Mechanic

Deflect

Deflection Rating gives a chance to Deflect damage from Hits. A normal Deflection prevents 40% of the Hit damage, while the chance depends on your Deflection Rating and the attacker's Accuracy Rating.

0.5.4d

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

What Deflect does

Current rules

Deflection mitigates a Hit rather than avoiding it. The current uncapped chance is 150% × (1 − A ÷ (A + 0.12 × D)), where A is attacker Accuracy and D is defender Deflection Rating, then the result is capped at 95%.

Current formula: Calculate 150% × (1 − A ÷ (A + 0.12 × D)), using the attacker's Accuracy for A and the defender's Deflection Rating for D. The final chance cannot exceed 95%.
Prevented amount: A successful Deflection normally prevents 40% of the damage from the Hit. This amount is a separate stat from chance to Deflect and can be modified independently.
Hit remains a Hit: Deflection is mitigation, not Evasion or Block. It reduces the damage of the successful Hit instead of turning that Hit into an avoided event.
Red flash attacks: Deflection can work against boss attacks signalled by a red flash. Those attacks bypass Evasion, which makes Deflection useful as a second defensive layer for Evasion builds.
No damage over time: Deflection applies to damage from Hits. Damage over time does not Hit, so Bleeding, Poison, Ignite, and other damage over time are not reduced by Deflection.
Tailwind interaction: Each Tailwind stack makes Deflection prevent 1% more Hit damage. At 10 stacks, an otherwise unmodified Deflection prevents 50% instead of 40%.
Rating sources: Many item sources grant Deflection Rating as a percentage of Evasion Rating, although some use Armour, missing Energy Shield, Runic Ward, or a flat value instead.
Light Stun: A Deflected Hit can still Light Stun because the Hit was mitigated rather than avoided. Atziri's Step has an explicit modifier that prevents Light Stun from Deflected Hits.

Common Deflection sources and interactions

7 cases

Evasion conversion

Briskwrap, Quatl's Molt, and Drillneck grant Deflection Rating equal to a percentage of Evasion Rating.

Currency: BriskwrapBriskwrapUnique | Rhoahide Coat

Evasion Rating(268-336)Base Movement Speed-0.03RequiresLevel 22, 37 Dex(60-100)% increased Evasion Rating(40-60)% increased Flask Life Recovery rate(40-60)% increased Flask Mana Recovery rate+(20-30) to Dexterity+(20-30)% to Cold ResistanceGain Deflection Rating equal to (20-30)% of Evasion Rating"I carry neither food nor drink. I rely on the charityof my fellow wayfarers. Dead men are generous men."- Taruk of the Wildmen, Quatl's Molt, DrillneckDrillneckUnique | Penetrating Quiver

RequiresLevel 55100% chance to Pierce an Enemy+(60-90) to maximum Life(8-12)% increased Attack SpeedGain Deflection Rating equal to (24-32)% of Evasion RatingAttack Projectiles Return if they Pierced at least (2-4) timesProjectiles deal (42-64)% increased Damage with Hits for each time they have PiercedProjectiles have (42-64)% increased Critical Hit chance for each time they have Pierced"Why waste such a fine arrow on just one man?"- Kiravi, Vaal Archer

Armour conversion

Shankgonne grants Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Armour, so the rating is not restricted to Evasion based equipment.

Currency: ShankgonneShankgonneUnique | Covered Sabatons

Armour(172-192)Evasion Rating(154-172)RequiresLevel 45, 34 Str, 34 DexGrants Skill: Black Powder Blitz (Level 15)(80-100)% increased Armour and Evasion(10-20)% increased Rarity of Items found+(15-25)% to Fire ResistanceGain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Armour+(200-300) to Stun ThresholdYou cannot Sprintcannon ball footsteps [1]footstep effect variation [119]"Captain Hiff Greybeard accomplished what nary a Brinerotcould: he died of old age. Almost had him a dozen timesmeself, if it weren't for that damn leg of his... crafty shite..."

Missing Energy Shield

Forgotten Warden grants flat Deflection Rating for each 50 missing Energy Shield and can redirect some damage from Deflected Hits to a damageable Companion.

Currency: Forgotten WardenForgotten WardenUnique | Primal Markings

Evasion Rating(804-1072)Energy Shield(246-328)Base Movement Speed-0.03RequiresLevel 70, 67 Dex, 67 IntGrants Skill: Spirit Vessel (Level 19)+(70-100) to Deflection Rating per 50 missing Energy Shield(200-300)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield+(20-30) to DexterityCompanions have (30-50)% increased maximum Life(10-15)% of Damage from Deflected Hits is taken from Damageable Companion's Life before youenable ancient order task [1]A gift from the Draíocht, lost in Darkness.The bronze hums. The cloth sighs.Living pieces of her, yearning to exist.

Prevented damage modifier

Atziri's Step changes the amount of damage prevented by Deflection and prevents Light Stun from Deflected Hits.

Currency: Atziri's StepAtziri's StepUnique | Cinched Boots

Evasion Rating(399-488)RequiresLevel 65, 86 Dex30% increased Movement Speed(80-120)% increased Evasion Rating+(70-100) to maximum LifeGain Deflection Rating equal to (40-60)% of Evasion Rating(-12--6)% to amount of Damage Prevented by DeflectionCannot be Light Stunned by Deflected Hits"Those who dance are considered insaneby those who cannot hear the music."- Atziri, Queen of the Vaal

Tailwind

Tailwind adds 1 percentage point to the amount prevented per stack, reaching 50% prevented at 10 stacks before other modifiers.

Related: Tailwind

Chance investment

More Deflection Rating improves chance against a fixed Accuracy value, but the result remains capped at 95%.

Related: Accuracy

Damage over time

Deflection cannot reduce a damage over time effect because that damage does not arrive as a Hit.

Related: Bleeding, Poison, Ignite

Limits and exceptions

6 rules

The character sheet chance is not universal because an enemy with different Accuracy produces a different result.
The 95% cap applies to chance to Deflect, not to the amount of damage prevented by a successful Deflection.
Deflection does not avoid the Hit and should not be treated as Evasion or Block.
Damage over time is outside the mechanic because it does not Hit.
A red flash attack can be Deflected, but only if the chance check succeeds.
Modifiers based on Evasion, Armour, Energy Shield, or Runic Ward use the exact source wording and do not make those defences interchangeable.

Related mechanics

MechanicHit

A Hit is an instantaneous damage event. Any damage that is not damage over time is Hit damage, whether it comes from an Attack, a Spell, Thorns, or another effect.

MechanicEvasion

Evasion Rating grants an entropy-based chance to Evade enemy Hits completely. The actual chance compares the defender's Evasion Rating with the Accuracy Rating of the attacker.

MechanicAccuracy

Accuracy Rating determines whether an Attack Hits by being compared with the target's Evasion. Player Attacks also lose Accuracy with distance, while Spells do not use Accuracy.

MechanicLucky

A Lucky value is rolled twice and the better result is used. Luck applies only to the roll named by the modifier, such as Hit damage, Critical Hit chance, Block chance, or Deflect chance.

MechanicUnlucky

An Unlucky value is rolled twice and the worse result is used. The modifier affects only the named roll, such as enemy Hit damage, Physical Hit damage, Lightning Hit damage, Critical Hit chance, or Evasion chance.

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