Is attack skill damage armour ignoring or not ? - Guild Wars Forums

odly · Aug 29, 2007, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Is attack skill damage armour ignoring or not ?
Or is it sometimes sometimes not depending on the skill and you can figure it out by the wording ? Does this work the same way for all attacking types ?

f.e. Cleave, a well known axe elite "does +10...xx damage".
Is that damage linked to your axe's damage type (physical/elemental) or is it armour ignoring ?

While Headbutt lists your "target takes xx damage". Headbutt I believ to be armour ignoring, but it's not an attack, it's a touch skill, so that is not the info I'm after.

Vermilion Okeanos · Aug 29, 2007, 12:22 PM // 12:22

All the +X damage is armor ignoring (aside spells, unless it says so).

When reading the description you have to be careful (like a lawyer). It will tell you what kind of damage it deal. When it does not specify what kind of damage it deal (ex: target foe take XX lightning damage), it usually mean armor ignoring.

While dark and holy SPELLS tend to do armor ignoring damage, thou the type itself doesn't actually ignore armor (like wand/staff).

odly · Aug 29, 2007, 12:45 PM // 12:45

Thanks for the reply.

That means there is a lot more armour ignoring damage than I have allways presumed.

Yanman.be · Aug 29, 2007, 01:29 PM // 13:29

That means having high health is better than having high armor. People seem to forget this when I say you should run 600hp or more on a sin.

odly · Aug 30, 2007, 06:56 AM // 06:56

I just verified it for myself.

I used a starter sword, and 12 swordmanship.

Standing slash did add the same +damage when hitting the 100 armour dummy as when hitting the 60 armour dummy. (Base damege being allmost nill makes it easy to verify.)

Aug 29, 2007, 08:49 AM // 08:49	#1
odly Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	Is attack skill damage armour ignoring or not ? Is attack skill damage armour ignoring or not ? Or is it sometimes sometimes not depending on the skill and you can figure it out by the wording ? Does this work the same way for all attacking types ? f.e. Cleave, a well known axe elite "does +10...xx damage". Is that damage linked to your axe's damage type (physical/elemental) or is it armour ignoring ? While Headbutt lists your "target takes xx damage". Headbutt I believ to be armour ignoring, but it's not an attack, it's a touch skill, so that is not the info I'm after.

Aug 29, 2007, 12:22 PM // 12:22	#2
Vermilion Okeanos Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005	All the +X damage is armor ignoring (aside spells, unless it says so). When reading the description you have to be careful (like a lawyer). It will tell you what kind of damage it deal. When it does not specify what kind of damage it deal (ex: target foe take XX lightning damage), it usually mean armor ignoring. While dark and holy SPELLS tend to do armor ignoring damage, thou the type itself doesn't actually ignore armor (like wand/staff).

Aug 29, 2007, 12:45 PM // 12:45	#3
odly Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	Thanks for the reply. That means there is a lot more armour ignoring damage than I have allways presumed.

Aug 29, 2007, 01:29 PM // 13:29	#4
Yanman.be Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium Guild: [ROSE] Profession: A/	That means having high health is better than having high armor. People seem to forget this when I say you should run 600hp or more on a sin.

Aug 30, 2007, 06:56 AM // 06:56	#5
odly Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	I just verified it for myself. I used a starter sword, and 12 swordmanship. Standing slash did add the same +damage when hitting the 100 armour dummy as when hitting the 60 armour dummy. (Base damege being allmost nill makes it easy to verify.)