spell resist

[cubist 1]

why is the spell resist so high on low level mobs? And to that end, I thought arcane damage would mitigate that as magic schools could not resist arcane? 
Level 15 does not need to be that difficult, does it?

Edited March 6, 2019 by cubist

[Zancon 117]

There are actually 2 things at work here and both are punishing to lower levels;

One is hit or miss chance (spell hit) - which also decides on the second roll if you hit normally or crit.

Then there is also spell resistances.

The best way to understand is detailed in the Wiki here;

https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Formulas:Magical_resistance

 

[cubist 1]

thank you very much, thought I was goofing something up.