Damage & Mitigation

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Like every other MMORPG, Asheron's Call 2 has in own damage and mitigation system.

Damage

Like many other MMOs there is a lot of information you need to know about damage: Sources, type, modifiers and more.

Sources

1. Melee Damage
2. Missile Damage
3. Magic Damage

Damage Types

1. "White" Damage
2. Fire Damage
3. Cold Damage
4. Poison Damage
5. Disease Damage
6. Lightning Damage

Damage Modifiers

1. Combat Delay
2. Damage Skills Buffs
3. Damage Weapons Buffs
4. Damage Potions
5. Damage Perks
6. Damage Items

Damaging Skills

Damage Skills List - Consult here all the Damaging skills available in AC2.

Damage Mitigation

Damage can be avoided, prevented or reduced by armor, skills, effects or items. All of these are called damage mitigation mechanics. Heals are not mitigation because they usually act after the damage landed, so they are a cure and not mitigation. All shields (armor, skills, buffs) are mitigation because they alter the damage before landing.

Natural Armor

Natural Armor its the defensive natural skill that any player has due to its buffs only. Players can only check they're natural armor value if naked.

These are the skills that increase your natural armor. Some are fellow wide and others are self only. Also some are like "auras" (toggle on/off) and others are temporary. Usually a buff for 120s will reset in 5min (600s), so are usually nicknamed "2/5" (2 min on for each 5 min).

Name	Tree	Race	Lv1	Lv50	Lv100	Target	Notes
- Shield Wall	Defender	Human	10	60	120	Fellow Toggle Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Encase	Magic Tree	Human	5	50	-	Fellow Toggle Buff	Stacks with others
- Impenetrability	Enchanter	Human	6	60	120	Item Buff	Half effect will stack with others
- Lumbering Might	Feral Intendant	Tumerok	10	100	150	Self Toggle Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Armor of Faith	Zealot	Tumerok	1	50	100	Self Toggle Buff	Stacks with others
- Thunderous Motion	Clawbearer	Tumerok	20	200	-	Self 30 secs Buff	Stacks with others
- Earth Skin	Magic Tree	Lugian	6	60	-	Self 120s Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Fortify	Sage	Lugian	10	100	-	Self 120s Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Sigil of Valor	Templar	Empyrian	1	100	-	Self Toggle Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Protecting Sphere	Missile Tree	Empyrian	6	60	-	Self 120s Buff	Doesn't Stack with others
- Tasty Centipede	Melee (Drudge)	Drudge	6	60	-	Self 120s Buff	Doesn't Stack with others

Damage reduction Buffs

Damage reduction Skills

Damage reduction Items

Debuffs

As a simple definition, Debuffs are all spells that reduce one or more of the target Stats, either the Natural Armor, Attack Speed, Velocity, Defenses, Acuracy, etc.
In AC2 Debuffs are very important, mainly because AR and defenses influence a lot the damage characters can do to a mob.

Armor Debuffs

The most relevants for damage and the main reason people search debuffers for a fellow.
These debuffs reduce the AR from target. So a Debuff value of 100 means that the Mob will have a new AR value of his Base AR-100.

Name	Tree	Race	Lv50	Lv100	Lv150	Target	Notes
- Gossamer Flesh	Sorcerer	Human	170	225	280	Single	Doesn't Stack with others
Rend Armor	Clawbearer	Tumerok	150	200	250	Single	Doesn't Stack with others
- Vacuum	Sorcerer	Human	100	140	180	AOE	Doesn't Stack with others
- Tattercoat	Enchanter	Human	50	100	-	Single	50% effect Stacks with others
Subjugate	Missile	Lugian	100	-	-	Single	50% effect Stacks with others
Lure	Melee	Lugian	50	-	-	Single	50% effect Stacks with others. Also 50% self debuffs.

Defenses Debuffs

Another important defuff that adds to the previous in getting more damage in. Reducing all defenses means more melee, magic and missile damage to the mob.
These Debuffs reduce the Mastery of the Mob, so a Debuff value of 100 means that the mob will loose 100 Mastery points of avoidance in all types of defenses.

Attack Skills Debuffs

These are also important so the monster does less damage. The most common ones reduce attack speed and they all share CD time. But there are also others that reduce the damage output by itself. Its like reducing the mobs mastery accuracy.

Damage Skill Debuffs

These Debuffs reduce the Mastery of the Mob, so a Debuff value of 100 means that the mob will loose 100 Mastery points of accuracy in all types of attacks.

Name	Tree	Race	Lv50	Lv100	Lv150	Target	Notes
- Ataxia	Sorcerer	Human	200	-	-	Single	reduces all attacks: melee, magic and missile
Fling Sand	Clawbearer	Tumerok	200	-	-	Single	reduces all attacks: melee, magic and missile
Bloodloather	Enchanter	Human	40	100	-	Single	reduces all attacks: melee, magic and missile

Combat Speed Debuffs

These Debuffs reduce the Combat Speed of the Mob, so a Debuff value of 50% means that the mob will do half of the attacks per second it would normaly do.

Name	Tree	Race	Lv50	Lv100	Lv150	Target	Notes
- Still Water	Sorcerer	Human	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Anemia	Bounty Hunter	Human	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Blinding Serum	Juggernaut	Lugian	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Ritual of Torpidity	Hieromancer	Emperian	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Barbed Stings	Hivekeeper	Tumerok	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Envenom	Raider	Lugian	50%	-	-	Single	attack speed
Poison Arrow	Missile	Human	30%	-	-	Single	attack speed and run speed

Stuns

These are really a combat speed debuff of 50% and run speed of 50%, with added damage and sometimes a taunt.
They all last 10 sec and share cooldowns (1 min). This means neither will stack and only the first one will be applyed.