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Some [[Maps#Modifiers|map modifiers]] give all monsters in that map a damage reflection, either physical or elemental.
  
Some [[Maps#Modifiers|map modifiers]] give all monsters in that map a damage reflection, either physical or elemental.
   
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There is currently one [[skill gem]], that reflects damage: {{il|Tempest Shield}}, which occurs upon [[blocking]] with a [[shield]].
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There are currently two [[skill gem]]s, that deal reflect damage. {{il|Molten Shell}} and the corrupted Version {{il|Vaal Molten Shell}}.
   
 
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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 Armour inventory iconArctic ArmourArctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant    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:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% chance to Freeze Enemies for 350 ms when Hit0.05% less Physical Damage taken from Hits
    0.05% less Fire Damage taken from Hits    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
    Buff grants Immunity to Freeze    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Arctic Armour skill icon    Arctic Armour inventory icon    , also lessen reflected damage taken.
  • Certain skills are explicitly stated to ignore reflection. Skills that ignore reflection are Herald of Ice inventory iconHerald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%    Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Cold Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff grants 0.5% chance to FreezeAdds (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    Herald of Ice inventory icon     , Infernal Cry inventory iconInfernal CryInfernal CryWarcry, AoE, Duration, Fire, Attack, Melee
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-19) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
    Use Time: 0.80 sec    Requires Level 24Performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user and exerting subsequent attacks. Covers enemies in ash, causing them to move slower and take increased fire damage. Affected enemies explode when they die, dealing fire damage in an area.
    (for Combust) Deals attack damage in an area.    Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Area of Effect2% increased Warcry SpeedExerted Attacks deal 0.5% increased Damage(Combust has) 1% chance to Cover Enemies in Ash on HitBase duration is (5-5.9) seconds
    Explosion deals Fire Damage equal to 8% of the Monster's maximum Life
    Covers Enemies in Ash, causing 3% increased Fire Damage taken per 5 Power, up to 20%
    Exerts the next 6 Melee Attacks you perform
    Damage cannot be Reflected
    Counts total Power of Enemies in Range
    Exerted Attacks Trigger Combust the first time they deal a Melee Hit
    (0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
    Deals (100-157.5)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    This Skill is Triggered by Attacks Exerted by Infernal Cry    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Combust skill icon    Infernal Cry inventory icon     and Detonate Dead inventory iconDetonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
    Radius: 22    Targets 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:1Superior0.5% increased Cast SpeedExplosion 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    Detonate Dead inventory icon    .
  • 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:
    • The passive skill Master of Force grants reduced reflected physical damage damage taken.
    • The passive skills Ash, Frost and Storm and Primeval Force grants reduced reflected elemental damage taken.
    • The Ascendant's passive Elementalist grants immunity to reflected elemental damage.
    • The Assassin's passive Opportunistic causes critical strikes to unable to be reflected.
    • The Elementalist's passive Paragon of Calamity grants immunity to reflected elemental damage.
    • The Slayer's passive Headsman grants immunity to reflected physical damage.
    • Sibyl's Lament inventory iconSibyl's LamentSibyl's Lament
      Coral Ring      Requires Level 45+(20-30) to maximum LifeAdds (8-15) to (20-28) Fire Damage to Attacks
      (20-10)% reduced Rarity of Items found
      Left ring slot: You and your Minions take 80% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage
      Right ring slot: You and your Minions take 80% reduced Reflected Physical Damage
      (20-30)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills      The portrait reflected his pain,
      a pain that she could never see.      Sibyl's Lament inventory icon       grants reduced reflected elemental or physical damage taken when equipped in the left or right ring slot, respectively.
    • An Essence of Insanity inventory iconEssence of InsanityEssence of InsanityStack Size: 9
      Essence Tier: 8      Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property

      Weapon: Triggers Level 20 Spectral Spirits when Equipped
      Gloves: Socketed Gems have 16% more Attack and Cast Speed
      Boots: 70% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while Shocked
      Body Armour: You gain Onslaught for 6 seconds when Hit
      Helmet: Socketed Gems gain 50% of Physical Damage as extra Lightning Damage
      Shield: 25% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Block
      Quiver: Projectiles Pierce 2 additional Targets
      Amulet: 10% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill
      Ring: You and your Minions take 40% reduced Reflected Damage
      Belt: 10% increased Movement Speed during any Flask Effect      Right click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.
      Shift click to unstack.      Essence of Insanity inventory icon       can be crafted on a quiver or ring to gain the mod 10% reduced Reflected Damage taken.
    • Choosing The Pantheon power Soul of Yugul grants 25% reduced Reflected Damage Taken.
    • Shaper body armour: (15–30)% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage taken
    • Elder body armour: (15–30)% reduced Reflected Physical Damage taken

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 Flask inventory iconBasalt FlaskBasalt FlaskLasts 5.00 Seconds
    Consumes 40 of 60 Charges on use
    20% more Armour    Requires Level 40Taunts nearby Enemies on useRight click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.    Basalt Flask inventory icon     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:

  • Hiltless inventory iconHiltlessHiltless
    Reaver Sword    Two Hand Sword
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (182.4-212.4) to (400.8-436.8)
    Critical Strike Chance: (7.00%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.50
    Weapon Range: 15    Requires Level 59, 82 Str, 119 Dex60% increased Global Accuracy RatingSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Lifetap
    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.    Hiltless inventory icon

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 Shell inventory iconMolten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-12) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 15Applies 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:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds
Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
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 iconMolten Shell inventory icon and the corrupted Version Vaal Molten Shell inventory iconVaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: InstantApplies a buff that raises your armour, and takes 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 by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
(30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted
Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
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 iconVaal Molten Shell inventory icon.

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 Retch inventory iconThe 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.The Retch inventory icon 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 Spark inventory iconSparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-21) Mana
Cast Time: 0.65 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125%
Projectile Speed: 560Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles2% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos DamageDeals (2-29) to (70-1326) 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 iconSpark inventory icon supported by Pierce Support inventory iconPierce SupportPierce SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: p
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsProjectiles from Supported Skills that have Pierced deal 2% increased 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.Pierce Support inventory icon and Increased Duration Support inventory iconIncreased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% increased Duration of Ailments on EnemiesSupported 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.Increased Duration Support inventory icon), 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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