Pre-mitigation Damage

Your Pre-mitigation Damage is the damage of your hits after all your modifiers to damage have been applied, but before the target's mitigation, such as ArmourArmourArmour reduces Damage taken from Hits. By default, Armour only applies to Physical Damage. Damage reduction from Armour is proportional to the amount of Damage, and is more effective at reducing smaller hits., ResistancesResistancesResistances reduce damage taken of the corresponding damage type — Fire, Cold, Lightning or Chaos — up to a Maximum. Fire, Cold and Lightning Resistances are Elemental Resistances. Resistances can be improved with Equipment, Passives & Quest items. Your Elemental Resistances are lowered as you progress through the game. Elemental Resistances are a vital defensive tool, and should be one of the first things to check if you're having difficulty surviving. or BlockingBlockBlocking completely prevents the damage of an incoming Hit. You will still take any Stun from the Blocked hit. You can't Block while Stunned or Frozen. Some Skills used by Bosses cannot be blocked. These are indicated by a red glow and audio cue during the windup of the Skill., prevents any of that damage. The target's modifiers to Damage taken apply after their mitigation, so Pre-mitigation Damage also does not include the effects of those modifiers. However, modifiers that cause the target to take damage as a different TypeDamage TypesThe damage types are Physical, Fire, Cold, Lightning and Chaos. occur before mitigating the damage, so are included in Pre-mitigation Damage.