Resistance

Resistances affect the amount of damage taken of specific damage types when all avoidance forms have failed. Enemies can also have resistances, which are indicated beneath their life bar.

Each damage type except physical has its own resistance value which is viewable on the Defence tab in the Character panel (default hotkey C). Physical damage is mitigated by armour.

Chaos damage is not elemental, thus "+% to all Elemental Resistances" does not affect chaos, but "+% to all maximum Resistances" does. Chaos resistance can be modified by items and passive skills. The Keystone passive skill Chaos Inoculation grants total immunity to Chaos damage.

Mechanics

Damage mitigation

Resistances mitigates the incoming damage according to

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where dmg_red is the damage after reduction, Res is the character's resistance and dmg is the initial damage.

The damage ratio between a character with -60% resistance and a character with 75% resistance that are hit with same amount of damage is

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   </math>

Resistance penetration

Main article: Penetration

Penetration is applied as damage is dealt, after other resistance calculations. This means that Penetration will affect damage dealt even if the target's raw resistance value is far above its resistance cap.

Both reduction (as from curses), and penetration (as from Penetration gems), can reduce a target's resistance below 0%. There is no minimum resistance floor.

Resistance penalties

A penalty to all resistances is applied to player characters depending on their progression in the story.

• Completion of Part one: -30% to all resistances
• Completion of Part two: -30% to all resistances (-60% total)

Uncapped resistances

Uncapped resistances are shown in parentheses

Total resistances a character has are uncapped resistances. This total is affected by the difficulty penalties. Only resistances up to a player's maximum will provide damage mitigation, but a player may have their uncapped resistances lowered by curses, potentially reducing them below their maximum.

Unique items affected by uncapped resistances

Item

Maximum resistances

Each resistance has the following cap: No results

There are various ways to alter the maximum resistances:

• Auras: Purity of FirePurity of FireAura, Spell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants fire resistance to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% chance to avoid being IgnitedYour and nearby Allies' Damage Penetrates 0.05% Fire ResistanceYou and nearby allies gain (22-41)% additional Fire Resistance
  +(0-19) to radius
  You and nearby allies gain (0-4)% additional maximum Fire ResistancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Purity of IcePurity of IceAura, Spell, AoE, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants cold resistance to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% chance to avoid being FrozenYour and nearby Allies' Damage Penetrates 0.05% Cold ResistanceYou and nearby allies gain (22-41)% additional Cold Resistance
  +(0-19) to radius
  You and nearby allies gain (0-4)% additional maximum Cold ResistancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Purity of LightningPurity of LightningAura, Spell, AoE, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants lightning resistance to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% chance to avoid being ShockedYour and nearby Allies' Damage Penetrates 0.05% Lightning ResistanceYou and nearby allies gain (22-41)% additional Lightning Resistance
  +(0-19) to radius
  You and nearby allies gain (0-4)% additional maximum Lightning ResistancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
• Flasks: , ,
• Passive skills: Barbarism, Chaos Inoculation, Survivalist, Unnatural Calm
• The "of Exposure" affix on maps
• Corrupted armour and amulet with mod +1% to all maximum Elemental Resistances
• Uniques:

Item		+#% max Fire	+#% max Cold	+#% max Lightning

Theoretical maximum

	Fire	Cold	Lightning	Chaos
Default maximum	75%	75%	75%	75%
Fire/Lightning/Cold Max Resistance Passives	1%	1%	1%
Chaos Inoculation 1				100%
Corrupted Armor	1%	1%	1%
Corrupted Amulet	1%	1%	1%
2,13	5%
2		5%
2		5%
2,3,13	4%	4%	4%	4%
4			5%
Purity of Fire/Ice/Lightning 12	5%	5%	5%
Aura Effect applied to aura 5,10	3.45%	3.45%	3.45%
Aura Effect (Guardian) applied to aura5	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
applied to aura 9	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
applied to aura 9	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
applied to aura 9	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%
Generosity SupportGenerosity SupportSupport, Aura Icon: G Level: (1-20)Requires Level 31Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 2% increased Aura Area of EffectNon-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have 0.25% increased EffectSupported Skills have 5% increased Aura Area of Effect Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Mana ReservedNon-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have (20-39)% increased Effect Supported Auras do not affect youThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. applied to aura 6,9	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
Ruby/Topaz/Sapphire Flask7	6%	6%	6%
Flask Effect applied to resistance flasks9	1.8%	1.8%	1.8%
Flask Effect (Pathfinder) applied to resistance flasks9,10	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%
applied to resistance flasks 9	0.48%	0.48%	0.48%
8,13	4%	4%	4%
Flask Effect applied to Divination Distillate9	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%
Flask Effect (Pathfinder) applied to Divination Distillate9,10	1%	1%	1%
applied to Divination Distillate 9	0.32%	0.32%	0.32%
Total 11	109%	109%	109%	79% (or 100%)

