12-04-2003, 01:49 PM
Quote:3) The physical resistance of the monster in Hell. Those zombies have 50% so that's another 50% reduction
Brista- If a monster has physical resistance, that will reduce the amount of damage done to it. The life loss from Sacrifice is based on the amount of damage scored taken by the monster. For instance, if you use Sacrifice on a physical immune monster, you will score no damage (except ancillary effects and elemental damage, etc.) and so you will take no reflected damage from use of the skill.
I do this all the time with Sacrifice on physical immunes, to use the attack rating bonus to apply elemental damage from wands. I also sometimes don't see the mods when I swing and if I swing at a physical immune - no damage to me, either.
To correct your example then, the net leech amount on those Hell-level Zombies would be 4.5%. That would be 35 reflected damage (from 1000 scored) which could then be reduced by the player's physical resistance and damage reduction.
Note also that the assumption of 1000 damage scored is in the case that the player normally would have scored 2000 damage but that this was reduced 50% by the monster's physical resistance.
John H