How to counter reflect ?

My char only has issues when I meet an enemy with reflect. I don’t see how I can get any tankier but I just met the iron maiden in the crucible on the easiest setting and almost died 3 times -.-

I haven’t even come close to dying before and I can facetnak the mad queen so it seems quite dumb that the iron maiden on the easiest setting can make me nearly kill myself.

Only real counters I know are to stack the resists of the damage type you’re dealing, over 80% if possible. That and just be more mindful of when an enemies reflect shield is up. :frowning:

I know some devotions reduce the reflected damage (Solemn Watcher for example) and i remember some items having reduced reflect damage too (i may be wrong about this one tho).

But wait, how does The Iron Maiden reflect damage? Does she use Mirror?

I deal phys and bleed dmg, my phys res is 29% and I have 1800 armor with 100% absorb and capped bleed res. I can’t really get anymore.

Ty, I will check through items.

And I’m not sure, Doesn’t she just have natural reflect ? Every damn time my 3rd cadence hit went off my hp would drop like crazy.

Hmm, admittedly, I’ve never even fought the iron Maiden. but she sounds like a nightmare if that is the case. :frowning:

She either has natural reflect damage or whatever she had equipped had some sort of retaliation in the stats (either her shoulders or weapons).

I always side with kymons chosen so I have never seen her before but I’m pretty sure when I met her then that she had “reflect” in the title, under her name.

I just changed to the owl devotion for the 15% reduced relfect dmg so I hope that makes a difference :slight_smile:

Probably some Crucible gimmick then. Didn’t played Crucible yet (haven’t bought it tho), but maybe some Mutator that gives enemies retaliation.

There is mutator that greatly increases retaliation.
Your best best against reflect is to NOT attack enemies while their “reflect” is active (this refer to possesed arcanist, reflecting heroes, skeletal knights, etc). And you should cap and over-cap resistance to damage you’re dealing (for example, my physical/bleed Conjurer has 90% bleed resistance). Slight over-cap is needed, because reflect also reflects resist reduction from weapon.
And of course, ADCTH helps a lot. Haunted Steel is a VERY powerful materia, for it provides 8% passive ADCTH and an active ability for extra 30% ADCTH. When i pop-up that ability, i can deal with all reflect, that doesnt have damage immunity (Possesed Arcanists, for example).

How do you know when the enemies reflect is up ? I thought enemies like the iron maiden just did reflect all the time. Also what is ADCTH ?

You will see some sort of yellow/orange -ish sphere around them with spikes.

ADCTH = Attack Damage Converted to Health.

Thank you :slight_smile:

Fairly sure there are quite a few mobs in the game that have innate reflect, and even bosses with the Reflective mod innately reflect a % of the damage they take even without the reflect aura up.