@PersonofsecretsPersonofsecrets wrote: »I wonder what they actual damage mitigation hard cap is. @paulsimonps , do you have any idea about that?
The title should be self-explanatory, but to restate it:
Is the 12% block mitigation from the Footman 5 piece still effective once you reach 50% damage mitigation with the Physical Resistance hard cap?
paulsimonps wrote: »Lets write up an example. Lets use a DK as our class since its the most common tank. A DK with hardcapped resistance that is using absorb magic and deep slash while blocking with and without footman has these mitigations(Dk and sword and board passive counted in):
Footman: 0.5x0.5x0.8x0.9x0.92x0.85x0.88=~0.1238=~12.38% left from the original which is ~87.62% total damage mitigation.
Without Footman: 0.5x0.5x0.8x0.9x0.92x0.85=~0.1407=~14.07% left from the original which is ~85.92% total damage mitigation.
If we use a normal attack that does say 10,000 in base damage when hit with no resists or abilities or passives then the damage taken with and without footman is:
Footman: 0.1238x10,000=1238
Without Footman: 0.1407x10,000=1407
Then you do 1407/1238=~1.1365 and that shows that without footman you take 13.65% additional damage compared to having footman, which is 1407-1238=169 dmg in this case. But yes the total damage mitigation will show only an increase from 85.92% to 87.62% which is only 1.7% more. I still don't think footman is worth it. Though if you have lower resist the % that footman adds will be more because of the diminishing returns in mitigation. I myself have far from capped resist but if you are close to it or at it then I would even more so not bother with footman.