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Resistance is one of the basic character stats in Diablo III. As in previous games in the series, characters must use [[equipment]] and [[skills]] to build up resistance to various types of [[damage]], thus decreasing the health they lose when faced with those attacks.

There are eight types of damage in Diablo III, six of which can be resisted. Damage may also be [[block]]ed, [[absorb]]ed, or [[reduce]]d.

==Diablo III Resistances===

Diablo III's eight types of damage are: [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Lightning]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], [[Disease]], [[Physical]], and [[Holy]]. The first five of those are resisted by character resistances of the same name. Disease is also resisted by a character's Poison resistance. Physical can not be resisted, nor can Holy, though other forms of damage mitigation are available.

==Diablo III Resistance Changes===

[[Jay Wilson]] answered a question about resistance and immunities this during the [[BlizzCon 2010 Panel: Open Q&A]]:

::'''Jay Wilson:''' Resistance was changed from a flat percentage to a basically a rating, that works how defense did (in Diablo II). It scales with the level of the monster. So it can grow to higher values over time. With this change we do not have to include resistance penalties for Nightmare and Hell, as was done in Diablo II. In a lot of ways our resistances are the same. Resistance is still a big part of the game. It's a focus of your defensive building of your char in higher levels.

::As for [[immunities]], we're not doing double/triple immunities (in monsters). We don't want to completely hurt a character's ability to hurt something. We also diversify damage types more across the classes (than was done in Diablo II). But we still can't count on a class having a diversity of damage types we can use.

::'''''Question:''' Will characters need to stack resistances for particular fights?''
::'''Jay Wilson:''' Sometimes. It's kind of an [[end game]] question, so haven't done it yet. We'll look more at it as the time comes closer.

==Diablo II Resistances==

Diablo II had six types of damage, four of which could be resisted by players. Lightning, Fire, Cold, and Poison. Magic damage could not be directly resisted by players, nor could Physical, though they could be reduced or absorbed.

In Diablo II resistances were unevenly-distributed, and characters benefited far more from resistance to [[Lightning]] than to any other element. Nothing is known about this sort of balance in Diablo II, but one assumes the dev team will aim for a more even distribution in the types of damage.

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 A general guideline (all values for level 60 character vs. lvl 60 monsters):
-* 50% Resistance = 14.29% damage reduced (16.67% EHP increased)
+* 50 Resistance = 14.29% damage reduced (16.67% EHP increased)
-* 100% Resistance = 25.00% damage reduced (33.33% EHP increased)
+* 100 Resistance = 25.00% damage reduced (33.33% EHP increased)
-* 200% Resistance = 40.00% damage reduced (66.67% EHP increased)
+* 200 Resistance = 40.00% damage reduced (66.67% EHP increased)
-* 300% Resistance = 50.00% damage reduced (100% EHP increased)
+* 300 Resistance = 50.00% damage reduced (100% EHP increased)
-* 400% Resistance = 57.14% damage reduced (133.33% EHP increased)
+* 400 Resistance = 57.14% damage reduced (133.33% EHP increased)
-* 500% Resistance = 62.50% damage reduced (166.67% EHP increased)
+* 500 Resistance = 62.50% damage reduced (166.67% EHP increased)
-* 600% Resistance = 66.67% damage reduced (200% EHP increased)
+* 600 Resistance = 66.67% damage reduced (200% EHP increased)
-* 700% Resistance = 70.00% damage reduced (233.33% EHP increased)
+* 700 Resistance = 70.00% damage reduced (233.33% EHP increased)
-* 800% Resistance = 72.72% damage reduced (266.67% EHP increased)
+* 800 Resistance = 72.72% damage reduced (266.67% EHP increased)
-* 900% Resistance = 75.00% damage reduced (300% EHP increased)
+* 900 Resistance = 75.00% damage reduced (300% EHP increased)
-* 1000% Resistance = 76.92% damage reduced (333.33% EHP increased)
+* 1000 Resistance = 76.92% damage reduced (333.33% EHP increased)
-* 1100% Resistance = 78.57% damage reduced (366.67% EHP increased)
+* 1100 Resistance = 78.57% damage reduced (366.67% EHP increased)
-* 1200% Resistance = 80.00% damage reduced (400% EHP increased)
+* 1200 Resistance = 80.00% damage reduced (400% EHP increased)
 In other words, the first 100 resistance is good for 25% damage reduction, while going from 700 to 800 only adds less than 3% more damage reduction. Of course that 3% might be very important for a high level character taking damage from numerous sources, but players need to balance the improvement they'll gain from higher resistance vs. adding more hit points, or higher [[armor]], or better [[block]]ing, etc.

