Armor-ignoring damage

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 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 skills;
• Damage from skills that explicitly ignore armor, such as Obsidian Flame.

Skills that deal armor-ignoring damage

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Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Brawling Headbutt.jpg	Brawling Headbutt	Touch Skill. Deals 45...70 damage; causes knock-down.	7	0	00.750.75¾	0		a	Deldrimor rankZ	Eye of the North
	Energy Blast	Spell. Deals 1...2...2 damage (maximum 130) for each point of Energy you have.	0	055	01.5001.51½	02020		elementalista	Energy StorageZ	Eye of the North
	Glimmering Mark	Elite Hex Spell. (10 seconds.) Deals 5...21...25 damage each second to target and adjacent foes. Inflicts Blindness [sic] on foes using attack skills. Ends if you use a skill that targets this foe.	0	1010	01.001	01515		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Prophecies
	Intensity	Skill. (10 seconds.) The next time you deal elemental damage with a spell, other targets in the area take 60...70% of that damage.	0	055	0	01010		elementalista	Sunspear rankZ	Nightfall
	Obsidian Flame	Spell. Deals 22...94...112 damage.	5	055	01.5001.51½	0055		elementalista	Earth MagicZ	Core
	Teinai's Crystals	Spell. Deals 20...36...40 damage to target. Deals +20...36...40 more [sic] damage and causes Cracked Armor (5...13...15 seconds) nearby if that foe had a Water Magic hex.	0	055	01.001	0088		elementalista	Earth MagicZ	Factions

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 direct health loss, life stealing, and health degeneration ignore armor, but obey damage reduction rules (e.g. from character level differences).