Exceeding Resistance Cap and -Resist

[Hero Star]

If I have 95% resistance(90% cap on tank) and I get hit with -5% resist, will I still be capped or does it drop to 85%(or whatever the math is)?

[ZorkNemesis]

It drops back to 90%.  Any +Res effects over the cap are basically insurance against anything that applies -Res,

 

EDIT: Guess i'm wrong, since the math doesn't seem to check out from testing.  Still more resistance does help you counteract resistance debuffs, so it doesn't hurt to have a little extra.  Just probably don't prioritize it.

 

Edited November 6, 2020 by ZorkNemesis

[nihilii]

As I understand it, resistance resist resistance debuffs, so you should see a drop of 5 * (1 - 0.9) = 0.5% which would make you go from 95% to 94.5%, so in practice you'd still be at 90% resists.

But I could be wrong.

[siolfir]

Technically it doesn't drop to 90%: it instead drops to 94.5% (the -5% is resisted by 90% to become -0.5%) which remains capped at 90%.

 

Functionally the same, but the important part is to remember that the debuff is resisted.

 

Grr...sniped by @nihilii while typing.