Why do projectiles do so much damage?!

I've seen a large amount of mobs in the game do unbelievable amounts of damage with projectiles, and as a paladin it sucks getting shredded apart like this. Does defense not come into the damage calc of projectiles? Or am I not maxing the right stats??

 

1: which mobs
2: what equipment are you using

 

Literally any ranged mob. I have armor that is on par if not better than my level for awhile now but I keep getting shredded health wise by anything ranged especially rapid fire ones. My defense is at 64 at level 52, something is clearly not right.

 

I AGREE WITH YOU SO MUCH THAT I DELETED MY WARRIOR AT LVL 54

 

Burst ranged have always been able to one or two hit me as a riftwalker
Warrior doesn’t have the luxury of being able to run away and attack from a distance so I guess just run while they’re firing off

 

uppersurfing makes most projectiles miss

 

they're level 52
they dont have access to whirlwind

i assume you're talking about jungle fetishes, i agree, those are the WORST
like it was so bad that i entirely stopped leveling my warrior (i chose warrior as my first class) and got archer to 105, mage to 105, and shaman to 104 before finally getting my warrior to 104
here's a tip: sacrifice all dps, go mythril skin
use anchoryl
at level 58, use kratke
use durum's serenity for skill points
air shout can also help kill stuff
scarlet veil gives a lot of hp, so it's good for things that dont do elemental damage

 

honestly if u look at it from a physics standpoint

most projectiles are like sharp objects in wynncraft (or weird magic balls)

sharp objects have reduced drag plus have a minimal area to strike with, but a lot of force

such a large amount of force focused on one point causes big damage

idk how the magic stuff do so much dmg tho

 

IKR WARRIOR IS SO BAD (at least mid game it is)

thanks for info i may try one day again

 

Thanks for the advice! I've just had such a hard time with Warrior and soloing some content. I hope it pays off in the late game, I've been trying to funnel all my efforts on this one character to make it to the late game areas that I've never been to.

Any idea how I should distribute stats?

 

alright so here's a quick overview of all classes
Warrior- decent at everything. Tanky, but damage is not amazing. also can be tricky to use corrupted
Archer- very high damage and good mobility, ok ehp. crowd control and earlygame are sorta tough though. Mostly used in raids due to high dps
Mage- easy class, due to heal. bad damage compared to other classes, ok mobility. Not amazingly useful in endgame
Assassin- relatively difficult due to short range. Decent damage and ehp
Shaman- overpowered levels of crowd control, has access to heals, does decent damage, but has terrible ehp. Also hard to play due to its mechanics and low base resistance

If you want to speed level a class, go shaman (grindspots all the way)
if you want a full playthrough and dont want to struggle, go mage

If you want to stick with warrior i'd suggest either just use some random melee build with giant's bracer and scarlet veil and polaris and whatnot or use a spell build with venison, marius' prison, holy greaves (switch to kratke at level 58), anchoryl, 2 random rings (preferably concentration), reminiscence, durum's serenity, and whichever spear has a high enough base dps
Builds really don't matter until level 90+ since you won't keep them for long anyway.
Generally go for some dexterity, lots of intelligence, mana regen, spell damage, and good amounts of defense and agility for a spell build
strength, dex, def, and agi for melee