Remnant 2: Explaining DR & Effective Health - How to Stop Dying

An in depth explanation and review on how Damage Reduction or DR, as well as Effective Health or EHP work in Remnant 2, to help you better understand why you're dying, and in turn how you can better survive with your build in higher difficulties like apocalypse or nightmare.
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00:00 The Premise
00:53 Damage Reduction
01:15 Armor Damage Reduction
01:38 Flat Damage Reduction
02:16 Total Damage Reduction
02:47 Reduced/Increased Incoming Damage
03:52 Effective Health Points (EHP)
08:02 Going Beyond the DR Cap
09:58 Closing Notes
10:38 Outro

[@VashCowaii]

I MADE A WEBSITE TO REPLACE THE SHEET: cowaii.io SHEET TYPES AND BUILDS BELOW~ SOLO TANK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKCQY5iteamefbM COOP TANK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnismZSZn9eSqNE MELEE TANK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i16Wg6qKmdOUpMk SHEET TYPE #1 - SIMPLE: This is the sheet you see in the video. Link is in the description. FILE->MAKE A COPY->SAVE TO - BENEFITS: Simple but requires user to understand in-game values in order to input the correct numbers. Good for people who know what they're doing. - DRAWBACKS: If the user does not fully understand in-game values, they'll input the wrong numbers and get incorrect results. Bad for people who don't know what they're doing. SHEET TYPE #2 - COMPLEX This is the sheet you see in the coop build video. I haven't shared the link yet, but I'll edit in here when I do as I'll make an entirely new video to cover the new sheet. - BENEFITS: The sheet has a lot to it but the huge benefit achieved with that is that nobody needs to know what they're doing anymore; I've backloaded ALL in-game information into a database on the sheet, so people only have to tell the sheet the items they are using, not the values they get from them, and then I already have all the values to calculate. This allows us to calculate and factor in even more things than we did before. Good for both people who know what they're doing, and for people who don't. - DRAWBACKS: From a technical standpoint, there aren't any. The only drawback to using the new sheet once I publish it, is simply getting used to and learning how the new sheet works.

[@Machin3GunFunk]

thank you so much!!! hey ever try using the amulet "whispering marble" (grants 3 stacks of bulwark increaes damage 3% per stack of bulwark) then dried clay ring (grants 1 stack of bulwark, increases all damage by 60% of total DR granted by bulwark stacks) I've been able to reach 5 stacks of Bulwark but why cant it go any higher?!? but right now my damage increase is stable at 30% and my DR is stable at 35% and i still have room for 2 more rings!!!! any thoughts on how to improve this build anymore? i was thinking about adding probability chord and something else that improves my damage crit something to heal myself

[@andrewb9942]

Really excellent work, and clear explanation. You must be an engineer.

[@d121893]

As someone who’s just been wandering about in this game and not understanding why I was getting rag dolled on the higher difficulties, I’d like to say thank you. This makes much more sense than anything I have seen before

[@yaseennoor6250]

I can feel the amount of frustration in your voice from people who spit out nonsense without knowing what they're talking about. You've done an amazing job correcting the misinformation in this video. It's not the best explanation as you said, but it helped a ton. Thank you so much for the spreadsheet.

[@tierceshintake]

For those who may ask when you open the sheet you need to click file -> make a copy -> choose where you want it saved to, then you can edit your copy of the sheet for yourself.

[@VashCowaii]

I'll pin this for now since I don't have anything to say myself for a pinned comment.

[@tierceshintake]

@@VashCowaii No worries just had me confused but I figured it out

[@HanSolo__]

Der Sheet, not Das Sheet.🤭

[@swampyg8571]

For us super nerdy folks, can you do a video on how to make these spreadsheets? I think its a good skill to learn.

[@geroffmilan3328]

​@@swampyg8571second that.

[@Nomanspie]

These are the kinds of videos i need. Explaining the inner workings of how the game calculates this stuff...gives us context when we are trying to put together a build. Thanks dude.

[@Mojohoojo187]

Hats off to you sir! im new to the game and i am tired of build guides that doesnt explain correctly wtf they put on and why. This opens up the possibility of me trying out my own unique buiilt.

[@Lichtonatus]

I was not understanding exactly *how* flat DR was multiplicative with armor DR until now. But seeing a 10% barkskin taking off ~4% from the ~40 damage *remaining* after armour (and not adding ~6 on top of the 60 DR already present) it all finally clicked. Nice sheet by the way, very clean.

[@FruitsBootG]

So many videos and builds just showcase big numbers so I hope this video blows up and show people how to actually play the game

[@drewster8054]

Short, packed full of info, and easy to understand with visuals. Great vid + I get a spreadsheet I can fiddle on my own. you are a legend!

