BuxbrewResist — concept
A resistance explanation addon for WoW 1.12. It appends estimated mitigation to the five magic-resistance tooltips and provides /buxres chat reports. Its legacy bucket model is an approximation, not measured server probabilities or a verified universal spell model.
The experience turns a raw resistance rating into understandable comparisons: an average, possible partial outcomes, +10 gain and a higher-level example. Compact tooltips end with the combined total; longer spell examples are in chat. Negative results are red and omit the probability table.
Averages describe repeated hypothetical casts rather than a guaranteed next-hit reduction. Green/red color is supplemented by text labels and signs. DoT ticks and binary spell behavior require spell-specific treatment; the addon explicitly lacks verified rules for each spell. This is an interpretation of implemented presentation, not a recovered original design meeting.
Evidence and status
Reviewed on 2026-10-26 against main at 0691901. Current Lua, TOC, README and dated commit history were inspected. Source describes implementation; it does not establish successful operation. Historical intent is reconstructed only where labeled. No in-client test or automated test was executed during this documentation pass.
Preserved earlier documentation
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BuxbrewResist — concept
Author: Babuni.dev
A Vanilla WoW resistance tooltip estimator that adds expected damage mitigation and partial-resist probabilities to the character sheet.
Source-observed design
It distinguishes long-run averages from outcomes of individual spells and treats partial-resist and base spell miss explicitly.
This account is reconstructed from README and source, not from all original conversations.
Document information
Project author and creative direction: Babuni.dev