magic resist

[adiabloplayer]

I searched through the docs for this attribute.
The only ways to aquire it are:-

The Wailing Wall

The Wailing Wall
Bone Shield (4)
Defense: (69 - 79) to (134 - 153)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 5
Required Dexterity: 44
Item Level: 10
4% Chance to cast level 5 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (2 to 3)-(4 to 5) Cold Damage
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 30) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +(2 to 3)%
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (275 - 305) to (454 - 505)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 23
Required Dexterity: 65
Item Level: 31
6% Chance to cast level 12 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (6 to 8)-(11 to 13) Cold Damage
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 40) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +3%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (731 - 793) to (1155 - 1254)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 40
Required Dexterity: 137
Item Level: 51
8% Chance to cast level 20 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (26 to 30)-(46 to 50) Cold Damage
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
+(41 to 50) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +(4 to 5)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (1093 - 1179) to (1721 - 1856)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 49
Required Dexterity: 282
Item Level: 77
10% Chance to cast level 30 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (51 to 60)-(91 to 100) Cold Damage
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+(51 to 60) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +5%
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

The Conqueror

The Conqueror
Crown (Sacred)
Defense: (7341 - 7770) to (7771 - 8247)
Required Level: 120
Required Strength: 675
Item Level: 130
+1 to All Skills
Adds 25-50 Damage
-(11 to 15)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+3333 Defense
Magic Resist +(2 to 5)%
(21 to 25)% Gold Find
Socketed (4)

Trophy Hunter
(Trophy Set)

Relic (Symphony of Destruction)

The Awakening

The Awakening
Full Plate Mail (Sacred)
Defense: 11673 to 14304
Required Level: 130
Required Strength: 690
Item Level: 130
Ethereal
When Cubed with The Sleep, Enables an Additional Awakening
(The Armor will be Disenchanted by the Recipe)
5% Chance to cast level 50 Banish on Death Blow
+(1 to 4) to All Skills
50% Combat Speeds
-(31 to 35)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+200% Enhanced Defense
+25 Maximum Stamina
Magic Resist +5%
Socketed (6)

enchanted shrine-crafted items

My question is - why is it such a rare attribute? Why not make it a regular thing like physical resist is? To compensate you can add back the magic pierce to ubers that had it like witch. It just seems so odd seeing the attribute next to the other resistances in the character screen. Like, I have 80+% of each element and 50% pr and below it magic res is at 0%. You would think to do something about it but you can't.

[Diaco]

Magic dmg is balanced around players and enemies having 0% magic resist. Implementing it as a regular resist would need you to rebalance everything for that, with more or less the same results

Also there are very few and specific sources of relevant magic dmg in the game, like Dunc barrels, witch Uber, etc. Even if you implemented more sources of magic resist it would be so niche that the stat would be almost irrelevant in 99% of situations.

[Johnny Impak]

Magic dmg is balanced around players and enemies having 0% magic resist. Implementing it as a regular resist would need you to rebalance everything for that, with more or less the same results

Also there are very few and specific sources of relevant magic dmg in the game, like Dunc barrels, witch Uber, etc. Even if you implemented more sources of magic resist it would be so niche that the stat would be almost irrelevant in 99% of situations.

This. Also the only uber that I think it would be worth having a bit of it is Witch. And she pierces magic resistance so stacking HP is the only way around that. It helps on Kabraxis, but dodging Balefires ain't hard at proper distancing.

[Diaco]

Also also, some game mechanics are made to force you to vary your strategies. In duncraig for example, barrels can kill you even when absurdly overgeared for the stage. This is done to make you actually look at the screen and move/dodge. If you could just stack magic resist, you could just blindly run around facerolling the barrels, which is not the intended Gameplay for that stage. Magic dmg is a game mechanic intentionally made to be extremely hard to mitigate in order to force players into playstyles that don't involve just running around casting your skill or eternally holding right click if you are melee. Other examples of this are the lightwells in the library of fate, nukes and landmines in vizjun, etc.