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I am a Pure Str Blader....using a SOS sword now but w/e. My phys balance is about 98% and my magic balance is 45%ish. Since I don't put any points into Int, and my magic balance is low, my imbues should be weakening. Yet I do more damage with my imbue then without.

If I use "Strike n Smash" for example, I do more damage then my normal attack, 45-51(150%). Does this mean that I get a bonus PHYS damage of 45-51 and THEN it multiplies the attack by 150%?

When does Phys Balance account for my attack difference?

Now if I use my fire imbue, it says, 35-40ish(100%). Does that mean I get a bonus INT damage of 35-40 and THEN it multiplies by 100%?

When would my low Magic balance go into account? (Even with Pure Str, Since I use a sword, my Magic attack is higher then my Phys attack by about 40.)

Now, when I am about to use "Strike n Smash" and right before I make contact, I use my imbue, how does the damage calculate? This combination gives me more damage then both of the previously mentioned ones yet I don't know what is being used.

I was thinking that if my Phys damage is 150-180 and Mag damage was 200-240, the combination of "Strike N smash" and my imbue would do 195-231(150%) phys or 235-280(100%) mag, but is is a physical attack or a magic attack now? Or could it be a 430-511(250%) attack combining the 2 attacks?

I think I confused myself even more typing this....

Anyway, main question is If my Phys Balance is high and my Mag Balance is low, would using an imbue actully make me do less damage?

you never do LESS damage with imbue, that wouldnt make any sense....

you just dont do as much magic damage as an int or int heavy hybrid. but you still do extra damage with imbue.

i beg to differ. str do more damages then INT....int gets blocked and then cant get back up.

kitary wrote:The (150%) behind a skill is NOT THE DAMAGE MODIFIER!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's also the recovery time, but if it's not a multiplier for damage, then I can't possibly understand the calculations for damage dealing. I'm dealing about 2K damage to shades right now, but if I add all the damage points of the skills (mag/phy attack (including weapon) + imbue + nuke) I use, then i don't even come close to 2K. Multiplied by 2.5, and diminished by shade protection i could imagine it coming down to 2K though.

kitary wrote:thats becouse your weapons reinforce value are also factured into the damage calculation together with your chars int and str for mag and phy damage and your ballance also plays a part in your total damage
and also attack rating and enemy parry effects damage

That still doesn't explain the difference between hitting with imbue (about 200-400 damage) vs hitting with an imbued nuke (about 1600-2100 damage). The nuke itself only does about 191-318 (lvl 40 skill) damage, so I still can't explain the difference between hitting and nuking. On Mangjangs I see similar differences between hitting and nuking btw, so it's not just just caused by monster defense.

kitary wrote:hitting with nuke+ imbue means you dubble up on your mag damage , benefitting from your high mag ballance and high magic damage + mag reinforce

Without a multiplication factor in there I don't see how the magical part of the sword attack (mag attack + imbue) can be 1400 less than the magical part of the nuke (mag attack + imbue + nuke) if the nuke itself does a maximum of 318 damage. Also, if I use a pure physical attack like knockdown, I still deal about 1200 damage points. Unless the % value is a multiplication, I don't understand where that damage comes from.

a bit back to the 94~121 (200%)

there was a q/a about it iirc
what i dont get is, if its the skill recharge time, or the time my char needs to perform the skill (cant remember)
how it comes that the two books of flying dragon have the same cooldown, need the same time to be executed, but this % is different. its 200% for the first book and 230% for the 2nd
same with the 3 books of ghost spear. all the same time needed to use them, all the same recharge but 60% difference in that %
or spirit crash spear has the same % as flying dragon book1, but its a way faster skill
maybe im just missing something

The damage calculation formula was worked out by Suicidegrl (it's one of the most useful things I've ever found on these forums and I can't thank her enough for it) here are her findings:

PHYSICAL SKILL

<(phys base dmg + [skill base dmg * skill dmg %]) * phys. balance %> + ([mag base dmg + imbue dmg] * mag. balance %) = total dmg

Soul Spear - Truth Lv. 1 = 118~151 (280%) (avg = 135)
Extreme Fire Force Lv.7 (imbue) = 108-180 (avg = 144)
SG's base phys and mag attacks = 516-608 and 627-815 (avg = 562 and 721)
SG's phys and mag balance % = 74% and 76%

(562 + [135 * 280%) * 74% + ([721 + 144] * 76%) = 696 (phys) + 657 (mag) = 1353 dmg against a mob my lvl.


MAGICAL SKILL

(phys base dmg * phys. balance %) + <(mag base dmg + imbue dmg + [skill base dmg * skill smg %]) * mag. balance %> = total dmg

Flame Wave - Burning Lv. 1 = 215~359 (300%) (avg = 287)
Extreme Fire Force Lv.7 (imbue) = 108-180 (avg = 144)
SG's base phys and mag attacks = 516-608 and 627-815 (avg = 562 and 721)
SG's phys and mag balance % = 74% and 76%

(562 * 74%) + <(721 + 144 + [287 * 300%]) * 76%) = 416 (phys) + 1047 (mag) = 1463 dmg against a mob my lvl.

Hope that helps.