Which is better for sorbing/stacking?

[SumoSalad]

Hi,

Honestly, which one is better to stack res? Lets say a pally shield with base res 40+
For elemental, lets pick cold:

Is it better to soc 2 psapphires and 2 ohms for max res will bring to 85 max res
Or just 4 sapphires?

Tricky but need help thank you

[jel]

Hi,

Honestly, which one is better to stack res? Lets say a pally shield with base res 40+
For elemental, lets pick cold:

Is it better to soc 2 psapphires and 2 ohms for max res will bring to 85 max res
Or just 4 sapphires?

Tricky but need help thank you

Well for your thread name, absorb% is limited to 40% and works at double effect as long as you've taken some damage already (being hit by the same attack is a suited way of saying it). So x% absorb is in general 100%-2*x% damage dealt at a maximum of 20%.

Resist can go up to 95% which equals you taking 5% damage, which is 4 times as good.

However it depends on the situation if you haven't stacked your resist against -% resist, then absorb is most likely better, if you have then resist is better.

For you example, in most situations you want the resist and not the +max resist, unless you've already stacked the resist by other means, so it depends on your gear and the gear of the opponent.