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	[[Category:Game Mechanics]][[Category:Formulas]][[Category:Combat]]		[[Category:Game Mechanics]][[Category:Formulas]][[Category:Combat]]
	~~'''Confirmed Game Formulas'''~~		This article lists formulas that have been confirmed by testing or official sources.

	== