Shred vs penetration

can somebody explain how the two work differently? ty

When taking shred, this is a debuff that lowers your resistance values. This debuff can be cleansed, thus interacted with. Shred debuff also has a cap for resistances. Armor shred I think caps at 100, or maybe I need more armor shred to get higher than that lol.

Penetration is a buff on the attacker that ignores resistance values. You cannot dispel this. Although Iā€™m pretty sure overcap counters both types of resistance bypass.

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just saw this thread, there are good explanations of this in there: Area-based Resistance Penetration - Why is Health better than Res? What makes Pen different than Shred?