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 [[File:Resistances-tooltip.jpg|thumb|400px|Hover on resistances for mitigation details.]]
-Adding higher values to resistances grants less benefit as the numbers go higher. A general guideline (all values for level 60 character vs. lvl 60 monsters):
+A general guideline (all values for level 60 character vs. lvl 60 monsters):
-* 49% Resistance = 14.25% damage reduced
+* 50% Resistance = 14.29% damage reduced (16.67% EHP increased)
-* 100% Resistance = 24.92% damage reduced
+* 100% Resistance = 25.00% damage reduced (33.33% EHP increased)
-* 197% Resistance = 39.68% damage reduced
+* 200% Resistance = 40.00% damage reduced (66.67% EHP increased)
-* 291% Resistance = 49.26% damage reduced
+* 300% Resistance = 50.00% damage reduced (100% EHP increased)
-* 418% Resistance = 58.23% damage reduced
+* 400% Resistance = 57.14% damage reduced (133.33% EHP increased)
-* 517% Resistance = 63.28% damage reduced
+* 500% Resistance = 62.50% damage reduced (166.67% EHP increased)
-* 601% Resistance = 66.70% damage reduced
+* 600% Resistance = 66.67% damage reduced (200% EHP increased)
-* 706% Resistance = 70.16% damage reduced
+* 700% Resistance = 70.00% damage reduced (233.33% EHP increased)
-* 818% Resistance = 73.18% damage reduced
+* 800% Resistance = 72.72% damage reduced (266.67% EHP increased)
+* 900% Resistance = 75.00% damage reduced (300% EHP increased)
-In other words, the first 100 resistance is good for almost 25% damage reduction, while going from 700 to 800 only adds 3% more damage reduction. Of course that 3% might be very important for a high level character taking damage from numerous sources, but players need to balance the improvement they'll gain from higher resistance vs. adding more hit points, or higher [[armor]], or better [[block]]ing, etc.
+* 1000% Resistance = 76.92% damage reduced (333.33% EHP increased)
 ==Resistances Importance==

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 ===Resistance Diminishing Returns===
-[[File:Resistances-tooltip.jpg|thumb|300px|Hover on resistances for mitigation details.]]
+[[File:Resistances-tooltip.jpg|thumb|400px|Hover on resistances for mitigation details.]]
 Adding higher values to resistances grants less benefit as the numbers go higher. A general guideline (all values for level 60 character vs. lvl 60 monsters):

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	==Diablo III Resistances==		==Diablo III Resistances==

−	Diablo III's eight types of damage are: [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Lightning]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], [[Disease]], [[Physical]], and [[Holy]]. The first five of those are resisted by character resistances of the same name. Disease is also resisted by a character's Poison resistance. Physical ~~can not~~ be resisted, nor can Holy, though other forms of damage mitigation are available.	+	Diablo III's eight types of damage are: [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Lightning]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], [[Disease]], [[Physical]], and [[Holy]]. The first five of those are resisted by character resistances of the same name. Disease is also resisted by a character's Poison resistance. Physical cannot be resisted, nor can Holy, though other forms of damage mitigation are available.

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 Resistance is one of the basic character stats in Diablo III. As in previous games in the series, characters must use [[equipment]] and [[skills]] to build up resistance to various types of [[damage]], thus decreasing the health they lose when faced with those attacks.
-There are eight types of damage in Diablo III, six of which can be resisted. Damage may also be [[block]]ed, [[absorb]]ed, or [[reduce]]d.
+All resistances (including physical) in Diablo III act as a form of [[damage mitigation]], reducing the amount of damage taken by a percentage. Higher values to resistances = more damage absorbed, with diminishing returns; characters gain more going from 0-100 resistance than from 100-200 resistance, and still less (in percentage mitigated) from 200-300, and so on.
-==Diablo III Resistances==
+There are no [[immunities]] in Diablo 3, either for characters or monsters.
-==Diablo III Resistance Changes==
+[[File:Resistances-tooltip.jpg|thumb|300px|Hover on resistances for mitigation details.]]
-[[Jay Wilson]] answered a question about resistance and immunities this during the [[BlizzCon 2010 Panel: Open Q&A]]:
+* 49% Resistance = 14.25% damage reduced
-::'''Jay Wilson:''' Resistance was changed from a flat percentage to a basically a rating, that works how defense did (in Diablo II). It scales with the level of the monster. So it can grow to higher values over time. With this change we do not have to include resistance penalties for Nightmare and Hell, as was done in Diablo II.  In a lot of ways our resistances are the same. Resistance is still a big part of the game. It's a focus of your defensive building of your char in higher levels.
+In other words, the first 100 resistance is good for almost 25% damage reduction, while going from 700 to 800 only adds 3% more damage reduction. Of course that 3% might be very important for a high level character taking damage from numerous sources, but players need to balance the improvement they'll gain from higher resistance vs. adding more hit points, or higher [[armor]], or better [[block]]ing, etc.
-::'''''Question:''' Will characters need to stack resistances for particular fights?''
+==Resistances Importance==
-::'''Jay Wilson:''' Sometimes. It's kind of an [[end game]] question, so haven't done it yet. We'll look more at it as the time comes closer.
 ==Diablo II Resistances==
 Diablo II had six types of damage, four of which could be resisted by players. Lightning, Fire, Cold, and Poison. Magic damage could not be directly resisted by players, nor could Physical, though they could be reduced or absorbed.
-In Diablo II resistances were unevenly-distributed, and characters benefited far more from resistance to [[Lightning]] than to any other element. Nothing is known about this sort of balance in Diablo II, but one assumes the dev team will aim for a more even distribution in the types of damage.
+Monster damage types were unevenly-distributed in Diablo 2, and characters benefited far more from resistance to [[Lightning]] than to any other element. This is not the case in Diablo 3, where the utility of the various types of resistance are fairly even.
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-==Diablo III Resistances===
+==Diablo III Resistances==
 Diablo III's eight types of damage are: [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Lightning]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], [[Disease]], [[Physical]], and [[Holy]].  The first five of those are resisted by character resistances of the same name. Disease is also resisted by a character's Poison resistance. Physical can not be resisted, nor can Holy, though other forms of damage mitigation are available.
-==Diablo III Resistance Changes===
+==Diablo III Resistance Changes==
 [[Jay Wilson]] answered a question about resistance and immunities this during the [[BlizzCon 2010 Panel: Open Q&A]]: