Protection

Definition

Protection

The total magnitude (mag) of a particular status effect that a character or critter can withstand without succumbing to it. Different from resistance, which shortens the duration of the status effect.

FinalAmount = AppliedAmount - TotalProtection

If FinalAmount is greater than zero, the Status Effect will be applied. Resistance is applied to FinalAmount, not AppliedAmount.

Note that if knockback is reduced to between zero and .75, through either Protection or Resistance, or a combination of the two, it will turn into knockdown.

Enemy Protection

Normal Enemies

Underling/Small	0.5
Minion	1
Lieutenant/Sniper	2
Boss	3
Elite Boss (natural)	6
EB (scaled down)	6, 3 for Immobilize and Sleep
Archvillain/Hero/Monster	3 (+50 with PToD)
Giant Monster	75, 10 for sleep

Special Cases

Archvillains and Heroes, and their scaled-down Elite Boss versions, have Purple Triangles that give or take away Status Effect protection based on whether the triangles are pointing up or down. The protection during the "triangles up" period is +50 magnitude (so an AV would have 53 and a scaled-down-AV EB would have 56), and covers Hold, Knockback, Confuse, Repel, Disorient, and Fear effects, but does not include Sleep or Immobilize. During "triangles down", they have their normal protections.

Additionally, some NPCs have extra protection afforded by:

An inherent power granting increased inherent protection to one or more effects
A toggle or click power that grants protection

Example

The target has a protect 3 (Boss), you have a hold with a magnitude of 3, and a duration of 15 seconds.

You cast a hold of mag 3, duration 15 sec, it hits.

No visible effect. A "hidden" hold stays on the foe for 15 seconds. (mag 3 - protect 3 = 0 total hold)

You recast the same power 5 seconds later, it hits.

Effects on the target are now a mag 3 hold for 10 remaining seconds, and another mag 3 hold for 15 seconds.

Target is held for 10 seconds. After that, a "hidden" mag 3 hold remains on the target for another remaining 5 seconds.

Same power with a lockdown proc:

Mag 3 for 15 seconds, and a lockdown proc mag 2 for 8 seconds, it hits, and proc activates.

Target is held for 8 seconds on first casting when proc activates. (mag 3 + mag 2 - protect 3 = mag 2 hold)