There is an enchantment for plagued chest pieces that increases dmg resistance when afflicted with a status. From my testing it only activates when the status meter is maxed out. Unlike the helmet enchantment that give focus when inflicting status… my REAL question is-
Is there a way in combat to self inflict myself with a status? Runes like Firewalk do not inflict status unless I am doing something wrong, I have yet to test Static.
Campfires, if one is nearby. And if you don’t mind a bit of cheese: A quick PvP match before entering combat with enemies.
I tried making this one work too. Most frustratingly, the status effects don’t seem to respect the increased resistance (notably bleed from bears and fire DoT).
There are some extremely niche ways to deal elemental damage to yourself (Wind of Death’s self-damage inherits the weapon’s element), but they cause no build-up.
So within combat itself like fighting a boss, there is no effective way to proc this besides having the boss hit you with an elemental attack? This enchantment sure does sound useless when u proc it ur practically dead…
Seems like it. If you find a way, please let me know. I guess it compensates for its niche usefulness with a very large damage reduction. If that one could be triggered reliably, it’d be very strong.
(I’d also prefer an enchantment which triggers more often, but reduces damage by less.)
Look from the bright side so its the hard counter of the lacquered bow lol
Try it while blocking 
Blocking could potentially mitigate the dmg but let some of the buildup go through its defense?
Hm I was under the impression it procced immediately when any build-up was already active, thanks for sharing!