Physical damage
Physical damage is one of the 5 Damage Types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by Armour and other sources with the modifier #% additional Physical Damage Reduction, rather than by a resistance. Most physical damage comes from weapon attacks, but some spells do physical damage and damage over time.
Every 10 points of strength give a 2% bonus to physical damage from melee attacks. The Iron Grip passive extends this bonus to also apply to physical damage from projectiles. The Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Iron Grip" applies the same effect to a single skill.
Passives
Many passives throughout the tree increase physical damage, but most are restricted to particular sources. These passives exist to increase physical damage from the following sources:
All of these categories of passive skills will only increase the physical damage of attacks, not spells. However, the bonus from Iron Grip does not share this restriction. Passives which increase projectile damage, and the Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Iron Will" support gem, apply their bonuses to all types of damage, not just physical.
Revenge of the Hunted and Path of the Warrior are two notable passive skills that provide unrestricted physical damage bonuses. They provide 4% and 12% bonuses respectively to all physical damage you do. This includes physical damage generated by spells such as Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ethereal Knives". Please choose only one of the following ids:
WraithEtherealKnives - Deals (192-692) to (288-1038) Physical Damage, Deals 15% less Damage, 25% reduced Cast Speed, 25% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page)
MonsterEtherealKnives - Deals (24-625) to (36-937) Physical Damage, 20% less Cast Speed, (0-25)% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page) and Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shockwave Totem". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterShockwaveTotem - Deals (1-61) to (3-114) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page)
TempestDaemonShockwave - Deals (11-3464) to (20-5773) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Skills Repeat an additional 2 Times, 100% increased Cast Speed, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page).
Skills
Spells which deal physical damage include:
- Strength: Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shockwave Totem". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterShockwaveTotem - Deals (1-61) to (3-114) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page)
TempestDaemonShockwave - Deals (11-3464) to (20-5773) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Skills Repeat an additional 2 Times, 100% increased Cast Speed, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page) - Dexterity: Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Bear Trap". Please choose only one of the following ids:
IzaroDaemonBearTrap - Deals (12-1017) to (18-1423) Physical Damage, Trap lasts +30 seconds, Throw up to (2-4) additional Traps (page)
BearTrap - Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage, Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration, Trap lasts 4 seconds, Base duration is 3.00 seconds, Locks enemy in place, Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits, Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts (page), Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ethereal Knives". Please choose only one of the following ids:
WraithEtherealKnives - Deals (192-692) to (288-1038) Physical Damage, Deals 15% less Damage, 25% reduced Cast Speed, 25% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page)
MonsterEtherealKnives - Deals (24-625) to (36-937) Physical Damage, 20% less Cast Speed, (0-25)% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page) - Intelligence: Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Glacial Cascade". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterGlacialCascadeTotemBossStrMission - Deals (1-16) to (1-24) Physical Damage, Deals (2-29) to (2-44) Cold Damage, (0-40)% increased Cast Speed, Causes +(6-11) Bursts (page)
MineBatAbyssVomitCascade - Deals (1-53) to (2-82) Physical Damage, Deals (3-98) to (4-150) Cold Damage, Causes +5 Bursts (page)
Skills with the Attack keyword will do any physical damage of the weapon used and apply the appropriate physical damage passives.