Impact-type status

Questions about Impact-type status#

• Is Impact-type Chance different from Status Effect Chance?

  Yes. Status Effect Chance raises your odds of landing status effects in general, Impact-type ones included. Impact-type Chance raises the odds for Impact-type effects only. When you try to land a Stun, Knockdown, Airborne or Grab, both of them count.

• Which stat lowers the chance of getting hit by an Impact-type effect?

  Status Effect Resist. Every Impact-type effect is a status effect, and Status Effect Resist lowers the chance that one lands on you. Willpower adds to it. Stun, Airborne and Grab also each have their own Resist stat.

• Which effects are Mental-type or Ailment-type rather than Impact-type?

  Fear, Taunt, Seal, Sleep and Polymorph are Mental-type. Frost, Paralyze, Root, Slow, Blind, Lethargy, Poison and Bleed are Ailment-type. Defiance removes Frost and Fear too, but that does not make them Impact-type.

• Does Defiance remove only Impact-type effects?

  No. It removes Stun, Knockdown, Airborne and Grab, and it also removes Frost and Fear, which belong to other groups. It clears all of these at once if you have several. Root and Seal are not on its list and stay on you.

• Are there diminishing returns on Impact-type effects?

  Partly. Every class's resist passive adds Status Effect Resist when you are hit while Stunned, Knocked Down or Airborne. Each stack lasts only a short time. Grab is not on that passive's list, so a Grab alone adds no stacks. Defiance's Tenacity grants a short Status Effect Immunity.

• Do bonuses against Impact-type targets work on bosses?

  Not on a boss that has Incapacitated Immunity. A boss with it never takes an Impact-type effect, so a bonus that needs one cannot fire. A bonus whose tooltip also names Stagger still works while that boss is Staggered. On other monsters, the bonus works once your Stun or Knockdown lands.