Armor penetration

Loki Merethalderlad

Loki Merethalderlad

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Royal Dragon Riders

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12 Jan 2008 at 00:12 - 1
hi i'm curious wether the armor penetration stat of weapons (20/20) extends to affect attack skills too, and not just normal hits.
More specifically, would my 20/20 daggers sundering ability affect my death blossom's +45 dmg or just the 7-17 dmg of the weapon it self

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

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12 Jan 2008 at 00:18 - 2
The bonus damage ignores armor. Sundering, or any armor penetration, only affects base damage of the weapon. Which makes Sundering absolutely useless on Daggers.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

12 Jan 2008 at 00:24 - 3
Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

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12 Jan 2008 at 02:38 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade
Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.
Yup, for damage, stats show vampiric to come out on top in terms of damage(for swords, daggers and such). Sundering is great on things with wide ranges on damage, liek scythes since the spike is very good.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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12 Jan 2008 at 03:19 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade
Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.
Daggers sundering does 3.4 at 17 compared to vamp (3 every hit) that ignores armor. So sundering is garbage on everything except for scythe which I think it still is because it only works 1/5 of the time but whatever.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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12 Jan 2008 at 05:14 - 6
Sundering is ONLY better damage wise within certain builds that provide armor penetration.