I clearly don't understand how the Elemental resistances in Dark Souls 2 work.
I'm playing as a Swordsman and I currently have 150 Poison Resistance. This is actually not in percentages so what is actually meant by the above? Is there any way to calculate the resistance percentage from this?
Does this, by any means have any relation by which the Poison Meter fills up?
Best Answer
Resistance works in two ways - static and percentage, (i.e. 1 or 1%) which ever is lower:
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This means that if you have 150 poison resistance, you either take 150 points, or 150% less damage from poison, whichever is lower (in this case, 150 points).
This does work in the same way to the build up - your resistance will cause your poison build-up over time to take longer.