Venom Grenade Incorrect -Res

[Monos King]

Arachnos Soldiers venom grenade only does -20% resistance, but there is a second value displayed of -40%. I initially assumed the 40% was the main targets -res, and the -20% was splash debuff. But after checking the combat attributes, -20% is the only -res ever applied to any targets affected.

 

[Monos King]

Edit: It seems that the display glitch is more specific; both -20% and -40% are applied to the target, but it is only to toxic damage, and not all damage.

[Vanden]

That’s the design of the power, it’s -40 resist to Toxic and -20 to everything else.

[Omega-202]

As Vanden said, it's an intentional part of the power.  It makes VG's 0.9 damage scalar seem deceptively low.  In practice, it does better damage than it would first appear.

 

Also makes Gladiator's Javelin and Spider Bite procs quite effective.  I'm still not quite sure whether it's worth running Degenerative (toxic damage) over Reactive (fire damage, but higher base) in general content, but it makes sense to have Radial of both for different scenarios.

Edited August 20, 2020 by Omega-202

[Monos King]

@Vanden @Omega-202 I pretty much gathered that much. Still, the power displays -40% resistance to all where it should specify that it is only to toxic damage in that case, much like how Banished Pantheon Frigid attacks reduce resistance but only to Negative Energy and Cold damage.