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Damage Resistance refers to the Bullet, Melee, and Spirit Resist statistics which reduce incoming damage taken. Bullet Resist reduces all weapon and melee damage, Melee Resist reduces only melee damage, while Spirit Resist reduces all spirit damage.

Most resistances stack diminishingly, with each additional resistance source having reduced effect. Resistance Reduction is applied to the final resistance, and is stacked separately and diminishingly.

The Bullet Resistance and Spirit Resistance stats are also sometimes referred to as "Bullet Armor" and "Spirit Armor".

Starting Damage Resistance

Most Heroes have no starting damage resistance. However, there are a few exceptions:

Bullet Damage Resistance

Bebop has 0% bullet damage resistance.
Dynamo has no starting bullet damage resistance, but he gains 1% per Boon.

Spirit Damage Resistance

Lash has 10% spirit damage resistance.
Pocket and Trapper have -15% spirit damage resistance (they take 15% more spirit damage).
Kelvin and McGinnis have no starting spirit damage resistance, but gain 1% per Boon.

Headshot Critical Damage Reduction

Seven has 0% critical damage reduction.

Mo & Krill have 0% critical damage reduction (Mo's head only).

Boon Resistances

Resistances gained from Boons (e.g., Dynamo's Bullet Resist or Kelvin's Spirit Resist) stack additively (1% per Boon, up to 20%). This is an exception to the standard multiplicative stacking rules for other resist sources.

Melee Resist

Melee Resist is a special case of Bullet Resist that stacks diminishingly alongside it to reduce all incoming melee damage. This includes all 'melee' abilities such as Viscous' Puddle Punch ability.

Math

Despite being presented in-game as +x% Bullet, Melee, or Spirit Resist, multiple sources of resist stack multiplicatively, not additively.

The formula for resist is: $B R_{f} = ⌈ 1 - \prod_{i = 1}^{n} (1 - B R_{i}) ⌉$
where:
$\begin{matrix} B R_{f} & = final bullet resist, \\ n & = number of bullet resist sources, \\ B R_{n} & = bullet resist value \end{matrix}$

For example, multiple sources of Bullet Resist:

60% Bullet Resist from Viscous' Goo Ball
40% Bullet Resist from the Colossus Item results in:

$1 - (1 - 0.6) * (1 - 0.4) = 76 % Bullet Resist$

Resistance Reduction

Resistance Reduction refers to any negative amount of Resist, making the target take increased damage.

Resistance Reduction is calculated multiplicatively like resistance, but then simply subtracted from the resistance amount.

$𝐷 𝑖 𝑠 𝑝 𝑙 𝑎 𝑦 𝑒 𝑑 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 = [1 - (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 𝑎 𝑛 𝑐 𝑒 1) * (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 𝑎 𝑛 𝑐 𝑒 2) * ... * (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 𝑎 𝑛 𝑐 𝑒 𝑁)] - [1 - (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑅 𝑒 𝑑 𝑢 𝑐 𝑡 .1) * (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑅 𝑒 𝑑 𝑢 𝑐 𝑡 .2) * ... * (1 - 𝑅 𝑒 𝑠 𝑅 𝑒 𝑑 𝑢 𝑐 𝑡 . 𝑁)]$

For example, using Bullet Resists and Reductions:

70% Spirit Resist from Viscous' Goo Ball
20% Spirit Resist from Spirit Armor
-12% Spirit Resist from Spirit Strike
-12% Spirit Resist from Mystic Vulnerability
-24% Spirit Resist from Crippling Headshot

$[1 - ((1 - 0.7) * (1 - 0.2))] - [1 - ((1 - 0.12) * (1 - 0.12) * (1 - 0.24))] = 35 % S p i r i t R e s i s t$

The final Resistance can go negative, and this multiplies the damage taken of that type. For example:

30% resist= 70% of the damage from the weapon or ability.
0% resist = 100% of the damage from the weapon or ability.
-30% resist = 130% of the damage from the weapon or ability.

Items like Headshot Booster grant a flat added bullet damage, this bonus damage is not multiplied by weapon damage but is subject to resistance reduction/increase in damage.

Effective Health

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A graph showing how despite the resistance percentage not growing additively, it scales the player's effective health additively.

Include graph of effective health as a function of Damage Reduction. In the mean time, feel free to refer to this Desmos graph.

Include graph of effective damage increase from using 15%, 30%, and 45% Resistance Reduction as a function of the target's original Damage Reduction. In the mean time, feel free to refer to this Desmos graph.

