Absorb

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Crushing Blow Enhanced Minimum Maximum Adds Damage Damage + % Damage to Demons to Undead Deadly Strike Magic Fire Lightning Cold Poison Skill Damage ATD/ATLD DR/MDR Resistance Maximum Enemy Resist Immune Absorb Magic Absorb Fire Absorb Lightning Absorb Cold Absorb Percentage and then integer Absorb are applied last when calculating damage. If current life <= maximum life minus the percentage of remaining damage or integer amount absorbed, then life equal to that amount is first returned; otherwise, life returns to maximum. Damage is then reduced by the percentage or integer amount absorbed, and any remaining damage is applied to life. As a result, when current life <= maximum life minus the percentage of remaining damage or integer amount absorbed, then remaining damage is effectively reduced by double the percentage or integer amount. There is a ceiling of Absorb 40%, so there can never be a net life gain. Absorb % thus performs a similar function to Resist %, so when current life <= maximum life minus the percentage of remaining damage absorbed, effective percentage damage reduced is as follows: Resist % Absorb % 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 -100 -80.0 -60.0 -40.0 -20.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 -75 -57.5 -40.0 -22.5 -5.0 12.5 30.0 47.5 65.0 -50 -35.0 -20.0 -5.0 10.0 25.0 40.0 55.0 70.0 -25 -12.5 0.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 50.0 62.5 75.0 0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 25 32.5 40.0 47.5 55.0 62.5 70.0 77.5 85.0 50 55.0 60.0 65.0 70.0 75.0 80.0 85.0 90.0 75 77.5 80.0 82.5 85.0 87.5 90.0 92.5 95.0 80 82.0 84.0 86.0 88.0 90.0 92.0 94.0 96.0 85 86.5 88.0 89.5 91.0 92.5 94.0 95.5 97.0 90 91.0 92.0 93.0 94.0 95.0 96.0 97.0 98.0 95 95.5 96.0 96.5 97.0 97.5 98.0 98.5 99.0 When current life <= maximum life minus the integer amount absorbed, then life equal to that amount is first returned regardless of remaining damage; when Absorb > remaining damage, there can be a net life gain (healing) equal to Absorb minus remaining damage. Reference Resistances (Arreat Summit) Special Magic Effects (Arreat Summit)