[@idrawmonsters]

Thanks! I’m getting a math class and remnant efficiency class in one. Love the content man!

[@VashCowaii]

Ngl I completely forgot I had super thanks on. I was scrolling through comments and I was like WTF IS THIS lmao. Thank you!

[@thomasevans5267]

Watching you work in excel clicked a lightbulb for me. I learned about armor DR, ehp, and how to better my excel books. You get a subscribe for your knowledge!

[@mrp6k490]

Just subscribed, your remnant content is actually very well constructed and right up my alley, best of luck going forward & keep up the good work!

[@IAmPhase]

Great video Vash! Informative yet concise. Keep up the good work!

[@dhoop4482]

EXCELLENT WORK in creating the spreadsheet and explaining it. I've copied, saved it to my hard drive and ready to use it going forward. Also, you did an amazing job with the advanced formulas since that takes a lot of time and effort. I am more familiar with Excel and after I opened it from my hard drive, the Song of Eafir + Blood Bond checkboxes were missing so I had to add them (just an FYI for anyone that uses Excel). However, since you already had the formula setup in I14, it was a simple thing to do. Again, thank you for creating this and also explaining how DR works. 👍👍👍👍

[@odiodi1003]

Love your build help so much and the way you explained and showed made since. Showing your work always helps to explain.

[@grimmcquade]

Thanks for posting the doc sheet makes things sooooo much easier for me

[@johnfredrick3807]

The video was very information. I've seen plenty of KZbin videos of people recommend tank builds, and they kind of worked. But I followed your video and I was able to improve my own build and basically run maps in apoc without breaking a sweat lol much appreciated 🙏

[@PsilocyBen]

This Spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks homie ✌️

[@nomoreowo5808]

Once again, another video that's actually 10 minutes of useful information. Also keep in mind that both builds compared were aiming for similar but different goals in mind. I have watched both videos and Vash's build was built for sheer tankiness while the latter was made more for co op. That's why it has more health because it increases healing. Thanks for the spreadsheet, it allows us to be more creative with our builds instead of just copying whatever's best.

[@coutou5302]

Thanks for explaining in depth. Can wait for future build videos.

[@danielschaller7878]

Dang! That's what I call dedication and transparency. Love to see it. Great explanation

[@psychologicalpsocks7459]

Thank you SO much for this! this is what I was trying to figure out with your build vids.

[@deadfall8475]

i just wanna say, as someone who hates to math, thank you for all the work you put into your explanations, and putting together a great sheet. new sub for sure. keep up the good work my man.

[@danielforslin]

Yo, great video, love me a easy to use spreadsheet and a banger of an explanation to go with it, keep up the good work.

[@whatever_2808]

Best explanation I've heard, I've seen tanks builds that just say put on all dr, hp and armor u can find without knowing the values behind. Great video!

[@khclupus]

Really appreciate you sharing the sheet!

[@jonathandorozowsky4005]

Epic spreadsheet content and I'm here for it.

[@danwachler5480]

Thanks for Das sheet! Hugely helpful with buildcrafting.

[@gormleypeach5809]

The doc is a huge help! Thanks man

[@Pennaflumen]

Good stuff. Thanks for breaking it apart and making it easy.

[@yanshinji2760]

loving the remnant 2 content lately, keep it up

[@Barely_Here]

Good vid, very concise and EXACTLY what i was looking for as a new player

[@Avoozlx]

Great Video, Keep up the good work

[@lumpybumpy6909]

I'm so glad that I found this channel, this was very informative and helpful 👏

[@user-kr5vm8nk1d]

So useful. Thank you!

[@leed4162]

Your build guides are the best and you are one of the few who actually know what they are talking about in the game.

[@zairnator6410]

Thank you for all of this in depth explanation.

[@mrnobody4590]

Hi, thanks for sharing the sheet and explaining how things worked. I used your previous built to help others in thier game, was a lot of fun taking boss hits and still surviving. Now with you sharing the sheet, can customize it a bit for my play style as well. Thanks again. Best of luck with your channel. (PS. Hope you play Amored Core as well so we can get some helpful guides on that too 😅)

[@thomascr18]

Very detailed, been loving your vids. New sub for sure.

[@Weapart]

While i sorta had that in the back of my head i never really looked at the numbers Very very interesting information. Have a sub. Thanks

[@queuebe4068]

Love these videos of yours.

[@MrKaYo323]

You're awesome Brother.. you deserve a lot more subs than what you have with the quality of content you're producing. Keep it up.

