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Damage reflection is a game mechanic that makes an attacker (e.g. character, monster, trap, etc.) hit himself. Usually it appears as a modifier that causes a damage dealt to a target to also be taken by an attacker; but this mechanic is also being used in other places.

Mechanics

Reflect cares about the damage taken after mitigation, not the amount of life removed.[1][2] The offensive stats of a creature can affect whether it takes reflected damage (accuracy, block chance reduction, etc.), but cannot affect the amount of damage dealt (critical strikes, penetration, ignoring resistance, damage modifiers, etc).[3]

Although reflected damage hits, it intentionally doesn't trigger most on/when hit effects[4] and, accordingly, cannot cause status ailments[5], stun[6], critical strikes and other similar effects that require a hit. Reflected hit, however, is able to yield a flask charge if the Flagellant's prefix is present there.

Damage sources

Like any other damage, reflected damage has a damage source, or, to be more precise, one of three sources – attack, spell or secondary. Damage over time doesn't hit and, therefore, can't be reflected. A source of reflected damage is always the same as a source of damage dealt to a target, e.g. if a creature hits with a spell, the reflected damage is a spell damage.[2]

Reflect mitigation

  • Reflected attacks can be blocked and dodged, and reflected spells can be blocked if the player has spell block or spell dodge.[7] Block chance reduction will lower the characters block chance as well.[3]
  • Reflected damage is reduced by the attacker's armour and resistances. For instance if a player with 75% lightning resistance deals 100 lightning damage to a monster with 20% elemental damage reflection, the player will only take 5 of the reflected 20 lightning damage.
  • If the reflected damage is attack damage, it can be evaded. It uses accuracy rating.[8]
    • Consequently, reflected attack damage with the hits can't be evaded modifier cannot be evaded by the player. It can still be blocked or dodged.
  • Damage dealt by a player's totems, traps, mines, and minions will be reflected back to the totem/trap/mine/minion, not the player.
  • Modifiers to damage taken, such as Fortify and Arctic ArmourArctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold
    Mana Reserved: 25%
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec    Requires Level 16Conjures an icy barrier that chills enemies when they hit you. You drop chilled ground while moving, and take less Fire and Physical damage while stationary.Per 1% Quality:
    1% increased Skill Effect Duration    Chill Enemy for 0.5 seconds when Hit, reducing their Action Speed by 30%
    (8-13)% less Physical Damage taken from Hits
    (8-12)% less Fire Damage taken from Hits
    Base duration is (2.5-4.4) seconds    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Arctic Armour skill icon.png    , also lessen reflected damage taken.
  • Certain skills are explicitly stated to ignore reflection. Skills that ignore reflection are Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
    Mana Reserved: 25%
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%    Requires Level 16Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. The AoE cold damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
    0.75% increased Cold Damage    Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
    Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
    Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
    Damage cannot be Reflected    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Herald of Ice skill icon.png     , Abyssal CryAbyssal CryWarcry, AoE, Duration, Chaos
    Mana Cost: (10-16)
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
    Cast Time: 0.25 sec    Requires Level 34Performs a warcry, Hindering nearby enemies and causing them to explode when killed. The Hinder effect is proportional to the number of surrounding enemies. Taunts all nearby enemies to attack the user. Shares a cooldown with other Warcry skills.Per 1% Quality:
    1% increased Skill Effect Duration    (0.6-0.86)% reduced Movement Speed per Nearby Enemy
    (20-26)% reduced Movement Speed
    Explosion deals Chaos Damage equal to 8% of the Monster's maximum Life
    Base duration is 6 seconds
    Damage cannot be Reflected    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Abyssal Cry skill icon.png     and Detonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
    Radius: 22
    Mana Cost: (5-20)
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%    Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:
    0.5% increased Cast Speed    Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
    Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
    +(0-4) to radius    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Detonate Dead skill icon.png    .
  • Having at least one skill that deals primarily physical damage can be useful for killing monsters with elemental damage reflection, and vice versa.
  • Damage from damage over time effects such as burning is not reflected.
  • Sufficient amounts of life leech can lessen or completely counteract the damage from reflection.
  • There are a few sources of reduced damage taken from reflect:

Interaction with leech

Leech is processed before reflect damage.[9] Therefore the order of operations is:

Hit a target -> Leech -> Receive reflected damage

Damage reflection modifiers

Items

Base items

  • Basalt FlaskBasalt FlaskLasts 4.50 Seconds
    Consumes 40 of 60 Charges on use
    15% additional Physical Damage Reduction
    20% of Melee Physical Damage taken reflected to Attacker    Requires Level 40Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.     has the mod 20% of Melee Physical Damage reflected to Attacker. This can be increased by X% increased effect of flasks modifiers.

