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Just a Flesh Wound is a talent in the Toughguy branch of the Windrose Talent System. It grants flat melee Damage Resistance against incoming attacks and stacks additively with armor-set DR bonuses.

Summary

Effect by Rank

Community Meta

Mandatory on every build that expects to take melee damage. Stacked with Conquistador Set 2P (+15% DR) it reaches 27%, and adding Tracker Set 4P (+15% DR) brings the total to 42% melee DR.

Pairs Well With

• Conquistador Set, the Ingot-tier tank set

• Tracker Set

• Stout Frame, the Toughguy max-Health talent

• Outnumbered and Too Angry to Die, the rest of the Toughguy survival layer

See Also

• Toughguy branch overview

• Flawless Defence, the Toughguy posture-saving block talent

• Talent System, the four-branch progression framework

• Stats and Talents, stat allocation and respec

Build Role

Just a Flesh Wound is the baseline melee DR layer. Universal on any build expecting melee damage, which is every build since even boss fights carry melee threats.

Math Example

An incoming Slash hit of 285 from a Goat Leader at rank 0 melee DR lands for 285. At rank 3 Just a Flesh Wound (-12% melee damage), the same hit lands for 251, a 34-damage reduction. Stacking Conquistador Set 2P (+15% DR) and Tracker Set 4P (+15% DR) brings the cumulative DR to 42% for a final hit of 165.

Notes

• DR layers are additive across the talent, armor set bonuses, and armor-piece base values. A full Conquistador Set Toughguy can stack roughly 40% to 50% total melee DR once this talent and the set bonuses are combined.

• Does not apply to ranged (Pierce) incoming damage from Musketeer and Grenadier spawns. Those are governed by different damage-type rules.

• The DR percentage is flat, so it is most valuable against the large single hits dealt by Alpha Wolf-class enemies and bosses rather than against many tiny hits.