Talk:Magic resistance/@comment-5.54.15.236-20121201022343/@comment-4881935-20121207014640

using ur numbers (which are actually wrong), and let's say ur max health 1000.

with 30 MR, their attacks do 76.9% magic damage (a.k.a damage is reduced by 23%). So, in order to deal 1000 magic damage, they need to do: 1000 / (0.76) = 1300 total damage to kill you.
 * So effective health is 1300, which is 30% of your max health.

with 36 MR, their attacks do 73.5% magic damage (a.k.a damage is reduced by 26.4%). So, in order to deal 1000 magic damage, they need to do: 1000 / (0.735) = 1360 total damage to kill you.
 * So effective health is 1360, which is 36% of your max health.

36% - 30% = 6% increase in your max health.