In this thread, I posted a list of all the best sources of GLOBAL damage reduction, but I thought it might be useful if it had its own thread here, since @grey-maybe 's discovery shows it to be more valuable than previously thought. Hopefully this will be useful to some.
I also expanded it a bit and added the duration.
(Skills value is at overcap, Gear value is highest level and highest possible value)
Skills
value
duration (Sec.)
War cry
33
5
Ulzuin’s wrath
33
3
Ill Omen
30
1
Decay
30
1
Horn of Gandar
30
5
Infernal Breath
25
3
Soulfire
25
2
Demon fire
22
3
Aura of Censure
22
1
Devotions
Light of Empyrion
24
3
Yugol
16
1
Gear
Empowered Malady
22
2
Arbiter relic
20
4
Oleron’s blood component
20
5
Rah’Zin set (% value, not flat)
20%
2
“Tyrant’s” prefix
19
3
“Of the Abyss” suffix
18
5
Cataclysm set
18
3
Mythical Visage of Black Flames (to FoI and AAR)
18
2
Fleshwarped Defender (to Judgement)
18
5
Rune of wretched desires
18
5
Myhtical Blessed torch
17
5
Mythical Lifebinder
17
2
Mythical Slugger
17
2
Hyrian’s bullwark
16
2
(Non-Mythical) Dawnbreaker set
15
3
Morgoneth set
15
2
Nightbringer
15
2
Nightshard
15
2
Lacerator girdle
15
10
Earthshater threads
15
3
Soulrend
15
3
Mythical northern Wyrm
15
3
Wilhelm’s wondrous wargem
15
4
Mythical avatar of chaos
15
1
Rune of Korvan swiftness
15
5
Rune of Ishtak’s mercy
15
5
Rune of Murmur’s kiss
15
5
Rune of the Typhoon
15
5
Rune of Ulzaad’s madness
15
5
Terror relic
14
3
Many things
12 or less
Let me know if I missed some or if some of the info is wrong.
I should take it out of the list though, as no one in their right mind would use that low level set just to get 15% DR… but for completeness’ sake I’m going to leave it and add that it’s the non-mythical version.
Looks like you’re missing Demon Fire (22%) from Demo and Soulfire (25%) from Oathkeeper.
Did you decide to not include Nullification and Focused Gaze since they are restricted to specific damage types? Can’t remember if there are any other debuffs like those 2 still in the game, but I think they’re worth a special mention since they are very powerful.
Edit: Wait there are a few items that can reduce physical damage. Apparently Mythical Slugger can roll up to 42% reduced physical damage. Are we sleeping on a secret OP weapon?
They are pretty powerful, but considering the reason I made this list in the first place (Grey-maybe’s finding that DR also reduces ALL incoming debuffs, including RR) I don’t think they are as relevant in the context since they probably don’t do that too.
Edit: I changed the OP’s text to specify it’s a list of global DR only, thanks
