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webwalker:
Does the Energy Shield absorb damage coming from Iron Maiden?

Does an item with Reduces Damage by %'age (e.g. Crest of Avalon 50% DR) take out damage before, after, or with the damage re-direction of Energy Shield?

Are Resists calculated before or after the damage re-direction?

Where in the sequence of calculations does Damage/MagicDamage Reduced by points (not %'age) take place?

Where in the sequence of calculations does "damage taken goes to Mana" take place?

I think that not knowing these things has delayed my building an Enchantress...

DrowElf:

--- Quote from: webwalker on June 22, 2005, 10:05:30 pm ---Does the Energy Shield absorb damage coming from Iron Maiden?
I think it will not absorb this damage. But afaik Iron Maiden works only for physikal damage. If you use Enchant and Holy Shock you can temper your weapon for elemental damage. Then you don´t make much physical damage and the Iron Maiden should do you not much harm

Does an item with Reduces Damage by %'age (e.g. Crest of Avalon 50% DR) take out damage before, after, or with the damage re-direction of Energy Shield?
The damage reduced work after the Energy Shield afaik

Are Resists calculated before or after the damage re-direction?
The Resists will definitly be checked after the Energy Shield

Where in the sequence of calculations does Damage/MagicDamage Reduced by points (not %'age) take place?
Damage/Magic Damage reducing stats work directly before harming the char, after the Resists

Where in the sequence of calculations does "damage taken goes to Mana" take place?
Damage taken goes to Mana is only depending on really damage you take from your life. It is the last stat that work in this sequence

I think that not knowing these things has delayed my building an Enchantress...

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Answers in red.

Summary of sequence, afaik:
1. Energy Shield
2. Resistances
3. Damage reduce%
4. Damage/Magic Damage reduce
5. Damage taken goes to Mana

Points 2 and 3 eventually have to be changed, this point are only sorted by my thoughts.

tehchowd:
Don't forget that Sorcs have the lowest hit recovery and attack speed out of all the characters, so you're enchantress will have to compensate for that a lot. Also, if you decide to use a bow, make sure to can give your sorc piercing shot and exploding arrows. There is a bizzare bug with fire mastery that causes it to double-count the damage caused by arrow explosions. If you're thinking about going melee, then I suggest picking up zeal from an item to increase your attack speed and damage slightly.

-tehchowd

Tophead:
expolsing arrow arent possible because an bow sorc has (to do good damage) to use an bow with +multishot, the rw sting, or beeswarm, both dont include exploding arrows. imo block isnt so important for a java sorc its nice but not needed because of ES

lordgoober:
it's not the fire mastery that is the bug.  it's the enchant.  on weapons with the "Fires Explosive Arrows/Bolts" ability,  the enchant damage is added to the splash as well as the base damage.  This is the reason that most Enchantresses in classic LoD Diablo II will have a Raven Claw at 15,  a Kuko Shaku at 33 and then a Demon Machine at 45 as their primary weapons.

Anyway I aborted this build and am trying the psychic trapper.  doing well so far,  level 13 taking it slow but am having major lag issues with my isp...

Robert Klemic

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