gww>Dmitri Fatkin at 09:41, 11 August 2020

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[[Damage]] results from [[action]]s taken by attackers that subtract a portion of a [[target]]'s [[health]]. This includes many [[attack]]s or [[skill]]s (including [[spell]]s).

'''Damage''' does '''not''' include :
* [[health degeneration]],
* [[life stealing]],
* [[sacrifice]],
* Pure [[health loss]] caused by skills such as [[Infuse Health]], [[Spoil Victor]] or [[Illusion of Weakness]].

== Properties ==

When an attacker attempts to ''damage'' a target, the following is factored in:
*The [[damage type]], such as fire or blunt.
*The amount of damage done, which may vary due to the target's [[armor rating]] granting potential resistance or weakness to that specific damage type. In the case of a skill, this may also vary due to the skill user's level.
** Skills dealing shadow damage, holy damage and damage without a specified type (skills with descriptions that state ''"<number> damage"'' or ''"+<number> damage"''), [[Armor-ignoring|ignore the target's armor]] and the skill deals exactly its stated amount of damage.
***''"+<number> damage"'' always comes in addition to regular, armor-respecting, damage, making this more difficult to see.
*The attacker's ability to inflict the damage (such as being [[blind]]ed or affected by a hex with a chance of missing, when the target is [[kiting]] or out of [[line of sight]])
*The target's ability to resist this damage (such as using effects that [[block]] attacks).
*Damage modifiers on both sides.
** An attacker may have bonuses that augment the damage and the target may have bonuses that [[Damage reduction|reduce the damage]].
** [[Frenzied Defense]], [[Frenzy]], and [[Primal Rage]] double all damage dealt to the user.
** Except for prophecies, [[Boss]]es deal double damage.

The term '''damage source''' or '''damage packet''' refers to each [[Packet|minus number that pops up when you take or deal damage]].

== See also ==
* [[Damage calculation]]
* [[Area of effect]] (AoE)
** [[Point blank area of effect]] (PBAoE)
* [[Damage over time]]
* [[Damage per second]] (DPS)
* [[Direct damage]]
* [[Pressure]]
* [[Spike]]

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gww>Dmitri Fatkin at 09:41, 11 August 2020