Lower Resist

Required level 30Classic

What it does

curses an enemy to take more damage from all magical attacks lowers resistances of monsters lowers maximum resistances of hostile players.

How Lower Resist works, in depthThe Necromancer's top curse takes fire, cold, lightning and poison resistance off everything in its radius: −31% at level 1, −62% at level 20, never more than −70%. What a fifth of that does to an immune, which immunities it breaks, and how +skills push it.

Items that give Lower Resist

4 items

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

of Lower ResistanceSuffix	Lower Resist charges (level and number set by item level)	72

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

PlagueRuneword	20% Chance to cast level 12 Lower Resist when struck	67
Medusa's GazeUnique · Aegis	10% Chance to cast level 7 Lower Resist when struck	76
Pus SpitterUnique · Siege Crossbow	4% Chance to cast level 1 Lower Resist on striking	36

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Duration	Radius	Resist All:	Mana cost
1	20	4.67	-31	22
2	22	5.33	-37	22
3	24	6	-41	22
4	26	6.67	-44	22
5	28	7.33	-47	22
6	30	8	-49	22
7	32	8.67	-51	22
8	34	9.33	-52	22
9	36	10	-54	22
10	38	10.67	-55	22
11	40	11.33	-56	22
12	42	12	-57	22
13	44	12.67	-58	22
14	46	13.33	-59	22
15	48	14	-60	22
16	50	14.67	-61	22
17	52	15.33	-61	22
18	54	16	-61	22
19	56	16.67	-62	22
20	58	17.33	-62	22
21	60	18	-63	22
22	62	18.67	-63	22
23	64	19.33	-64	22
24	66	20	-64	22
25	68	20.67	-64	22
26	70	21.33	-65	22
27	72	22	-65	22
28	74	22.67	-65	22
29	76	23.33	-65	22
30	78	24	-65	22

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Requires

Mechanics

the stats this skill sets

Source: skills.txt row “Lower Resist” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.