Rugged Tenacity

Rugged Tenacity does NOT currently reduce the damage per tick of Stagger for Brewmaster Monk. Probably intended, as Stagger ticks every half second over 10s for each hit, meaning this racial would be up to 20 times more valuable for Brewmasters. Instead, it reduces the total damage from the original hit by a flat amount, just like for any other class.

Effectively, out of the 100% of flat damage reduction provided by this passive, 60% (base, before modifications) is applied to the initial hit, while 2% (base) is applied to each of the subsequent 20 damage events caused by Stagger, and NOT 100% for each of these damage events.

For example, if Rugged Tenacity reduces your damage taken by 5 and you, a Brewmaster Monk, would take a melee hit for 105 damage, instead you take 100 damage, 60 out of which is dealt to you immediately (63 - 3 total damage prevented through this passive) plus an additional 2 damage each 0.5s over the next 10s (42 - 2 total damage prevented through this passive).

My level 120, iLvL 329 has a nude stamina of 1001, and dressed stamina 4859. Max health = 4859 x 20 = 97180.
Rugged Tenacity gives healing before damage taken, much like armor.
Damage reduction = stamina x 0.0003 x 20 = 29,2 from each attack.
The armor of my gear is 1854, resulting in damage reduction 1854 / (1854 + 6300 ) = 22.74%

This means that if I fight for two minutes and I am hit for 50 times 2000 damage,

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• My armor reduces damage 22740 hitpoints
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• My Rugged Tenacity reduces damage 1460 hitpoints
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So Rugged Tenacity, what is it good for? It is just as useful as 157 extra armor. The [race=6] have Endurance, that means 235 extra stamina, 4700 extra hitpoints.
[race=28] have Rugged Tenacity, that means in my example 1460 damage reduction, but he still dies and the [race=6] lives.

For anyone wondering, this gives 50 damage reduction on my 120, 345 geared Druid. This stacks with the Brambles passive, currently making it well over 400dmg reduced from each and every tick/source taken.

It's nothing crazy (yet) but it's definitely nice.

The damage reduction goes to 33 when not in bear.