Let’s say i have 100% X damage is converted to Y damage. And i have a devotion skill that does X damage, will it then do Y damage?
If it’s global yes. For example if you have 2x Chillhearts you can convert the entire damage of Blind Sage devotion proc to full cold.
… will just not be displayed like that, in the devo screen. But it does apply, yes.
yeah thats why i asked, becasue i was using a ring that converts 25% aether to lighting, but aetherfire was still only showing aether damage on devotion screen. good to know! thanks guys!
Keep in mind, conversion of any damage type to another does NOT change the DOT type. So as an example, converting fire to cold means you would now do Cold/Burn damage, not Cold/Frostburn, just FYI. I know I am late to the thread on this, but felt this was important enough to say to OP and for others who find this thread.
Not only you’re late but also incorrect. Not sure where did you get this 
Do you mean devotions only?
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Show me where it says it converts the DOT as well… I have not found that to be the case. The elemental damage type and the DOT type are separate damages and calculated completely differently by the game. It will also not change effects that “seemingly” go along with a certain type. So say a skill does Freeze damage, and it was converted to fire. It will still do Freeze damage regardless of the conversion. Let me know if you have info that contradicts mine with a verifiable source. Otherwise, I stand by what I said and NO not just devotions only.
Conversion and Resistance Reduction do affect the DoT, for some reason it’s omitted in the game guide but it’s the case. Freeze is not a damage type, it’s a status effect.
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Source? and yes I know its a status effect, thats what I meant and said.
This is so basic that I don’t know where to start. First of all there’s damage breakdown for your skills. If you have conversion the appropriate damage will disappear completely. Let me make you some screenshots for you.
Itemization in this game is based on converting dots. For example there are many skills with only DOTs of a particular damage type that have converting skill modifiers to them to another damage type. Do you think they would exist if dot was not converted? They would make no sense.
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Then why do you mention it when talking about conversion since it’s irrelevant ?
Nah where’s your source cause you’re making a wild claim about something easily tested.
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Ok, how do I explain this. Lets take the arcanist mastery for example. It has IEE to boost elemental damage and add base elemental damage. If boosting the elemental damage also boosted the DOT’s there would be no need to add Overload and Elemental Balance, as boosting one would boost the others by your logic. Making the aura buffs redundant. They arent, thats why they are there.
Also, Items with elemental types of damage, sometimes (not always) also include DOT damage. If they boost or convert at the same time, that denotation would also be redundant… same goes for skills that do the same.
You may need some sleep because you don’t make any sense. The original topic was conversion, then you went about CC status then about %damage for elemental damage. What the fuck is going on
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Vitality Decay on Drain Essence gets fully converted to Internal Trauma by the belt.
(the absolute values may differ due too different
- %Physical Damage
- %Vitality Decay bonuses
- Cunning which influences Internal Trauma
- Spirit which influences Vitality Decay
It isnt irrelevant, as cold damage sometimes does freeze either via a skill or piece of gear. It will still do that, even if you convert the damage type. Thats the point.
Yes because it’s not damage thus is not affected by damage conversion. Also it’d need a fire equivalent to freeze which doesn’t exist.
Yest boosting one boosts other. I don’t a problem with that. This is normal.
I also don’t see why this is a problem here.
Nevertheless you can see in the screenshots I provided or search in the forums you’ll find dozens of confirmation posts that dots are converted.
I have never seen the DOT ever get changed. Thats a first. I stand corrected. Maybe its something they changed in one of the updates or Xpacs. I have 4K hours with the game and havent seen that till now. I will say as an aside though. Tooltips LIE. I will have to check Grim Intenals logs and verify, but if thats true now, then it completely changes some builds for me.