A lol question about Magic Damage Taken

[Ponto]

One of those durr can't find the info anywhere sort of questions which I should know but do not .

Without shell5 I want to know gearwise the cap on Magic damage taken %, and then Magic defense bonus, if possible, thank you in advance, PS I am indeed a noob haha.

[Darus Grey]

the same as with shell5.

[Thorny]

There is no gear cap, just a hard cap of 128/256 magic damage taken. Magic Defense Bonus isn't known to cap, and comes from a seperate pool of damage reduction. Shellra 5 comes out to 66/256 with full merits, meaning you need 24.x% more from gear to reach hard cap, effectively 25% though the last point won't add a full percent of reduction. Without any form of shell, you need a full 50% magic damage taken from gear to reach hard cap.
[Mob's MAB - Your MDB] * [1.00 - Magic Damage Taken%] = Damage Multiplier, though everything is done on a 256 scale so magic damage taken is not always the exact reduction it reads.

[Granthis]

I think what he's really trying to ask is "What is the optimal gear build for Job X (X=PLD, I imagine) to minimize magic damage taken?" or "How do I best survive a Citadel Buster?"

[Taliesin]

From the other wiki:

Effect - Base Adjustment (%) - Adjustment (256ths)
Shell - 90.6% - -24/256
Shell II - 85.9% - -36/256
Shell III - 81.2% - -48/256
Shell IV - 78.1% - -56/256
Shell V (1 merit) - 75.8% - -62/256
Shell V (2 merits) - 75% - -64/256
Shell V (3 merits) - 74.2% - -66/256

So, if your WHM has capped Shell V, you need 24.2% (so 25%) of gear to reach the 50% cap.
Add some Magic Defense Bonus to go beyond.

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