-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance

[jkho]

how does this work ??

Crescent Moon (Polearm runeword) has this....
I'm thinking of giving it to my act2 marc so i can use LIghtning Fury (amazon).

Does the monster actually need to be hit by this weapon in order for the resist reduction to work ?
Does it stack ? (2hits = -70% res ??)
Work on Lightning Immunes ??


thanks !

[Gaza0469]

how does this work ??

Crescent Moon (Polearm runeword) has this....
I'm thinking of giving it to my act2 marc so i can use LIghtning Fury (amazon).

Does the monster actually need to be hit by this weapon in order for the resist reduction to work ?
Does it stack ? (2hits = -70% res ??)
Work on Lightning Immunes ??


thanks !

(1) Yes - it only works for the merc - so u wont get any benefit from the -35% ressy to the monster, only your merc will. So it wont be useful to u or to your merc since your merc is melee based. The conviction aura would help u though if u could equip your merc with that runeword.

(2) No , it doesnt stack.

(3) It wont break a lightning immune - but remember that even in Hell some monsters can have 50% lightning resssy - even normal monsters so it will help u to do more damage.

As a note conviction aura wont break many immunes either.

Even a maxed out conviction aura on a pally with a blizz sorc with max cold mastery wont break every cold immune in the game.

[Diabolico x64]

To add to Gaza's response, if wielding that kind of weapon, you don't have to hit with it for the -enemy resistances to go into effect. You could, for example, use it on a FoHer, or use a Doom's -enemy cold res on a Wind druid.

[jkho]

ah scrap that idea then hehe !

so lemme get this straight conviction aura which lowers the monster res = good for me to LF
but conviction will have no affect on lightning IMMUNES ?? (when i'm using LF/CS)

What do i need to equip my merc with the get conviction aura ?
i'm guessing its one of them newer runeword things ??

[Bullet-Tooth Tony]

Only Conviction aura and Lower Resist curse can break immunity. Neither -enemy res on items nor Cold Mastery work if the target is immune.
Once immunity is broken with Conv or LR, other modifiers can lower resistance further.

[RTB]

Only Conviction aura and Lower Resist curse can break immunity.
Add Sanctuary (For undead PI only), Decrepify and Amplify Damage to that list.

[krischan]

That's right. My zon relies a lot on ghosts becoming vulnerable to physical attacks from Atma's Scarab. Even though the chance is just 5%, amp gets triggered quite quickly because ghosts often stack in the same place, causing a lot of hits per strafe volley.