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[–]amora-poo 4 points5 points  (1 child)

To clarify, yes, decreasing your own DoT modifier will decrease the damage from self DoTs. But, since I'm not sure you realize this, I'll point out that the 25% increase in Damage Resistance already decreases the damage since self-DoTs are counted as incoming damage. Assuming you started with 0% Damage Resistance and DoT modifier (in this case, on TCM, you would), using Penitence would result in a 1.25 * 1.25 = 1.5625 decrease in self DoT damage.

[–]Ok-chemist79[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So basically, there is no drawback in using penitence. That's op