Talk:Damage 2.0/Viral Damage/@comment-178.75.181.208-20140421174202

Viral doesn't seem to bypass shields.

When Viral procs, it reduces the enemy's maximum and current health to half. This seems confusing because an enemy at 20% hp remains at 20% hp through the procs. However, in reality it goes like this:

Enemy has 2000 maximum health and is at 20% - They have 400 health

1st Viral proc: Enemy now has 200 out of 1000 health.

2nd Viral proc: Enemy has 100 out of 500 health.

3rd Viral proc: Enemy has 50 out of 250 health.

When the viral procs fade, the enemy is left with 50 out of 2000 health.

I hope this clears up some of the questions involved.