Resistances

Resistances are percentage bonuses on armor that cut damage of one type. Armor pieces also carry resistances to status effects such as Bleeding. Armor has a separate Armor rating, and higher armor subtracts more damage before it reaches Vitality.

Resistance Types

Armor lists its resistances by damage type:

Resistance to slashing damage
Resistance to piercing damage
Resistance to bludgeoning damage
Resistance to damage from monsters
Resistance to elemental damage
Status resistances, such as Resistance to Bleeding

Gear With Resistances

Item	Image	Resistance
Angrenian Cuirass		+35% slashing, +25% piercing, +25% bludgeoning
Zireael Armor (Relic)		+100% Bleeding
Glyph Of Binding		+3% Bleeding
Glyph Of Warding		+2% elemental

The Griffin Decoction raises Geralt's slashing, piercing, bludgeoning, monster and elemental resistance by 1% for each hit he takes, for the rest of the fight, up to a limit.

Skills

Remastered rebuilt the skill trees with three ranks per skill. Rank 1 values:

Protective Coating: an applied oil gives +5% protection against attacks from the monster type it targets.
Fleet-Footed: damage taken while dodging -33%.
Debilitating Poison: poisoned targets deal 5% less damage.
High Tolerance: at 80% Toxicity or more, Geralt takes 150% damage from enemies.

Enemy Resistances

Enemies have resistances too. Sunder Armor makes Strong Attacks lower enemy damage resistance by 10% at rank 1, stacking once. Rend ignores enemy defenses.

Before Remastered

Old Protective Coating gave +5%, +10% and +15% protection at levels 1 to 3.

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Signs	Signs, Aard, Igni, Yrden, Quen, Axii, Sign Intensity
Stats	Attack Power, Critical Hits, Armor Piercing, Adrenaline Points, Vitality, Stamina, Toxicity, Experience, Resistances, Damage Types and Effects
Skills and Mutations	Skills, Combat Skills, Cat School Techniques, Griffin School Techniques, Bear School Techniques, Mutagens, Mutations, Cat Eyes
Other Systems	Combat, Witcher Senses, Gwent, Reforge

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