Receiving damage

There are a number of steps involved in deciding whether attacks and spells hits or not and how much damage is done to the enemy.

Order of operations

The list below displays the order of operations for giving or receiving damage:

1. Initial damage:
   Attacks and spells have a base damage that can be increased by various stats. Stats are generally only applied once per calculation, however in some cases it is possible to benefit from stats twice (e.g. burning).
   1. Flat damage
   • Local modifiers apply on the relevant source, for example most modifiers on weapons.
   2. Damage conversion
   • Converted to modifiers changes one type of damage into another, for example #% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire Damage.
   • Added as modifiers adds a percentage of one damage type as another damage type, for example Gain #% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage during effect or You and nearby allies add #% of your Physical Damage as Cold Damage.
   3. Damage modifiers
   • Global modifiers apply globally, for example the many modifiers on the skill tree.
   Damage based on and converted damage benefits from the source damage type bonuses as well.
2. Avoiding the hit:
   1. Evasion of attacks.
   2. Dodge and Spell dodge.
3. Avoiding the damage:
   1. Block and Spell block.
4. Damage shift:
   Part of incoming damage can be shifted to another type of damage. It is usually done by utilizing an item which offers the #% of X Damage taken as Y modifier, for example:
   
   • Cloak of FlameCloak of Flame
     Scholar's RobeEnergy Shield: (43-53)
     Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 18, 55 Int+(50-75)% to Fire Resistance
     (40-75)% increased Ignite Duration on Enemies
     Reflects 100 Fire Damage to Melee Attackers
     40% of Physical Damage taken as Fire DamageHe who sows an ember shall reap an inferno.
   It is important to note that this is not damage conversion, as shifted part of damage does not retain its original damage property so it won't get mitigated either twice or by the more favorable method. For example, if some of the incoming damage is shifted to or from physical, the after-shift value is used in the armour calculation.
5. Damage mitigation:
   • Elemental and chaos damage is mitigated by its respective resistance.
   • Physical damage is mitigated by the sum of all #% additional Physical Damage Reduction modifiers, up to its Template:SMW character query% cap. These modifiers can be calculated from:
     • Armour, which grants damage reduction relative to how much Armour you have compared to the initial physical damage hit.
     • Other sources of flat physical damage reduction, such as:
       • Endurance charges
       • Basalt FlaskBasalt FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
         Consumes 40 of 60 Charges on use
         20% more ArmourRequires Level 27Taunts nearby Enemies on useRight click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
       • Soul of Steel
       • Unwavering Faith
       • Summon Chaos Golem
6. Damage taken:
   After damage mitigation, modifiers to Damage taken are applied. Flat amounts are applied first, then the sum of all increases/reductions and lastly with more/less multipliers applied separately:

   Order	Modifier	Examples
   1	±# X Damage taken from Y	AshrendAshrend Buckskin TunicEvasion: (316-442) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 17, 53 Dex(80-100)% increased Evasion Rating +(40-50)% to Fire Resistance Cannot be Ignited (75-150)% increased Physical Damage with Ranged Weapons -(60-30) Physical Damage taken from Attack HitsThe blasted oak stands forever. BramblejackBramblejack Plate VestArmour: (19-27) Movement Speed: -3%+(30-60) to maximum Life -(15-10) Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits 1000% of Melee Physical Damage taken reflected to AttackerIt is safer to be feared than to be loved. AstramentisAstramentis Onyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes+(80-100) to all Attributes -4 Physical Damage taken from Attack HitsMindless rage will shake the world, Cunning lies will bend it. Reckless haste will break the world, And into darkness send it.
   2	#% increased/reduced X Damage taken	Fortify Shock AbyssusAbyssus Ezomyte BurgonetArmour: (692-838)Requires Level 60, 138 Str+(20-25) to all Attributes Adds 40 to 60 Physical Damage to Attacks +(100-125)% to Melee Critical Strike Multiplier (100-120)% increased Armour (40-50)% increased Physical Damage takenWhen you have slain all of your enemies, what is left to fear? Fragile BloomFragile Bloom Crimson JewelLimited to: 1Maximum 10 Fragile Regrowth 0.7% of Life Regenerated per second per Fragile Regrowth Lose all Fragile Regrowth when Hit Gain 1 Fragile Regrowth each secondThe first green shoots of Spring are the most resilient, and the most vulnerable.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. Sibyl's LamentSibyl's Lament Coral RingRequires Level 45+(20-30) to maximum LifeAdds (8-15) to (20-28) Fire Damage to Attacks (20-10)% reduced Rarity of Items found Left ring slot: You and your Minions take 80% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage Right ring slot: You and your Minions take 80% reduced Reflected Physical Damage (20-30)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack SkillsThe portrait reflected his pain, a pain that she could never see. Unrelenting
   3	#% more/less X Damage taken	Arctic Armour

7. Taking the final damage:
   1. Non-chaos damage normally damages energy shield protecting life until it's depleted.
   2. For Mind over Matter users, #% of the remaining damage is removed from mana. Mind over Matter only applies if the hit is damaging life.

   Chaos damage always bypasses energy shield. This applies regardless if energy shield is protecting life or mana.

Damage over Time generally follows the same principle, except for being unaffected by damage shifts and armour (the latter needing a hit to calculate reduction), other sources of physical damage reduction will apply as usual. As for damage taken step, modifiers that generally affect Damage taken or Damage taken from Damage over Time will apply, but Damage taken from Hits won't.

Unlucky

If a damage roll is unlucky, the damage calculation will be rolled twice and the lower value will be chosen. Rolls to crit/evade/dodge/block are unchanged and only happen once. This can effectively reduce damage by up to one third if the damage has a very low minimum, with the benefit decreasing rapidly: Damage with minimum at half the maximum will only be reduced by one ninth. Currently unlucky is only found on the unique ring Lori's LanternLori's Lantern
Prismatic RingRequires Level 30+(8-10)% to all Elemental Resistances+10% to all Elemental Resistances
(6-8)% increased Movement Speed when on Low Life
31% increased Light Radius
+(20-25)% to Chaos Resistance when on Low Life
Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are on Low LifeBy its light, Lori led her young charges to safety
and bound up their wounds.
Her sword arm was iron, yet her heart gentle
and proof against hate..