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Originally Posted by bushwhacker2k  I have read over all the skills and checked here for the max values, and this sounds too good to be true. is Absorption worth it? or does it not absorb everything? |
Nope, its not as good as it sounds.
these are not our resistances, but absorption, a separate thing. The problem is, the more damage is stopped by other means(like resistances, or summon bond) the less will remain for absorption to absorb. For example with max 80% res, only 20% will remain for abs to work on. And even if we get absorb to the max skill level30 ( 85%) it will only work with the remaining 20, and be equivalent to 17% real resistances added. Ofc the lower the res the better the absorb. At zero resistances absorb acts just as good as resistances. At negative resistances even better. But that hardly ever happens. Also absorb allows you to break the maximum resistances limit which would be then 80%+17%=97%. Which is pretty good, but not really needed in DS2. In all thats an OK skill, but not great. Because spending points in survival and natural bond will get us just as much res, and mana w/o a need to be hurt.