Spell and physical resistance

AlphaCrucis · March 2019

Just wondering how this works in combat. If I have 30k of both spell and physical res at what point does it go to zero?

Beardimus · March 2019

When someone has a combined penetration of 30k, then its in essence 'gone' or mitigated.

Iskiab · March 2019

Can someone hit 30k pen? I didn’t think it’s possible, how much pen do you get for 100 CP points?

VaranisArano · March 2019

At about 32k resistance, you hit the cap, which is 50% damage reduction. Penetration works in reverse from that.

If you PVE, there is no point to going over the resistance cap.
If you PVP, you can benefit from going over the cap to mitigate your opponent's penetration.

In PVE, you want enough penetration as a group to fully penetrate the boss's resistances without going over.
In PVP, you want as much as you can without sacrificing too much in other areas of your build, depending on how you like to play.