Damage mitigation and barkskin

[suhail1200 3]

Hey all , just wondering is the damage mitigation from armor capped at 75%?Which is around 21k armor right?So u need 5.5-6k armor base and then dire bear to reach it right?

Also wondering how does barkskin work?It reduces physical dmg by 20%.So say if u are capped at 75% and u use barkskin does that mean 95% physical dmg mitgation?How does it work?Thanks!

[Mahtan 15]

yeah, these facts about armor are right and I can promise you, that these values of base armor are almost impossible to reach.

If you have shamans and priests in your raid, you will have the "Inspiration"-Buff (25% more armor on critical heals for a short duration) most of the time, which even caps you to 75% when you are in blue bis preraid gear ;)

Barkskin doesn't interact with the armor cap at all. For example, if you take 100 damage and are armor capped, you still take 25 damage. In this case, Barkskin reducdes the damage by additional 5 (20% of 25), so you take 20 damage.

Barkskin is a useful spell for tanks nevertheless!

[gotmilk0112 10]

Barkskin tooltip reads "Physical damage reduced by 20%", not "armor increased by 20%".

 

So yes, Barkskin will still provide benefit even past the armor cap, because it does not modify your armor, it is a separate reduction to physical damage.

[suhail1200 3]

Nice.Was more thinking about pvp haha but nevertheless the info helps!