Is it possible to LIVE in LAVA? - The HOTTEST Dark Souls 3 Data

Have you ever gotten a burning desire to make a build to survive the LAVA'S SCOLDING INTENSITY? Can it even be done!? Time to put that heated debate to rest as we find out!

So what did we find out eh?
The lava damage is weird. Flat fire defense works wonders against it, but fire absorption is really weak.
At first I mistook this as perhaps the fire dealt split damage, some fire and some physical.
Fire damage ticks like mad, about 4-5 times a second.
The lowest we can mitigate this damage is about 22 damage per tick, so that is still 100+ damage we lose per second!
Like most stats in dark souls 3, fire resistance/absorption seems to get diminishing returns, but since the final result is a percentage of damage reduced it effectively SHOULD actually give you that % improvement.
But no, I have no idea when absorption is being used in environments, the lava pools AND bonfires do not respond to a 76% decrease in damage, heck, I doubt it even comes close to 40%.
Dark Souls 2 it worked additively , exceeding 900 fire resist (since there is a hidden 100 too) would mean fire immunity (works like a percentage, so 400+100 resist would HALVE fire damage). This would just be rounded up to 1% damage if 1000+ total resist.
I also tested the fireball using mobs in the smoldering lake, who cast the giant fire balls. I cut that part out but if you look at 3:40 you can see what good MAXIMUM FIRE RESIST does, absorption is REALLY weak.
But it's alright, you can block one of the lava pools. No spells or buffs needed. Just a Black Iron Greatshield and a Sun Princess Ring! The shield reduces the lava damage by 99.6%! HURRAH!
Iron flesh when used in lava stops the hurt sound effect, it's just oddly silent.
The dragon tooth does not stack with itself, so one only. If I remember right in DS2 you could use 2!

So basically.... when the hell is absorption used? It sure as hell isn't PvP or environmental damage. Most defenses/rings get trashed in PvP mode. Some mobs I fought with fire damage didn't use the full fire absorption amount either. So I got no idea...

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