Unique items

Reflected damage dealt to melee attackers:

Reflected damage dealt on block:

Self-reflect:

  • HiltlessHiltless
    Reaver Sword    Two Hand Sword
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (170.4-200.4)–(379.2-415.2)
    Critical Strike Chance: (7.00%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.45
    Weapon Range: 15    Requires Level 59, 82 Str, 119 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Blood Magic
    Adds (90-115) to (230-260) Physical Damage
    (40-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
    Enemies you Attack Reflect 100 Physical Damage to you
    +2 to Weapon range    The cuts on my hands are a small price to pay
    for the opportunity to drive my steel
    beyond the flesh and into the demon's soul.

Monster modifiers

Rare monsters can have the Physical and Elemental Thorns mods.

Map modifiers

Some map modifiers give all monsters in that map a damage reflection, either physical or elemental.

Skill gems

There are currently two skill gems, that deal reflect damage. Molten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Radius: 15
Mana Cost: (8-12)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 3 seconds
(50-858) additional Armour
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000
Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Molten Shell skill icon.png and the corrupted Version Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Souls Per Use: 50 (N) /
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 14.000 sec
Cooldown Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken from the buff in that second. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
(60-1030) additional Armour
80% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 60% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Vaal Molten Shell skill icon.png.

Other

Certain effects are typed as reflected damage, but are not necessarily triggered when taking damage. Tukohama, War's Herald causes totems to deal a percentage of its maximum life as reflected fire damage when hit. The RetchThe Retch
Rustic SashRequires Level 44(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(60-80) to maximum Life
+(30-40)% to Cold Resistance
0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
60% increased Flask Effect Duration
30% reduced Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect
200% of Life Leech applies to Enemies as Chaos Damage
15% increased Movement Speed during any Flask EffectBut the grain grew twisted and the water turned dark
and those who partook of Mother Gull's gift
birthed monsters that fed
on the flesh of one another. deals a percentage of leeched life as reflected chaos damage from leech targets.

The dangers of damage reflection

Reflection can be one of the most dangerous effects to encounter at high levels, especially for players focused on high damage output. A fast moving rare monster that appears quickly from off the screen can cause a large spike of damage to the player if hit by those high damage attacks or spells. Players must also be careful with skills that have a long duration (such as SparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning
Mana Cost: (5-21)
Cast Time: 0.65 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Projectile Speed: 560Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Projectile SpeedDeals (1-63) to (20-1198) Lightning Damage
Base duration is 2 seconds
Fires (4-6) additional Projectiles
(0-19)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Spark skill icon.png supported by Pierce SupportPierce SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: p
Mana Multiplier: 110%Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce (2-4) additional Targets
Supported Skills deal (0-19)% more Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.), as once cast, they cannot be cancelled if a source of reflection appears.

Long-range attacks and spells can also be dangerous, as stray arrows and spells might hit a reflecting rare monster, causing a large amount of damage to the player.

Even monsters that are much lower level than the player and would normally pose no threat can prove deadly if affected by reflection, since the reflection is based on the player's damage output, not the monster's damage.

Reflection can sometimes be difficult to spot, especially in the heat of battle when the monster ability can be obscured by various skill effects.

Version history

Version Changes
3.1.0
  • Damage reflection mods on rare monsters have been removed from the game.
2.0.0
  • Damage reflection mods on rare monsters are no longer auras.
1.2.0
  • Both physical and elemental damage reflection from monster auras have been reduced from 15% to 14% reflection.

References

  1. ↑ Mark_GGG (August 6, 2013). "Evasion and Damage Reflection questions". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mark_GGG (August 6, 2013). "Evasion and Damage Reflection questions". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mark_GGG (March 15, 2016). "Inevitable Judgment penetrates your own resistance on reflect". Path of Exile Forum.
  4. ↑ Mark_GGG (May 31, 2016). "New unique sword "Hiltless" Coming in prophecy.". Official Path of Exile Reddit.
  5. ↑ Mark_GGG (April 23, 2013). "Mechanics thread". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Mark_GGG (July 14, 2014). "Possible to stun yourself on reflect with vulnerability?". Official Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Mark_GGG (February 4, 2014). "I don't think I understand reflect". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ Daniel_GGG (July 15, 2013). "0.11.2 Patch Notes". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  9. ↑ Mark_GGG (July 15, 2013). "Phys Reflect VS Vaal Pact: who wins?". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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