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"Physical Damage" redirects here. For the passive skill, see Physical Damage (passive skill).

Physical damage is one of the five damage types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by armour, rather than by a resistance. Most physical damage comes from weapon attacks, but some spells deal physical damage aswell.

Every 10 points of strength give a 2% bonus to physical damage from melee attacks. The Iron Grip keystone passive extends this bonus to also apply to physical damage from projectiles. The Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Iron Grip" gem applies the same effect to a single skill.

Skill gems

Skills with the attack keyword will do any physical damage of the weapon used and apply the appropriate physical damage passive skills. Some spells also deal physical damage. {{#ask:

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Passive skills

Many passive skills throughout the tree increase physical damage, but most are restricted to particular sources. These passives exist to increase physical damage from the following sources:

All of these categories of passive skills will only increase the physical damage of attacks, not spells. However, the bonus from Iron Grip does not share this restriction. Passives which increase projectile damage, and the Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Iron Will" support gem, apply their bonuses to all types of damage, not just physical.

Physical damage

These passive skills grant unrestricted physical damage bonuses. This includes physical damage generated by spells such as Ethereal Knives skill iconEthereal Knives and Shockwave Totem skill iconShockwave Totem.

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See also

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