kingcourage
21-05-2004, 18:57
I humbly approach the forums for a problem about a history of understanding on cold mastery. :worship:
someone in game insist that cold mastery can't lower monsters 's(non immune) resistance below 0. I can't persuade them. so I just search, as I think that there's something wrong I don't know . until that I find this ,just in the diablo2.net faq of sor. :scared:
It's a shocking for me.(I always use this forums's information to persuade them....) I just wonder how old are these information ,and how it happened?
and the world sometimes is weird. :lol:
http://www.diabloii.net/characters/sorceress/faq.shtml#So%20how%20does%20Cold%20Mastery%20help% 20me?%20Is%20it%20useful?
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So how does Cold Mastery help me? Is it useful?
The formula for Cold Mastery is:
(Base Cold Resist) – (Base Cold Resist X Cold Mastery %) = New enemy cold resistance.
As stated above, this formula cannot lower a monsters resistance below 0, or to 0. It also only affects cold-resistant monsters. This makes it the least useful mastery out of the three, as it can only affect about 5% of the total monsters in the game. Due to its diminishing returns, its better to just put only one point in Cold Mastery. Anything over 5 base skill points is certainly a waste.
However, Cold Mastery is a very useful skill for PvP, as it allows the sorceress attacks to better penetrate other characters high resistances. To that end, if designing a PvP character, it’s better to max Cold Mastery if you have a cold attack.
someone in game insist that cold mastery can't lower monsters 's(non immune) resistance below 0. I can't persuade them. so I just search, as I think that there's something wrong I don't know . until that I find this ,just in the diablo2.net faq of sor. :scared:
It's a shocking for me.(I always use this forums's information to persuade them....) I just wonder how old are these information ,and how it happened?
and the world sometimes is weird. :lol:
http://www.diabloii.net/characters/sorceress/faq.shtml#So%20how%20does%20Cold%20Mastery%20help% 20me?%20Is%20it%20useful?
quote
So how does Cold Mastery help me? Is it useful?
The formula for Cold Mastery is:
(Base Cold Resist) – (Base Cold Resist X Cold Mastery %) = New enemy cold resistance.
As stated above, this formula cannot lower a monsters resistance below 0, or to 0. It also only affects cold-resistant monsters. This makes it the least useful mastery out of the three, as it can only affect about 5% of the total monsters in the game. Due to its diminishing returns, its better to just put only one point in Cold Mastery. Anything over 5 base skill points is certainly a waste.
However, Cold Mastery is a very useful skill for PvP, as it allows the sorceress attacks to better penetrate other characters high resistances. To that end, if designing a PvP character, it’s better to max Cold Mastery if you have a cold attack.