Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-96.45.251.89-20131231061611/@comment-149.101.37.2-20131231065157

No its a culmulative number. The more you have the better. The game operates by inflicting a certain number of the status each attack or second. Bleed works the same way, say an uchigatana inflicts 33 bleed per strike; it would only need four strikes to inflict bleed on someone with 100 bleed resist if the bleed bar isn't drained. So the higher the number the more effective your resistances will be at warding ailments.