Damage soaking

Damage soaking is an upcoming update to the Defence skill as documented in the December 2010 Behind the Scenes update. Damage soaking already exists in the chaotic, eagle-eye and farseer kiteshields, but Jagex plan to add it to th majority of head, body, leg and shield slot equipment.

This update aims to rectify an imbalance between the potential damage per minute (DPM) and damage capacity (DC) of higher-level players. The rate of damage dealt at high levels is far greater than the rate of damage that can be withstodd with current armours and prayers, especially when in a multiplayer environment. Currently, NPC's and monsters can deal with this by having life points totalling way beyond 990. This update will help reduce all damage over 200 life points with higher level equipment providing higher damage soaking levels.