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Spr09

Does fortify actually work?

Question

Like the title says, is fortify actually working as intended? I have a champion with perma-fortify and the max increased fortify effect, which should be 30% less damage from hits. Even with 100%+ elemental resists and 5 digit armor on top of it, I still seem to be taking MASSIVE damage from hits, almost inexplicably. The only time I don't take massive damage is during the Drox fight, which is mostly physical damage, and I think that's mitigated, but nothing else seems to be. Is there any way to test this?

Posted Mar 26, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC

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battledCoC & Magma Ball Eye Torture l ▶️ 0:00 / 4:44 🔘─────── 🔊 ──🔘─•

What's your life totals?
What's your chaos resistance?
Got any other mitigation?

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shazarakkNerf Cyclone•

to add to this:

Cast when damage taken setup?

Vaal Molten Shell?

Endurance charges?

Basalt flask?

Recovery?

Block?

Evasion?

Blind?

Dodge?

Stun immunity?

Not being where the enemies are hitting? (Double dash)

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IsaacvithurstonHardcore Porn•

I'm going to guess bog standard 75% all res. There's a reason that 22k es 87% all res guardian is magnitudes tankier than 30k es with 76% all res.

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anapoetries to be reasonable•

Thanks, now I'm paranoid.

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ReireitonDuelist:carbonphry_duelist:•

It probably does but at this point in the game you need a lot more layers to ensure your safety; block, blind, dodge, reduced damage taken from elsewhere etc.

That, or you could just get enough damage that you kill the monsters so fast they can't damage you. That's the pretty sad state the game is in now especially for end-game content.

You could also use the new herald aura effect BS and get 90% allres and damage taken as ele but it might be a bit pricey.

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Trymv1Occultist•

Then they explode hiding under all the particle effects and kill you anyway.

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Sorytis•

I was actually thinking the same thing. I got one shot by some bosses mostly elemental damage I’d say and I’m sitting at 6.8k life. But I really can’t tell tbh

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wolfie_poe•

Your chaos resistance must be -60%?

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maivaer•

One thing Mark said during exilecon (I think) made me a bit worried about fortify: fortify is essentially snapshotted from when the buff is applied, ie. it takes your stats from the moment of application and then doesn't update its values if your stats change during its duration. To me, that sounds like you would miss out on increased fortify effect if you specced that after taking champion's ascendancy for permanent fortify.

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MyNameIsSalo•

It works. You’re probably using an abyssus or not actually proc’ ing fortify or uncapped resists or something weird

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