What is magic penetration?

[srs270]

Can someone explain magic penetration??

[asraworks]

Hi! Thanks for giving the game a chance, I hope you're enjoying it

To sum it up, enemies have two types of resistances: Armor and Magic resistance, corresponding to the two types of damage that there are: Physical and Magic damage.

Both Armor and Magic resistance are stats that the enemies have that reduce the incoming damage of the respective type (Armor reduces physical damage, and Magic resistance reduces Magic damage).

A tower with armor/magic penetration ignores a certain amount of the respective resistance when dealing damage. For example, if a tower with 20 magic penetration attacks an enemy with 50 magic resistance, the damage will be calculated as if the enemy only had 30 magic resistance.

The damage reduction formulas are set in a way in which 100 armor/magic resist makes the enemy receive 50% less damage from physical/magic damage respectively.

[Xuande]

Is it the typical Defense / [100 + Defense] formula to calculate percentage of damage blocked?

[Pinols | ITA]

Must be addictive then meaning that 100 armor = 50% less while 200 armor means 75% less, i guess?

[asraworks]

Yep, it's exactly the same as in League of Legends, 200 armor would mean 66% less

[Mourn]

Thanks for the explanation of this. Is there a place somewhere in a menu that explains the different stats? I am learning some of them but wish I could hover over stats and get a small pop up describing what the different numbers and symbols are/do!!!
Or at least a guide post on this topic!

[Dk28]

Yea I'm trying to find the meaning for the various stat icons for the towers. Where can I find this info? The damage one is self explanatory, and I'm assuming the mirror break is mag def penetration. What are the other ones? Is the axe speed?

[asraworks]

Sorry for the lack of clarity I'll try to make it more clear ingame. Remember that in the meanwhile, you can hover over the stats in the main menu just before starting a run for a tooltip of their name to appear

[Doctor Snort]

Originally posted by asraworks:

A tower with armor/magic penetration ignores a certain amount of the respective resistance when dealing damage. For example, if a tower with 20 magic penetration attacks an enemy with 50 magic resistance, the damage will be calculated as if the enemy only had 30 magic resistance.

Hello. Do enemies get more damage with negative resistance? Like if you have 50 pen and enemy has 30 res?