07-07-2003, 09:24 PM
LucianDK,Jul 7 2003, 03:33 PM Wrote:Cold mastery does not null cold imunes! Ive tested that. I speculate that since an imune basically counts as 100% resistant, and therefore you are unable to hit the monsters with a cold spell. Because the cold mastery is a passive, and likely applied after the hit is taking place. But that never happens because you cant damage someone with 100% cold resistance. Compared to lower resists and conviction that is applied before hits, and therefore negates imunity. And i suspect this is the same for items that reduces resistances like the rainbow facets. In order to circumvent imunity, you need to have resistance reduction taking place before you fire your barrages. But if you manage it, then your other resistance reduction items should kick in, and amplify the damage to staggering highs.Pump some skill levels into Cold Mastery (level 9+ should be enough) and use a cold only attack against one of the Cold Immunes that you see around. While their overhead text should still list them as CI, you should still be able to hurt them with a strong cold attack. The CM lowering of the resistance happens at the damage application step and therefore would not necessarily show up when you look at them. You will need the higher CM because some of the CI in hell have their cold resistance as high as 210% and it takes a lot to cut that down to level to allow you to noticeable damage.