how exactly does the target damage reduction (as from war cry) works? 25% RTD reduction is like having +25% damage absorption agains that enemy? It works on bosses and nemesis too?
Because i fail to notice a significant difference in damage income when i cast war cry or are active procs like the one from light of empyrion devotion…
Yes, that debuf indeed reduces ALL outcoming damage by certain amount. Also, it’s multiplicative with other increases/reductions.
However, DoT damage, that was placed BEFORE debuff, wont be reduced (same for resistances - resistance check occurs at application time, so if you get hit by poison while you forgot to refresh Blood of Dreeg (+100% posion resist), and then clicked it 1 second afterward, you will continue to take insane damage.
And the main problem of War Cry is its uptime. War Cry has 7.5 sec cd, and only 5 second duration. To reach 100% uptime, you should use Mythical Warborn Visor.