Damage Over Time tick speed...

[meltingpointsp]

2000hp + 300% Cold res, gone in <300ms. WTF. Armor does sh!t, ward does sh!t, dodge does sh!t..., like what the actual ♥♥♥♥ is going on?

[Ellye]

Armor and Dodge indeed does nothing against Damage Over Time. That's by design, they only affect Hits and DoTs dont hit.

Having 300% cold resist also doesn't mean anything more than having 75% or slightly above 75% if you're dealing with shreds. You're just wasting affixes to have that much.

What killed you that fast? Most of the ground DoTs are stuff that you aren't supposed to step into at all, but still I haven't seem many that could kill someone with 2k+ HP in less than a second.

[saga286]

There are definitely DOTs that will melt you insanely fast. It has caused me to play VERY differently if I encounter a mob that I know has those kinds of attacks. Hit and Run basically. In your case, most likely what happened is, you had the insane DOT ticking, then got hit hard by something else. This game loves to throw wrenches in there, just to make sure you're not jiving and cruising too much. Can't have too much fun wrecking your enemies now.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

First and foremost, having more that 75% Resist doesn't directly help you. It can still be beneficial to get 95% Resist All to protect against Shred (which reduces Resist by up to 20% against players). Beyond that, "get out of the bad" is the best advice I can give for not dying to AoE's and DoT's. If your build doesn't use a Traversal skill, try to fit one in. If a specific enemy like Lagon is giving you trouble, try slotting a Traversal JUST for that fight, without speccing into it, then speccing out after.