[@dininelbourne]

Easily the best build guides for the game. Right up there with Monster Hunter Math for how informative they are. No-brainer sub.

[@neckrofkr]

May not be the greatest explanation in a Platonic sense, but it is by far the best I've ever seen. Thank you.

[@DanaiTheSlowestExile]

Thanks for sharing knowledge, love your remnant videos👍

[@garbagegrove2533]

You’re the 🐐 bro. That video you’re talking about popped up in my feed yesterday, and I remember thinking “this definitely looks familiar.”

[@xeleet]

Nice work. Because of your videos, I made a build using your sheet for hardcore.

[@DoubleOhCheese]

I watched this video about 4 to 5 times now. Finally understand DR and how to apply it to builds and how to calculate it on my own. Wanted to make a build that applied what I’ve learned to a light armor build and it worked very well. Thank you!

[@VashCowaii]

Proud of you

[@DoubleOhCheese]

@@VashCowaii Thanks Vash. I gave you all the credit for my latest build and said for everyone to subscribe to you!

[@ItzStwigz514]

really appreciate the video really has helped clear up how exactly things get calculated your earned my sub today :D

[@gravelordnito8384]

Never met a cc so deserving of praises. U are legend good sir.

[@abysspresence6820]

Best thumbnails on the remnant comunity by Miles! Also the Best data chanel on the Game. Keeo up the good work.

[@ArthurReload]

Great video, makes perfect sense how it all works now 👍

[@danielbruno6563]

Thanks for the video it has helped me out a lot.

[@XDD50Hz]

this vid take the “imma end this man’s whole career” to a whole new lvl and i’m all about it even thou i don’t even know the beef

[@VashCowaii]

I mean I really don't have beef with these guys, but I'm not gonna act like I'm perfectly ok with all the copies that pop up every time a video does well. If a copy actually improves a build in a meaningful way, I think that's free game, but when they don't improve it, and they pretty much never ever do, that's just stupid lmfao.

[@samx23]

this was awesome , thank you !

[@DehmaginatioN]

just wanted to compliment the video estrcutere in your vides. Really well made.

[@hanzandersen115]

Great video! Thanks for explaining! Through your videos I was able to find the optimal way for me to have enough dr and dmg and the mods and weapons I wanted to use to get apocalypse done. I kinda dont wanna use minions or turret tough, they are strong in many encounters, but often they are bugged or useless, so I went with medic and archon because its fcking cool and archon is kinda bugged too in many situations but I am not so much reliant on it as I would be on my minions or turret.

[@exile_the_13th]

Super informative! Wish you had gone over some of your favorite items you use to hit the DR cap (and why you like them). But otherwise, it definitely gets the point across.

[@zeypheruk]

One is hardcore metal band mentioned in his earlier videos as that one ring allows you to maintain 5 stacks of bulwark in combat easily. Crystal heart relic for 25% on demand DR.

[@aaronmami9118]

@@zeypheruk good looks I was bouta comment asking ways I can fit all that into all builds

[@Infinadium]

Very resourceful. Especially the excel sheet. Need me some of that.

[@ProfessorZ]

Love intelligent creators. Thumbs up!

[@beetow9003]

Thank-you so much for this.

[@n.d.3061]

Yes, this is greatly appreciated.

[@N1ckai1990]

You are the goat and this is super helpful

[@mjeevans2104]

Dude your awesome... and I learned something important .. thank you subbed too

[@MJK-ULTRA]

“Without dodging or using a single relic “ 😢 whoa 🤯 Somebody took their Add meds!! Lol dude you are the friggen man. Love the breakdown, love the spreadsheets, love how absolute your formulas are. Seriously, thanks for your effort. Hope you enjoy your adventures ❤✌🏻♾🤑💯🙏🏻

[@AetherRose]

As someone who accidentally started with a build similar to what this discusses and moved into a much more popular regenerative build for apocalypse, only to ask "why am I getting bodied so hard I thought I was supposed to be tankier" THIS IS SO VINDICATING. I finally understand what I did wrong when I changed my build, and I feel oddly proud I walked face first into a semi-meta build when I started the game. Thanks for the help!

[@emarbeats6896]

This is massive. Thank you

[@Levanos95]

If your clever explanation and wit against the trolls wasn't enough it's that you've now used the labyrinth sentinel boss music in at least 2 of your videos (easily the best boss OST in the game imo) and that for me is a huge W. Great video!

[@jacobwilliams9438]

You deserve WAY more subscribers and views on your content than what you get. Thank you for doing the maths.