Sources of Damage Resistance

Bullet Resist

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Fleetfoot	1,600	Weapon	+6% Bullet Resist
Melee Charge	1,600	Weapon	+6% Bullet Resist
Berserker	3,200	Weapon	+8% Bullet Resist
Escalating Resilience	3,200	Weapon	+2% Bullet Resist
Heroic Aura	3,200	Weapon	+17% Bullet Resist
Crushing Fists	6,400	Weapon	+12% Bullet Resist
Battle Vest	1,600	Vitality	+18% Bullet Resist
Return Fire	1,600	Vitality	+10% Bullet Resist
Weapon Shielding	1,600	Vitality	+18% Bullet Resist
Bullet Resilience	3,200	Vitality	+30% Bullet Resist
Metal Skin	3,200	Vitality	+12% Bullet Resist
Warp Stone	3,200	Vitality	+30% Bullet Resist
Cheat Death	6,400	Vitality	+15% Bullet Resist
Indomitable	6,400	Vitality	+10% Bullet Resist
Siphon Bullets	6,400	Vitality	+10% Bullet Resist
Vampiric Burst	6,400	Vitality	+10% Bullet Resist
Bullet Resist Shredder	1,600	Spirit	+9% Bullet Resist
Suppressor	1,600	Spirit	+8% Bullet Resist
Superior Duration	3,200	Spirit	+8% Bullet Resist
Echo Shard	6,400	Spirit	+5% Bullet Resist

Monster Rounds increases Bullet Resist vs. NPCs by +25%%.
Escalating Resilience increases Bullet Resist by 2%% per stack per shot when hitting enemy heroes, maxing at 30%% Bullet Resist.

Bullet Resist Reduction

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Stalker	1,600	Weapon	-6% Bullet Resist Reduction
Weakening Headshot	1,600	Weapon	-13% Bullet Resist Reduction
Alchemical Fire	3,200	Weapon	-7% Bullet Resist Reduction
Hollow Point	3,200	Weapon	-9% Bullet Resist Reduction
Hunter's Aura	3,200	Weapon	-10% Bullet Resist Reduction
Crippling Headshot	6,400	Weapon	-16% Bullet Resist Reduction
Crushing Fists	6,400	Weapon	-5% Bullet Resist Reduction
Rusted Barrel	800	Spirit	-8% Bullet Resist Reduction
Bullet Resist Shredder	1,600	Spirit	-10% Bullet Resist Reduction
Disarming Hex	3,200	Spirit	-13% Bullet Resist Reduction

Melee Resist

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Close Quarters	800	Weapon	+20% Melee Resist
Point Blank	3,200	Weapon	+30% Melee Resist
Runed Gauntlets	Legendary	Weapon	+50% Melee Resist
Rebuttal	800	Vitality	+18% Melee Resist
Juggernaut	6,400	Vitality	+25% Melee Resist
Torment Pulse	3,200	Spirit	+18% Melee Resist

Spirit Resist

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Blood Tribute	3,200	Weapon	+8% Spirit Resist
Silencer	6,400	Weapon	+12% Spirit Resist
Enchanter's Emblem	1,600	Vitality	+18% Spirit Resist
Restorative Locket	1,600	Vitality	+8% Spirit Resist
Spirit Shielding	1,600	Vitality	+18% Spirit Resist
Dispel Magic	3,200	Vitality	+10% Spirit Resist
Fury Trance	3,200	Vitality	+40% Spirit Resist
Spirit Resilience	3,200	Vitality	+30% Spirit Resist
Healing Tempo	6,400	Vitality	+10% Spirit Resist
Indomitable	6,400	Vitality	+10% Spirit Resist
Infuser	6,400	Vitality	+10% Spirit Resist
Spellbreaker	6,400	Vitality	+18% Spirit Resist
Witchmail	6,400	Vitality	+22% Spirit Resist
Cold Front	1,600	Spirit	+6% Spirit Resist
Mystic Vulnerability	1,600	Spirit	+8% Spirit Resist
Greater Expansion	3,200	Spirit	+10% Spirit Resist
Arctic Blast	6,400	Spirit	+10% Spirit Resist
Echo Shard	6,400	Spirit	+5% Spirit Resist
Escalating Exposure	6,400	Spirit	+17% Spirit Resist
Ethereal Shift	6,400	Spirit	+30% Spirit Resist
Scourge	6,400	Spirit	+40% Spirit Resist

Spirit Resist Reduction

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Spirit Shredder Bullets	1,600	Weapon	-8% Spirit Resist Reduction
Spirit Rend	3,200	Weapon	-8% Spirit Resist Reduction
Spirit Rend	3,200	Weapon	-7% Spirit Resist Reduction
Crippling Headshot	6,400	Weapon	-16% Spirit Resist Reduction
Spirit Strike	800	Spirit	-6% Spirit Resist Reduction
Mystic Vulnerability	1,600	Spirit	-8% Spirit Resist Reduction
Spirit Sap	1,600	Spirit	-9% Spirit Resist Reduction
Spirit Snatch	3,200	Spirit	-12% Spirit Resist Reduction
Escalating Exposure	6,400	Spirit	-8% Spirit Resist Reduction
Focus Lens	6,400	Spirit	-9% Spirit Resist Reduction

Spirit Rend reduces -7%% spirit resist on bullet hit from its component Spirit Shredder Bullets, as well as an additional -8%% spirit resist reduction per stack on headshots, up to a max of 4 stacks (-33% spirit resist total).