User:Sheep

Template:ItemPage Sheep is an item in Risk of Rain 2.

The item grants a 15% (+15% per stack) chance of negating incoming damage. If the roll is successful, the damage will be negated and a "Blocked!" message will appear instead of damage numbers.

Notes

• Self-inflicted damage from the Template:ItemLink, Shrines of Blood, and Template:SurvivorLink "plant" skills can be blocked.
• When a hit is blocked successfully, on-hit effects will not trigger. These include but are not limited to the lightning bombs from Overloading Elites, Template:StatusEffectLink, Template:StatusEffectLink, Template:StatusEffectLink, and Template:StatusEffectLink.
• The item will not block a Template:MonsterLink death implosion, since the implosion does not actually deal damage. Similarly, Template:SurvivorLink invincibility on either of his utilities and his default special, and Template:StatusEffectLink in general, will not block the implosions either.
• Tougher Times is one of the few items in the game with Hyperbolic Stacking.
• The corrupted version of this item, released in the Survivors of the Void expansion, is Safer Spaces.
• Tougher Times cannot block damage inflicted by the Template:StatusEffectLink debuff.

Math

The chance to activate is determined by the formula: $f(x)=(1-\frac{1}{0.15x+1})=(\frac{0.15x+1}{0.15x+1}-\frac{1}{0.15x+1})=\frac{0.15x}{0.15x+1}$

Where $x$ is the amount.

The chance to block is not affected by Template:ItemLink or Template:ItemLink.

Amount	Chance
1	13%
2	23.1%
3	31%
4	37.5%
5	42.9%
6	47.4%
7	51.2%
8	54.5%
9	57.4%
10	60%
11	62.3%
12	64.3%
13	66.1%
14	67.7%
15	69.2%
16	70.6%
17	71.9%
18	73%
19	74%
20	75%

Amount	Chance
21	75.9%
22	76.7%
23	77.5%
24	78.3%
25	78.9%
26	79.6%
27	80.2%
28	80.8%
29	81.3%
30	81.8%
31	82.3%
32	82.8%
33	83.2%
34	83.6%
35	84%
40	85.7%
60	90%
80	92.3%
100	93.8%
255	97.5%

Graph

File:Graph tougher times.png

Step plot of block chance represented by y(x) = 1-(1/(0.15x+1)). Values correspond to table above.

Trivia

• The Tougher Times is actually the Tough Times from Risk of Rain 1, but in a tattered state. The Tough Times granted bonus armor, instead of a chance to negate damage.
• When a hit is blocked, a squeaky toy sound effect plays.
• Prior to the Survivors of the Void update, the suffocation damage from the Template:EntityLink could be negated by this item.