[@MassiveMan38]

Dude thank you so much! I was getting destroyed in full Leto and I thought the game was unbalanced/broken. Now I'm taking on apocalypse and it's really not that bad with the right gear. This video is fantastic, good job!

[@MarinoIsConfused]

Amazing! Thank you! ❤❤

[@DawnmanDX]

Thanks for the info, was able to rework my current build to hit the cap effectively.

[@VashCowaii]

I see comments like these and just say to my monitor: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. lmfao. Super stoked you were able to take away the info you needed to improve.

[@mrmers821]

Cheers mate, fully explained and real. Gonna try losom later for exp. Great video

[@NepNeptune]

If I have full set of radiant armor, my relic, amulet and ring have no defensive stat. Which defensive traits should I prioritise?

[@lebanony0808]

You are amazing, thank you very much. I appreciate it for this video, please continue Don't stop.

[@VashCowaii]

Don't have any other vids planned but if we get any changes or meaningful updates I'll probably do more

[@AlphaSeagull]

This is exactly the methodology I used to push my effective HP to 1,924 with my own tank build that I based on yours (I credited you of course). 184 HP + 80% DR + Blood Bond + Song + 60% of my HP worth of shields since Rerouting Cable gives 50% and the fragment gives 20% more shields than normal. Glad to see I'm on the same page as you, since I feel like you're one of the only remnant 2 creators who know what you're doing.

[@1brushstudio]

What do you mean? The "iNsANe UnDYiNg" clickbait farm vids make for great content.

[@CJ-wc5lb]

Incredible awesome video.

[@YagoRegis11]

this is insane congratulations.

[@acudaican]

1. I'm done with the game so I basically just watch these videos to listen to you dunk on people in a very chill voice. 2. You called it a meme build, but that video was really helpful. I didn't know half of those build options existed and they certainly hadn't popped up on my playthrough. Thanks to you, I realised that a hilarious infinite heals medic/summoner build was possible. 3. Listening to you point out the importance of stacking multipliers is giving me flashbacks to screeching about multiplicative damage mods on r/Warframe.

[@Syx6sicS]

Dude. You just rock. Subbed for life.

[@shnsnto]

gives me jinjinx vibes of explaining mafs. thanks man. not that im into mafs in game, but it helps to understand ingame calculations.

[@sparkymotive]

How DARE you say that actual math is more better than my feelycraft

[@FarmerSeph]

Yes, as others have stated great video. Love the data backing up ur recommendations. Are u planning any videos making a build w/ the best of both worlds i.e. good survivability w/ some decent damage?

[@VashCowaii]

Possibly in the future. Right now I have covered all the builds I wanted to cover, basically everything I wanted to test. I was actually done with videos until a new update changes things, with the last video on the melee build. But, as I said in the video, I was really surprised by the comments I was getting, so I was like well maybe I make one more video while waiting for an update.

[@NobleVI_343]

as someone who's already done their apoc clear, this shit blew my fuckin mind. I played warframe and still struggle with the numerous multipliers involved when it comes to damage calcs, but you going in depth about how much a small increase can overdrive your EHP is something I'm gonna need to dwell on to fully understand lol. Fantastic content that doesn't give an ign surface level knowledge dump I can figure out in 5m of gameplay. This shit has depth and will actually improve how the community reacts to these concepts. Good on you man, and thanks.

[@xbinzur6956]

I fw ur commentary too dawg

[@d1000nuts]

I appreciate this video it always confuses me how so many people would have builds with over 100 damage resistance even though in game it literally tells you that it caps at 80%

[@HighKnighter]

Big brained. You are going to be my go-to for Remnant 2 mechanics.

[@CherryBlossom-rs7lm]

Incredibly useful information that I undoubtedly will never use since I wear 4 damage rings and equip the fae armour because it looks cool.

[@keetongu9511]

Love the info. Would you mind making a video about survivability trough dodging? Maxing I-frames and evade distance while still being able to tank one hit one apocalypse mode. It works a bit differently than facetanking since you dont need to survive more than one hit so i think it's worth the discussion. Im not talking about a no-hit run kind of thing, but a dodge setup really just needs to be able to tank a single hit for when you screw up so the gear and rings are totally different. It's my preferred way to play in any souls-likes, but i mostly just see videos about how to tank everything.

[@wolferyxproductions]

Lol I love how I know the build you were talking about I think I sae that person's video and the build was ok but yours just take it to where it needs to go . I can't reach 80% DR for the life of me with the items I currently have but I'll get there

[@strawberrygemz2020]

I'm seeing some different DR and armor numbers with the same build, I'm guessing patches have changed how the UI calculates those two? Idk but either way thank you so much for this and the other two videos u put out after this one. SUPER informative and helpful. I was so frustrated after using these builds from other videos and still getting smoked in 1 to 2 hits even from regular enemies on apocalypse. Your video has made QUITE a difference.

