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-% Enemy Resistance decreases enemy resistance, but only if < 100%. It only applies to any damage applied by the user.
- When present on two weapons, the percentages of both are summed and applied to the enemy. [1] [2]
- It does not apply to damage applied by pets summoned by the user (including sentry traps), with the sole exception of Hydra.
Decreasing enemy resistance can have a significant impact on damage, particularly after removing an immunity. For example, casting level 7 Lower Resist decreases Resist 100% to 90%, so the immunity is removed but only 10% damage is applied; -15% Enemy Resistance decreases it from 90% to 75% to increase damage from 10% to 25%, multiplying it by 2.5 (25/10); another -25% Enemy Resistance decreases it from 75% to 50% to increase damage from 25% to 50%, multiplying it by 2 (50/25) or 5 (50/10) overall.
The table below lists multipliers of damage (or effective life) as resistance decreases (or increases):
| Resistance
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| Initial
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Final
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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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| 0%
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Of course it can result in Resist < 0% as well, decreasing it to the floor of -100%.
Reference
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