Static Question

[onomastikon]

Arreat Summit states that lightning resistance helps vs. Static Field.
But how and how much?
If a creature has 40% LR, and I would normally reduce its health by 25% of its current amount, would I reduce it then by 10% (.4 x 25)?
I gather than Lightning Mastery doesnt help here, right?

I can hardly judge in-game...
thanks much

[ZealotBoy]

I'm pretty sure Static Field will reduce a monster's current life by 25% regardless of its Lightning Resistance. However, if a monster is immune to Lightning, Static Field will not work on it. I assume that is what Arreat Summit is talking about.

[onomastikon]

Hmn ok thanks.

Static Field is Lightning damage, and can be resisted through Lightning Resistance.

Static Field is not affected by Conviction and Lower Resist.

Static Field will not take a monster below 33% health in Nightmare and 50% in Hell.

Just seems a weird way to formulate it. I find it very difficult to test in-game.

[Arkardo]

I always thought it worked like this:

Static Fields take off 25% of a remaining moster's health. However, it takes any positive resistances in account. In Nightmare and Hell, it will not go below 1/3 and 1/2, respectively, of a monster's health.

That pretty much reflects what the Arreat Summit says. Assuming this is all true, Lightning Mastery does not affect Static Field in any way.

Btw, there may be a penalty of 50% less health reduction for using Static Field against Uniques/Super Uniques/Prime Evils.

[sirpoopsalot]

Resistance absolutely works against Static. Otherwise, why would it take more than 3 casts to get Hell Meph down to 50%? (And since I just killed him, I'd guess it was 5-7 casts).


Edit: I just reread Arkado's last sentence... I guess that's a possibility - if it's true. I'm going to do a quick rerun of Meph since my map was near perfect.

Edit2: I'm not very good at counting/guessing. It was 12 casts of static to get Hell Meph to 50% (I tested twice). Meph is 75% resistant in Hell. If someone's ambitious enough to do the complete math from there, that'll settle it.

BTW, you guys owe me 49200 gold to ressurect my merc. :tongue: