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Without knowing how damage is calculated it is impossible to understand. As you mentioned there is no combat log and Larian hasn't revealed the order of appliance of all the mechanics.

Which leaves people speculating... however I think physical resistance applies before armour applies. Which makes the damage you did a lot more believeable. Your average damage is 48 (18-30)+95%) which becomes 36 due to physical resistance (-25%) then the opponents armour applies.

From your example I could only derive that this attack rolled only slightly under average damage.

Aside from that 1 attack is a pretty bad sample size. You need like hundreds of attacks on different armoured mobs...

Bully is one of the best talents for an archer or melee character, so you did not waste the talent point.

With kind regards,

Rashar.


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Another example, I calculate your minimum damage as follows: 18+95% = 36 then physical resistance applies lowering it to 27 and then armour applies. So doing 34 damage of which 13 is absorbed is not so ridiculous as it looks.