--- key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance type: mechanic id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance lang: en title: Damage-type resistance summary: Attack effectiveness depends on its damage type against the boss's resistance. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance.md aliases: [] tags: - Boss fights - Defense sourceIds: - source-69f4daff3c05c5d0 - source-7958f2f830b7799c - source-888e02b6e9298171 - source-9f47aa2235a97d65 - source-4a64baa38d2b039c - source-b88a7db52e0407cd - source-e8aefb94f9682b69 - source-586871331ac3d30a sources: - id: source-69f4daff3c05c5d0 title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Damage-type resistance (RU)' url: >- https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/damage-type-resistance/ verifiedAt: null - id: source-7958f2f830b7799c title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Damage-type resistance (EN)' url: >- https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/damage-type-resistance/ verifiedAt: null - id: source-888e02b6e9298171 title: Ascended Archon · Stoneshard url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-9f47aa2235a97d65 title: Old Demon King · Dark Souls III url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80i_P843XA&t=35s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-4a64baa38d2b039c title: 'Teostra · Monster Hunter: World' url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iZHAR31Rg&t=30s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-b88a7db52e0407cd title: Stoneshard official wiki · single-type and group resistance formulas url: 'https://stoneshard.com/wiki/Combat_Formulas' verifiedAt: null - id: source-e8aefb94f9682b69 title: Stoneshard official wiki · Ascended Archon resistance table url: 'https://stoneshard.com/wiki/Ascended_Archon' verifiedAt: null - id: source-586871331ac3d30a title: >- Wolcen Studio developer update · visible enemy type-resistance pools (alternative model) url: >- https://store.steampowered.com/news/posts/?appids=424370&enddate=1510254789&feed=steam_community_announcements verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: boss-fight-atlas id: boss-damage-type-resistance title: Boss fights url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/boss-fight-atlas/#boss-damage-type-resistance categoryIds: - catalog-part-8 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Damage-type resistance description: >- Attack effectiveness depends on its damage type against the boss's resistance. image: src: images/mechanics/boss-final-hqhklfntqyo-453.webp width: 640 height: 360 crop: x: 160 'y': 0 width: 280 height: 320 game: Stoneshard sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s' originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo' sourceFrameSeconds: 453 credit: >- Ink Stains Games / HypeTrain Digital; gameplay capture by The Vaniverse Gaming (VaniverseGaming) rights: >- Game graphics © Ink Stains Games / HypeTrain Digital. Gameplay recording by The Vaniverse Gaming (VaniverseGaming). Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: 'Stoneshard: the transformed Archon has different damage-type resistances' alt: 'Stoneshard: the transformed Archon has different damage-type resistances' markers: - x: 42 'y': 49 label: >- Against this form, damage type changes a landed attack’s effectiveness tips: - Compare equivalent hits and distinguish damage reduction from immunity. examples: - title: Stoneshard url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/boss-fight-atlas --- # Damage-type resistance id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance type: mechanic key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-damage-type-resistance/ Attack effectiveness depends on its damage type against the boss's resistance. ## At a glance ![Stoneshard: the transformed Archon has different damage-type resistances](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/boss-final-hqhklfntqyo-453.webp) [Stoneshard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s) · Game graphics © Ink Stains Games / HypeTrain Digital. Gameplay recording by The Vaniverse Gaming (VaniverseGaming). Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo), 453 s 1. Against this form, damage type changes a landed attack’s effectiveness - Compare equivalent hits and distinguish damage reduction from immunity. - [Stoneshard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s) ## How it works Attack effectiveness depends on its damage type against the boss's resistance. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Attack effectiveness depends on its damage type against the boss's resistance. ## Context and limits A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Boss Fight Atlas: Damage-type resistance (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/damage-type-resistance/) (id: source-69f4daff3c05c5d0) - [Boss Fight Atlas: Damage-type resistance (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/damage-type-resistance/) (id: source-7958f2f830b7799c) - [Ascended Archon · Stoneshard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHKLFnTQYo&t=453s) (id: source-888e02b6e9298171) - [Old Demon King · Dark Souls III](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80i_P843XA&t=35s) (id: source-9f47aa2235a97d65) - [Teostra · Monster Hunter: World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iZHAR31Rg&t=30s) (id: source-4a64baa38d2b039c) - [Stoneshard official wiki · single-type and group resistance formulas](https://stoneshard.com/wiki/Combat_Formulas) (id: source-b88a7db52e0407cd) - [Stoneshard official wiki · Ascended Archon resistance table](https://stoneshard.com/wiki/Ascended_Archon) (id: source-e8aefb94f9682b69) - [Wolcen Studio developer update · visible enemy type-resistance pools (alternative model)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/posts/?appids=424370&enddate=1510254789&feed=steam_community_announcements) (id: source-586871331ac3d30a) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors