I have a tier 5 artifact belt A with 
Damage shield penetration: 35%
And an tier 3 ego-belt B with
Changes resistances penetration: +13% physical
Changes damage: +14% physical
when exchanging A for B, I see when inspecting myself:
Attack
Damage modifiers: physical +14%
Damage penetration: physical +13%
and no other differences. Where is the 'Damage shield penetration' value displayed?
Am I correct in guessing belt B is good against any enemies, but belt A is better (since 35% > 14%+13%) against enemies with a damage shield?
			
			
									
									
						1.6 Damage shield penetration vs resistance penetration
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Re: 1.6 Damage shield penetration vs resistance penetration
dam shield pen is not displayed on char sheet
			
			
									
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Re: 1.6 Damage shield penetration vs resistance penetration
Belt B is only better if you are using only physical damage.
Otherwise it is quite possible for Belt A to be better, as damage shields are quite common and you don't have to break a damage shield before you can kill an enemy.
			
			
									
									Otherwise it is quite possible for Belt A to be better, as damage shields are quite common and you don't have to break a damage shield before you can kill an enemy.
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						Re: 1.6 Damage shield penetration vs resistance penetration
having dam shield pen can lead to lower DPS though.
Explanation, Ithuriel was the one to report the bug iirc :
let's say you deal 1000 dam. The enemy has a 100hp shield. You have 50% dam shield pen.
You will not deal more than 50dam to the enemy. Your damage appears to be capped to the % of dam shield pen.
I'll edit with the link as soon as i find the report again.
			
			
									
									Explanation, Ithuriel was the one to report the bug iirc :
let's say you deal 1000 dam. The enemy has a 100hp shield. You have 50% dam shield pen.
You will not deal more than 50dam to the enemy. Your damage appears to be capped to the % of dam shield pen.
I'll edit with the link as soon as i find the report again.
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Includes general guides (inscriptions, zone, prodigies), and class guides (Demo, Anorithil, Bulwark, Zerker, Sblade)
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Re: 1.6 Damage shield penetration vs resistance penetration
Cathbald wrote:having dam shield pen can lead to lower DPS though.
Explanation, Ithuriel was the one to report the bug iirc :
let's say you deal 1000 dam. The enemy has a 100hp shield. You have 50% dam shield pen.
You will not deal more than 50dam to the enemy. Your damage appears to be capped to the % of dam shield pen.
I'll edit with the link as soon as i find the report again.
 How long this bug exist? Is it new?
 How long this bug exist? Is it new? Otherwise it looks like dam.sh.pen used by players very, very rarale.
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