reduce damage at all, but I keep hearing this over and over again.

Someone can verify this?




What you described here ''Do I take less damage if I have 75 res and 438249023890483290 stack?

Than what I take if I have exactly 75 res?

No abs, max res, -res items involved.'' --> Stack is useless here and you will take exact same damage in both cases. Unless if you die and you choose not to rejoin you will need an extra 30 fire res 'stacked'. (But that isnt really considered stacking, its just Anya bug so aim for 205 instead of 175 fire res if you dont like rejoining).

Where stacking IS of utmost importance however:-

Stacking is only effective when your opponent dishes out -res and is used against three opponents primarily: FOHers, Infinity lightning sorcs and cold sorcs (Blizz or orb). Same reason why so called trires / stack boots are usually mostly desired with 30+ res to cold and lightning, with fire and poison being less important, and sometimes dual res boots will do too.

You will need around 425 total light res against FOHers, 350 total light res against Infinity wielding nova or light sorcs and 450+ total cold resistance against cold sorcs. I stress the word TOTAL because the actual stack is the amount mentioned minus the 175 necessary for max res in Hell. So for example maximum stack required vs foher = 425 - 175 = 250, thats the actual stacked res you need! And if you want to put on thundergods, you will need 260 stack to make use of the 10% max res from Tgods. Sorry for the huge wall of text, hope you will understand what I mean!

[Technically some other characters dish out -res too, like novamancers and some fire druids / fire claw druids, some javazons and plaguezons too, but those are not so common or not primarily geared with -res equipment, and either way they don't dish out -res in the same huge amounts as the 3 I mentioned.]