Elite Buff: Tough (Boss)

Internal engine status effect. Boss-specific variant of the Tough elite buff. Tough reduces all incoming damage by a flat amount per hit, making weak or multi-hit attacks nearly useless. The boss version has a higher damage reduction threshold.

The flat damage reduction from Tough Boss means any attack dealing less than the reduction threshold is completely nullified. This makes rapid multi-hit abilities and chip damage strategies ineffective. High single-hit damage is required to overcome the threshold and deal meaningful health damage. Damage-over-time effects like Burn and Bleed may also be reduced per tick.

Concentrated burst damage with Marked or Magic Weakness is the most reliable approach against Tough bosses. Single heavy strikes that far exceed the reduction threshold deal nearly full damage. Avoid wasting mana on rapid-fire or multi-hit abilities that get reduced to nothing. The standard version, Elite Buff: Tough, has a lower damage reduction threshold for non-boss elites.