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Mar 10 2026 04:57am
Guys, I saw someone say that -X% light res is better than +X% light damage for Nova sorc pvm. Is that true and if so why ?

I don't really understand why - light res would be better
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Mar 10 2026 05:10am
+light dmg just adds more %ed to light mastery instead of increasing your overall damage. -light res decreases monsters resistances which effectively increases your damage by that amount.

For example:

Your base nova damage is 100
Your light mastery is 100%
Total Nova dmg =200

Now with +10% light dmg
100(base dmg) x110% (combined mastery and +light dmg)= 210 dmg

Now with -res
100(base dmg)x100%= 200
200x10% (extra dmg from decreasing enemy res)= 220 dmg

So in this example the -res lead twice the increased amount of damage from 10 to 20

This post was edited by Void511 on Mar 10 2026 05:17am
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Mar 10 2026 05:15am
Quote (Void511 @ 10 Mar 2026 12:10)
+light dmg just adds more %ed to light mastery instead of increasing your speed overall damage. -light res decreases monsters resistances which effectively increases your damage by that amount.

For example:

Your base nova damage is 100
Your light mastery is 100%
Total Nova dmg =200

Now with +10% light dmg
100(base dmg) x110% (combined mastery and +light dmg)= 210 dmg

Now with -res
100(base dmg)x100%= 200
200x10% (extra dmg from decreasing enemy res)= 220 dmg

So in this example the -res lead twice the increased amount of damage from 10 to 20


Wow, thanks a lot man. I didn't know +light dmg just adds more %ed to light mastery. I thought it applied to overall damage. So better get -10% light res renewed sunder than +15%. You just made my day !
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Mar 10 2026 05:47am
Quote (Void511 @ 10 Mar 2026 12:10)
+light dmg just adds more %ed to light mastery instead of increasing your overall damage. -light res decreases monsters resistances which effectively increases your damage by that amount.

For example:

Your base nova damage is 100
Your light mastery is 100%
Total Nova dmg =200

Now with +10% light dmg
100(base dmg) x110% (combined mastery and +light dmg)= 210 dmg

Now with -res
100(base dmg)x100%= 200
200x10% (extra dmg from decreasing enemy res)= 220 dmg

So in this example the -res lead twice the increased amount of damage from 10 to 20


And this is for a monster with zero resists (after all the other -res). For sundered immunes the difference is even bigger.
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