Piercing damage

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Piercing damage is the type of physical damage inflicted by most bows and spears, as well as many daggers and pets and several axes and hammers.

Contents 1 Equipment which protects against piercing damage 2 Skills which inflict piercing damage 3 Monsters specifically resistant to piercing damage 4 Monsters specifically vulnerable to piercing damage

[edit] Equipment which protects against piercing damage

• Armor
  • Bonelace Insignia
  • Infiltrator's Insignia
• Inscriptions
  • Focus item / Shield Inscriptions
    • "Through Thick and Thin"

[edit] Skills which inflict piercing damage

• Skills
  • Devourer Bite
  • Ear Bite - The description says that the damage dealt is piercing, however it seems to be armor ignoring.
  • Junundu Bite
  • Junundu Strike
  • Siege Devourer Swipe
• Spells
  • Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support
• Traps
  • Barbed Trap
  • Piercing Trap
  • Spike Trap (Elite)
  • Tripwire
  • Viper's Nest

[edit] Monsters specifically resistant to piercing damage

• All Skeletons have an extra 20 AL against Piercing Damage

[edit] Monsters specifically vulnerable to piercing damage

Destroyers

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Damage types
Elemental damage	Cold damage • Earth damage • Fire damage • Lightning damage
Physical damage	Blunt damage • Piercing damage • Slashing damage
Miscellaneous	Chaos damage • Dark damage • Holy damage • Shadow damage