diablo-3
Can someone explain how damage reflection works?
In other words: if a monster would normally hit for 100 and I have 20% damage reflect, which of these cases is true?
x, I take x damage, monster takes .2(x) damagex, I take .8(x) damage, monster takes .2(x) damageSince one of the Monk's achievements (Like Water) is to dodge 15 attacks in a row, I would say #1 is accurate: each time you are attacked you have a 50% change to dodge
This can further be backed up by many dodge-specced monks who can testify to dying many times due to a string of bad luck :)
From my experience it is approximately 5%. This was in Nightmare where some spell I was using on my wizard was doing about 700-odd damage and the ticks I was taking were in the high 30's.
From some of these shots:
35.08% reduction from armor, 23.49% from arcane resist...
5.28% / ((1 - (35.08%)) * (1 - (23.49%))) = 10.63% this seems strange...
At that low amount, you're not in danger of wild swings up and down if you stack lifesteal. That, or passive health regeneration could keep up with what you lose.
Best Answer
None of the above. Monsters have their own stats (armor in particular). You take 100 base damage, reduced by your own stats. The monster takes 20 base damage, reduced by their stats.