Hello, newbie question here: How is physical resist different than armor, don't they both reduce the damage you take from physical attacks? Also as a barb soon to finish off Nightmare, which one should I go for?
Armor reduces damage from everything also magic damage. You should be able to do hell with just a decent amount of vitality nothing special needed, once you start inferno you want to aim for pieces with resist all. Pieces with resist all and physical resist are nice once you get further in act2/3 and ideally you want the ratio armor:ph resist to be 10:1 for diminishing returns but its not that important.
Armor reduces damage from everything also magic damage. You should be able to do hell with just a decent amount of vitality nothing special needed, once you start inferno you want to aim for pieces with resist all. Pieces with resist all and physical resist are nice once you get further in act2/3 and ideally you want the ratio armor:ph resist to be 10:1 for diminishing returns but its not that important.
Are you sure armor reduces all damage? I mean.. how can a metal breastplate reduce lightning damage? lol
Thank you
Are you sure armor reduces all damage? I mean.. how can a metal breastplate reduce lightning damage? lol
Yes it does. You'll notice that armor grants "Damage Reduction" without specifying what damage. Its for everything!