Let's suppose I have 20% armor penetration and I am going up against someone that has 20% dmg reduction from armor.
Will the extra damage I have be 20% of 20% so 4% more damage? Or, will it negate their 20% so it's as if they don't have any damage reduction?
Weapon skill and armor pen question.
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Re: Weapon skill and armor pen question.
Armor penetration is ignoring a percentage of opponent armor value, it's not flat-out lowering the % mitigation of their armor (wich depends on their armor value).
So if you have 50% armor pen from your 700 WS, you will ignore half the armor value of opponent.
You will ignore 1000 armor on a 2000 armored opponent, and so on.
14 WS = 1% armor pen.
44 armor = 1% mitigation.
But one is not fully cancelling the other.
Your calculation is mostly correct, you ignore 20% of their armor, so it should be 20% * 20% = 4% more damage.
Against a tank with 100% damage mitigation from armor, you will ignore 20%, so +20% damage, and so on. The higher the armor value, the better WS effect is.
Then, Toughness is lowering remaining damage, so you won't deal exactly 50% of your physical damage with 700 WS, unless your target have 0 Toughness.
So the more armored your target is, the more effect your WS will have.
So if you have 50% armor pen from your 700 WS, you will ignore half the armor value of opponent.
You will ignore 1000 armor on a 2000 armored opponent, and so on.
14 WS = 1% armor pen.
44 armor = 1% mitigation.
But one is not fully cancelling the other.
Your calculation is mostly correct, you ignore 20% of their armor, so it should be 20% * 20% = 4% more damage.
Against a tank with 100% damage mitigation from armor, you will ignore 20%, so +20% damage, and so on. The higher the armor value, the better WS effect is.
Then, Toughness is lowering remaining damage, so you won't deal exactly 50% of your physical damage with 700 WS, unless your target have 0 Toughness.
So the more armored your target is, the more effect your WS will have.
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Re: Weapon skill and armor pen question.
if ur class have armor debuff, WS is super useful. u can easily decrease a tank's armor to 50%
Mara have this ability
ofc high WS dont work on some light armor class like healer, healer is low armor so even u get high WS, healer not much difference from it since WS decrease the ratio, small armor mean u deduce small ratio but if u have armor debuff, u almost can make a healer near no armor, WS is not important already
Mara have this ability
ofc high WS dont work on some light armor class like healer, healer is low armor so even u get high WS, healer not much difference from it since WS decrease the ratio, small armor mean u deduce small ratio but if u have armor debuff, u almost can make a healer near no armor, WS is not important already
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