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Sources of armor-ignoring damage

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[[Armor-ignoring damage]] describes [[damage]] that is always the same amount regardless of the [[target]]'s [[armor rating]] or [[level]]. This property is independent of [[damage type]].

==Game mechanics==
=== Properties ===

The damage is a fixed value always defined by a skill. That is, a skill that says it deals 50 damage to a foe will deal exactly 50 damage. As such the damage:
* Is always the same regardless of target's armor rating;
* Ignores character level, e.g. a level 1 character deals the same amount of armor-ignoring damage as a level 20 character;
* Does not benefit from base or bonus [[armor penetration]];

The damage can still be affected by damage modifiers which affect all damage, i. e. [[damage reduction]] from skills such as [[Protective Spirit]] and [[Shielding Hands]], and damage increase from skills such as [[Frenzy]].

=== Sources of armor-ignoring damage ===

* Typeless damage;
* Some typed damage from specific skills, specifically [[Dust Trap]] and several [[Physical damage#Skills that inflict physical damage|skills that deal physical damage]].
* [[Shadow damage]] (but not [[Dark damage]]);
* Most [[Holy damage]];
** However, holy damage from weapons does not ignore armor (e.g. from wands, staves, or any weapon enchanted to deal holy damage);
* Bonus damage from [[attack skill]]s;
* Damage from skills that explicitly ignore armor, such as [[Obsidian Flame]].

== Skills that deal armor-ignoring damage ==
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== Notes ==
* [[Mesmer]], [[Necromancer]] and [[Monk]] skills often deal armor-ignoring damage.
* [[Assassins]] deal most of their damage as armor-ignoring damage, through their use of skills that deal potent bonus damage.
* Skills that inflict [[health loss#Direct health loss|direct health loss]], [[life stealing]], and [[health degeneration]] ignore armor, but obey damage reduction rules (e.g. from character level differences).

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