[@VashCowaii]

How it is calculated is actually the same, armor values have just changed, that's all

[@kristiguillermochamorro1996]

Thanks your video helped me understand why I was getting nuked. Keep it up man, you know your craft

[@xis7296]

The moment I realize I like the game about shooting robots with a bow and wood bugs with space guns so much that I spend 10 minutes looking at a data sheet while listening to a math guy crunching numbers. Thanks for the info, btw.

[@XeroVector]

I'm glad that someone out there understand the math and doesn't hold back to point the issue. At least I'm not alone here.

[@OMIMox]

This clears up a ton of confusion, and has seriously helped me hone my apocalypse build. I've watched this video and your other most recent videos, and I have a question: could you possibly mix this with the medic/summoner build in co-op? Drop Dying Ember and slap on Burden of the Divine, and use the bug (feature? cuz they haven't patched it as of yesterday's new patch) where you slap on lv10 alchemist and the Feastmaster's Signet, use 5 concoctions, then liquid death and when drop the ring/class they all 5 stay for the full 2 hours. There are two that give extra health, 1 that gives 30 armor, one that gives -10 encumbrance, and the one that gives 0.75hps. Add that to Tranquil Heart and the healing effectiveness buffs just from having level 10 medic/summoner and mystic shard on your relic you're passively healing yourself for about 12.5hps because you're constantly in grey health with your allies getting 8.5hps with BotD+Benevolence. That's before your base 4.5% lifesteal, and I saw a consistent ~450 damage on your charge attacks so at -10% dmg that's ~405 damage just from the shockwave on annihilation (should stay roughly the same with Decayed Margin). With +70% healing effectiveness you get another 30hp per ranged slash and there's a 2 second interval between each slash hitting an enemy so that's another 15hps and 7.5hps for your allies, putting the total passive hps at ~27 for you and 16 for allies, and that's just the shockwave. If you pop the relic at any point, the HPS for allies goes up way higher than you'd think because they get your 50% from BotD and another 30-60% at above/below 35% respectfully from the Benevolence trait. Just the passive Regen for you is gonna be 25hps and 56 while attacking (lifesteal counts for the doubled passive regen from Tranquil Heart) but for your ally it will skyrocket because now the Benevolence hps healing applies to the full total and not just the 2hps from Tranquil Heart cuz TH takes all hps sources and doubles them. If my math is right (which it might not be) that puts allies at 31hps for 15sec after a relic pop and 61hps while you're attacking at range with World's Edge. If they manage to go below 35%, that jumps to 65hps. No other effects are factoring into this, so there's even more you can do. The Rerouting Cable gives you an effective 7.6hp boost per attack even if it doesn't land, so that's even more survivability for you. I need to test all this out, but first I need to finish my apocalypse mode run to get world's edge because I already have everything else. I'm going through it on my apoc file with a friend using the medic/summoner build, but I really started enjoying doing melee so this modified build will be how I go through his playthrough.

[@masteriveyletsplay2339]

SHOTS FIRED!!!!!

[@LeFisheboi]

7:16 Rusted nav pendent also drops your armor encumbrance allowing you to go full letos and still roll which might be able to save a point or so on barkskin i guess

[@seangallagher4519]

It's useful to put max barkskin and fortify points in your build so you can add DMG output vs taking 3 years to plink away at a boss

[@LeFisheboi]

@@seangallagher4519 your ass did not observe the video

[@villagemessenger4849]

Even though I already knew about this information, it is concise enough for me to chuck at my friends who I keep having to pick up lmao

[@rdveasley05]

Great Video! How does shield factor into EHP? Does it also benefit from damage reduction or does DR not kick in until after the shields are depleted?

[@seangallagher4519]

I really appreciate this - and learned a lot! Is there any chance of more columns/rows for armor effectiveness from an amulet vs having to calc it at DR or Armor # then reenter it manually? Anytime I try to plan w this, it ends up w me making errors, or being confused - and I can't manage the extra math to enter say, health as determined by a percentage, EFH, Armor, etc. and then when I choose or wish to consider some other variant - I essentially need a scratch sheet, and my own spreadsheet for every piece of gear / class etc. I really admire your deep retention of the information on the gear and how it works, and I wish my brain was as smart as yours. If you can help someone who is poor at math / new to remnant in general - I'd be really grateful.

[@homagh_chris5975]

nice man... nice !