Question as title said. Just did a run with Viscosity Plate +2 and RoArcana +15, and skeleton in ascension only dealt single digit DEFERRED dmg and ZERO direct dmg. Unlike with stone, I still have a chance to dodge magic attack.

    • MrRedstoner@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I don’t like viscosity because if I’m getting hit I’m already doing it wrong, and a different enchantment might have let me avoid the hit to begin with

    • riomist@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Fair enough. I also used to scoff at it, but changed my mind due to that run. Now I can at least settle for it if I cant get rare glyph when I got hi RoArcana

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    1 year ago

    That’s not a simple answer since damage reduction provided by stone depends on your evasion and enemy accuracy. However, at low arcana levels stone definitely beats viscosity since the boost goes into increasing the portion of damage deferred first before providing any actual damage reduction. At very high levels, though, viscosity wins since stone is hard capped at 75%.

    In your case specifically, damage would be reduced by ~80%, definitely outperforming stone.

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    1 year ago

    I have Arcana +5, Evasion +2, and Plate +3 with Stone, and just passed the Dwarf king with next to zero damage taken. Only one in about 20 physical attacks made damage. Magic is another story…