After 500 hours I should have got the hang of this resistance shred but I have not. My question is which will yield a greater resistance reduction. Curse of frailty + Ultros or Curse of frailty + Rhowan’s crown. side note i’m also running widow as it is lightning i’m trying to reduce.
In your example, I’d say Curse of Frailty + Elemental Storm.
Hand of Ultos’ resist reduction (n% reduced x resistances) applies after the other kinds (n reduced x resistance and -n% resistance) and is multiplicative instead of additive.
Lets say you have an enemy with 100% Lightning resistance:
Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) + Elemental Storm would reduce this by 30 + 32 = -62%, so your enemy would have 38% Lightning resistance left.
Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) + Hand of Ultos would first reduce this by 30 to 70%. Then Hand of Ultos would multiply it by (1 - (25 / 100)) or 0.75, so your enemy would have 52.5% Lightning resistance left.
Edit:
After looking at this a bit more, for Vulnerability + Hand of Ultos to equal Vulnerability + Elemental Storm, you’d have to be fighting something with 162% Lightning Resistance, and this is just examining these specific reductions. As you add more n reduced x or -n% x like Arcane Bomb, this threshold goes higher.
Thank you for a very well written explanation. I particularly appreciate the example. if only I could make a viable constellation build to fit all 3 in
Evil_Baka’s explanation is correct (didn’t example numbers though). If you ever have questions about RR, use this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vw7I9fTSqtx9s3a4WVvkgiOGZ7leM81n1H1RrwrOzLc/edit#gid=0
yo mates, can i ask a minor question:
between -23% fire and chaos RR vs -7 more RR (12/12 agonizing flames skill / Elemental Storm from Rhowan’s Crown), what would you pick?
in general: this devotions path vsthat path
No question, option 2. Agonizing flames does not stack with elemental storm.
I know, but, -7 direct RR seems more valuable, well I’ll wait for veterans’ answer.
What I mean is that elemental storm is mostly wasted because agonizing flame already covers your flat RR. Aganizing Flames + Eldritch Fire will result in more total RR (-25 + -23% = -48% vs 32% from elemental storm) . Because Elemental Storm and Agaonizing flames do not work at the same time, eldritch fire results in 16% better RR.