Enervating Field & Endurance Drain


GuyPerfect

 

Posted

Quick question- does the Rad power Enervating Field reduce a target's resistance to endurance drain?

Currentlly (the troller version) reads:
RES(All Types) -22.5% for 0.75s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
Effect does not stack from same caster

Longer version- I have a 20ish Elec/Rad troller I am enjoying the heck out of, but I was just curious if Enervating Field reduces Endurance drain resistance in PvE. Or for that matter, does it lower resistance to other debuffs like Slow and -to Hit. Or is it exclusively for debuffing DAMAGE resistance?


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Posted

Well looking at mids and looking at all the effects of the power it's showing -22.5% resistance to all damage types and -20% damage buff.

So at least according to mids it only effects damage resistance.


 

Posted

Only damage. It's still a very nice power, however, especially since it requires minimal slotting.


 

Posted

"Resistance" is a universal game mechanic that technically applies to everything: damage taken, debuffs received, mez duration, etc. While one could reason that "-Res(All)" means that resistance to everything is reduced, that's not the idea that's intended to be expressed.

For all intents and purposes, when you see "Resistance" in the game, it's referring only to the following damage types (unless otherwise specified): Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic, Toxic.

Enervating Field does not reduce an enemy's resitance to Endurance drain/modification, or any other debuff for that matter. The only resistance it reduces is damage.