Reverse damage reduction

Damage Received Increase, also called reverse damage reduction (RDR) or anti-damage reduction (ADR) by players, refers to effects that apply a negative amount of damage reduction, causing the affected demon to take more damage. This is not the same as normal damage boosts.

Mechanics

Anti-damage reduction is applied at the end of the damage formula, where it is additive to normal damage reduction. For more details, see Damage Formula.

• Due to this, anti-damage reduction can directly counteract normal damage reduction.
  • For example: if an enemy has a passive that grants -80% Elec damage taken, and your party has Botis (applies +40% damage taken), then that partially cancels the enemy's passive (-80 + 40). This results in a total of -40% damage taken instead.
• Normal damage boosts (such as Elec Amp) cannot counteract damage reduction in any way.

Due to how the math works out, anti-damage reduction will result in higher damage output than an equivalent % of normal damage boosters.

• For example: Suppose Elohim is in a party with Mithras. The 40% anti-damage reduction from Mithras's Covenant Bless results in more damage output than Elohim equipping 40% worth of damage boosts (such as Fire Amp (25%) + Fire Boost (15%)).

Skills that apply anti-damage reduction are usually phrased as affecting the damage the enemy takes/receives, rather than the amount of damage your party deals. For effects that increase the damage your party deals, see damage boost.

Appliers

Skills that apply anti-damage reduction to enemies

Type	Name	Target	Amount	Damage Type	Conditional?	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Immortal Sea Serpent	All Targets	(5 * X)%	All damage	Enemies with Spirit Chains (5% per type)	-	Hydra
Passive	Holy Guidance	All Targets	15%	All damage	Enemies with Spirit Chains	-	Armaiti
Passive	Golden Age's Ruler	All Targets	20%	All damage	-	-	Saturnus
Passive	The Wings of Darkness	All Targets	20%	All damage	Enemies with Decay	-	Femto
Passive	War Goddess	All Targets	20%	All damage	Enemies with Spirit Chains (Corrosion)	-	Morrighan
Passive	Empress of Thunder	All Targets	25%	All damage	Enemies with Bulwark	-	Arshes Nei
Passive	Beast Spear's Wielder	All Targets	30%	All damage	If All Allies have Zenith	-	Ushio Aotsuki
Passive	Peerless Beauty	All Targets	30%	All damage	Enemies with an Ailment	-	Cleopatra
Passive	Tempestuous Malice	All Targets	30%	All damage	Enemies with an Ailment	-	Tiamat A
Passive	Proof of Determination	All Targets	40%	All damage	If All Allies have Zenith	-	Fionn mac Cumhaill
Passive	Underworld's Guide	All Targets	40%	All damage	Enemies with an Ailment	-	Hathor A
Passive	Tenebrous Light	All Targets	50%	All damage	Enemies with Gloom	-	Hakumen no Mono
Passive	Queen of Enchantment	All Targets	40%	All Targets and Random Targets	Only in All Brands of Sin Stage 14s	-	Lamia
Passive	Lightning Beast	All Targets	20%	Magic attacks	-	-	Tora
Passive	Crawling Chaos	All Targets	25%	Magic attacks	Enemies with Gloom	-	Nyarlathotep
Passive	Power-Hungry Soul	All Targets	35%	Magic attacks	-	-	Chaos Hero
Passive	Hedonistic Reaper	All Targets	25%	Physical attacks	Enemies with Gloom	-	Guedhe
Passive	Golden Age's Ruler	All Targets	40%	Physical attacks	Only in All Brands of Sin Stage 14s	-	Saturnus
Passive	Pure Maiden	All Targets	20%	Critical Hits	-	-	Artemis
Passive	Corrosive Malice	All Targets	30%	Critical Hits	If All Allies have Malice	-	Shiva M
Passive	Snow Overlord	All Targets	30%	Fire/Ice	-	-	Lucifer Frost
Passive	Covenant Bless	All Targets	40%	Fire/Light	-	-	Mithras
Passive	Illusory Dream	All Targets	40%	Fire	Enemies with Spirit Chains (Corrosion)	-	Peri
Passive	Illusory Dream	All Targets	40%	Fire	Only in All Brands of Sin Stage 14s	-	Peri
Passive	Lady of the Lake	All Targets	40%	Ice	-	-	Vivian
Passive	Dark Eclipse Voltage	All Targets	40%	Elec	-	-	Botis
Passive	Yamanokami's Divine Power	All Targets	20%	Force/Light	-	-	Tengu

Demon Panels that apply anti-damage reduction to enemies

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Belial	Panel 3	+40% to Phys and Fire damage. While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +30% to damage received while Cursed.
Kali A	Panel 2	While the one with this skill is alive, all Cursed enemies will receive the following effect: -50% to Healing skill effectiveness, +15% to damage received.
Masakado B	Panel 2	While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +15% to damage received while inflicted with Spirit Chains of Suppression.
Old Ones	Panel 2	While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +20% to damage received while inflicted with Gloom.
Cleopatra	Panel 2	While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +15% to damage received while inflicted with Spirit Chains (Corrosion).
Inanna	Panel 2	+500 to Mag DEF. While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +15% to Magic damage taken.
Nuwa	Panel 2	Adds Null Mute. While the one with this skill is alive, enemies inflicted with Spirit Chains (Suppression) will receive the following effect: +10% to damage received and -30% to damage dealt.
The Hero	Panel 2	Adds Null Bind. While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +15% to damage received from Critical hits.
Albion	Panel 2	-50% to Critical hit rate of attacks received. While the one with this skill is alive, all enemies will receive the following effect: +15% to Phys/Fire/Ice/Elec/Force damage received.
Hayataro	Panel 2	+15% to hit rate. While the user is alive, all enemies: +20% to Phys/Elec damage received.
Metatron M	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when Ruinous Light is used while this demon has 5 counts of Malice: Places self into a state of Concentrate. (Once per turn) [Brands of Sin Stage 14: Additional Effects] Adds Null Bind/Charm, and while this demon is alive, all enemies will receive +30% Light/Dark damage.
Asura Lord M	Panel 1	+15% to Max HP. While the one with this skill is alive, +20% to damage received for all enemies while all party members have at least one count of Malice.

Skills that apply anti-damage reduction to self

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Amount	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Berserker (Skill)	Passive	Self	20% All	18	-
Passive	Holy Immunity	Passive	Self	60% Fire	-	Ainz