¹ With this Keystone Passive total chaos resistance is fixed 100%.

² Only one shield can be equipped.

³ Current Drops have +4% to all maximum Resistance. Legacy items have +5% to all maximum Resistance.

⁴ Cannot be equipped with shield.

⁵ All passives added up including notables with the same effect.

⁶ Requires a second player to cast the auras and doesn't work with Ichimonji

⁷ Flasks last between 3.5 and 4.2 seconds depending on quality.

⁸ Lasts 5 seconds.

⁹ Bonuses from increased effect get added together for each source and then truncated (for a maximum of 6% bonus from auras, 3% from resistance flasks and 2% from Divination Distillate)

¹⁰ Requires 5 minor nodes for a total of 25% increased effect of flasks.

¹¹ Can't be higher than 100%.

¹² Requires level 23 (or higher) Purity gems.

¹³ Item has legacy variant with higher maximum resistance.

Active skill gems

Main page: List of resistance related skill gems

Related base stats

There are currently no active skill gems that have stats related to resistance.

Related quality stats

Skill gem
Elemental WeaknessElemental WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-33) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their elemental resistances.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies have -0.25% to Elemental Resistances0.5% increased Effect of Curse0.5% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Cursed enemiesBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds Cursed enemies have -(20-39)% to Elemental Resistances Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself +(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				24

Support skill gems

Main page: List of resistance related skill gems

Related base stats

There are currently no support skill gems that have stats related to resistance.

Related quality stats

Skill gem
Added Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support Icon: H Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills Penetrate 0.25% Chaos ResistanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills have (17-170) to (26-255) added Chaos DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.				31
Elemental Army SupportElemental Army SupportSupport, Minion Icon: r Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports skills which create Minions.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentMinions from Supported Skills have +0.1% to all maximum Elemental ResistancesMinions have 0.5% increased Area of EffectMinions from Supported Skill Leech 0.02% of Elemental Damage as LifeMinions from Supported Skills have +(19-29)% to all Elemental Resistances Minions from Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Elemental Damage Minions from Supported Skills inflict Exposure on Hit, applying -10% to the Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage type taken by Enemy Minions from Supported Skills have +(0-2)% to all maximum Elemental ResistancesThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.				31

List of sources that alter resistances

Charges

No results

Maximum resistances

Each resistance has the following cap: No results

Base Items

Item		Stats

Unique Items

Explicit base resists

Item		Lightning	Cold	Fire	Chaos

Other resist related items

Item		Stats

Passive skills

All Elemental

Additionally, choosing to help Kraityn during the Act 2 quest Deal with the Bandits in Normal difficulty grants a permanent +10% to all elemental resistances.

Chaos

Template:Passive table This gives a total of +52% to chaos resistance.

Immunity

These passives and buffs grant immunity to the specified element(s). This will cause the user to not take any damage from the element and be immune to the respective resistance reduction and penetration.

Shrine		Description
	Divine Shrine Become the nightmare.	You cannot be Damaged Cannot be Damaged

Achievements

Name	Description
Elemental Aegis	Have at least 75% resistances to Fire, Cold and Lightning.
Raise the Bar	Have at least 90% resistance to any Element.

Version History

Version	Changes
3.0.0	The Cruel and Merciless resistance penalties have been moved to the completion of Act 5 and the completion of Act 10 respectively. Once either act has been completed, these penalties affect your character in all game areas.