120% dmg reduction is 2 dmg?

[stern153]

in one of my latest quests, i went against the zwine god

the battle wasen't that difficould, i rekt him quite hard, but i noticed something...
i had my occultist use that hex that gives -40%dmg, ( i don't remeber the name) and with some speed RNG i could use that 3 times on him with 2 turn from him, so he had an 120% dmg reduction.

then Wilbur marked my occultist and the zwine attacked him for 2 dmg, with 120% reduction.

What's up with the math about this game? Or is it a glitch? I also want to say that i'm NOT complaining about the game, i'm just curios.

[Madmax]

Two things:

1. Damage modifiers are additive, as I understand it. Thus, because the Swine King's attack has bonus damage against marked target, that should cancel out some of the debuff you cast on him.

2. Buff and debuff "ticks" expire at the beginning of the turn. This means that if you stack three debuffs on a target (as you did with the 120% damage reduction), only two ticks will be active when the Swine King acts next (assuming only one hero is casting the debuff).

[stern153]

2. Buff and debuff "ticks" expire at the beginning of the turn. This means that if you stack three debuffs on a target (as you did with the 120% damage reduction), only two ticks will be active when the Swine King acts next (assuming only one hero is casting the debuff). [/quote]

i looked after his turn, he stil had the 120% reduction ( as i said, speed rng) if he had just 80%, he would have taken a lot more dmg than 2.

Still, thanks for the info man

[billy]

Originally posted by stern153:

i'm just curios.

10/10

[Solo Death]

I'm almost certain that there's a cap on the effectiveness on damage reduction debuffs, much the same as with protection buffs. I would assume the cap is -80% (again, just like protection). In other words, triple damage debuffing an enemy with a max occultist is pointless.