Physical is a category of damage types, with the other categories being Elemental and True damage.
Damage Absorption[]
Physical damage is reduced by Physical damage resistance, shown as PHYS in the equipment screen.
Sources[]
Slash, Strike, Thrust and Siege are all types of Physical damage.
Besides them, pure Physical Damage is called Standard Damage in the game files, and the following are sources of pure Physical damage:
- Damage done by the Bleeding debuff.
- Keenly Jagged weapon perk.