Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Reduction and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reduction" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
Reduction
Reduction noun - Something that is or may be subtracted.
Difficulty and reduction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Reduction".
How words are described
| low | low difficulty | low reduction |
| special | special difficulty | special reduction |
| similar | similar difficulty | similar reduction |
| standard | standard difficulty | standard reduction |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, increased, extreme, serious, incredible, general, extra, significant, ridiculous, highest, maximum, available, overall. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Also, depending on the difficulty level, the user takes a certain % less damage, but the reduction is less depending on Difficulty Levels.
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For this reason, players have 70-90% self-damage reduction depending on difficulty—except on Hell on Earth, where pretty much all self-damage is instantly lethal.
Source: Video Game / Killing Floor 2 -
On normal difficulty, she's level 11 (the quest is level 6) and has massive damage reduction and a Healing Factor.
Source: Hopeless Boss Fight
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