something i dont understand about str/int on archers

[oopsmeh]

im pure str.....so my phys. damage should be better, but why with my bow at lvl 24 do i hit harder when i use my ice imbune thing then without?


i thought id hit harder with phys. damage since im str then with magical?

[Avalanche]

Use imbue regardless of INT or STR build, just INT's do more damage with imbue.

[oopsmeh]

so as pure str, are my crits really good even when i use imbune's? or are my crits good only if its just normal phys damage?




and i dont get, that str adds physical damage, so if im using magical attacks does going pure str even effect my damage or just crits/hits?

[[SD]happynoobing]

using imbue will only do u good. it will make your crit more powerful than normal. going pure str affects your base damage when u shoot arrows because that's based on str. so, pure str = stronger base dmg + weaker imbue, pure int = weaker base dmg + stronger imbue. i think overall with imbue pure int does more dmg.

so basically, in order of increasing dmg:
pure int normal
pure str normal
pure str normal + imbue
pure int normal + imbue

[oopsmeh]

so as archer i want to use imbune every time i attack right?


so since im pure str but if im using imbunes would the phys damage buff and passive in the fire line help me at all ?

[Ell]

Yes and yes.

[oopsmeh]

but if im always doing magical damage because of imbune how do the physical damage buff/passive skills help me?

[Ell]

Your doing physical+magical so the physical buff would help the physical part and any magical buffs would help the magical damage.

[oopsmeh]

ah so if i imbune then use a bow style it takes in account my phys and magical damage? so str does add to my damage even if i use imbune?

[CrimsonKnight]

If I'm not mistaken, physical damage and magical damage are calculated separately during an attack. The damage you deal when you hit a monster with a physical skill + imbue is the total of their individual base damages.

Your str/physical balance influences the physical portion of your attack while your int/magical balance influences the magical portion of the attack.

[oopsmeh]

so even when i use the imbune my str still effects my damage? not just int

[TOloseGT]

(base str * skill dmg) + (imbue dmg * base int) = total dmg with imbue

base str * skill dmg = total dmg w/o imbue

this isn't the dmg formula, jus ezier way for u to understand how it works.

[oopsmeh]

ah ic


thanks