Why would you use the Magic or Lightning Charms?

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@Regonox-2539

if you can’t get 225 (which would mean 55%, so I’ll assume your not counting anja in the 225) your leaving lots on the table.

The quests aren’t relevant for discussion of resistances from gear/charms.

@Regonox-2539

As said in the first part, overkilling 1 elemental resistance is easy, not free (unless your fire), but at very low power cost.

We already know the penalties are not equal by any measure.

Devs could have made the charm either large or small but they choose Grand. This choice, by itself, means anyone who uses a sunder sacrifices a +skiller slot.

@Regonox-2539

If you would be talking about balance, it would be different, Fire already overkills Fire Resistance for free and Cold (sorc only) can simply choose whatever gear as Blizzard will take down everything super fast always doing double damage.

I made a post about that in the limited 4 day test window…

Charm debuffs make no sense

Let’s first talk about the inequality of the penalties among the charms. Not all resistances are created equal. Magic Resistance charm reduces magic resistance by 50% but there is literally no means in the game to counteract this debuff. Lightning resistance charm poses the greatest risk to casters playing Hardcore compare to more easily avoidable damage types like Fire or Cold. Glooms and MSLE elites will become a further hindrance without actually gaining much over current lightning meta. C…

The penalties are really only relevant if you aren’t a Hammerdin. That’s the thought process behind Developer’s decision process.

For access to this new end game content, “some builds are more equal than others”

@Zax-11538

Answer to your question is you dont, if we talk about magic charm, its completely useless.

Therefore, these charms fail hard at the task they were supposedly implemented for…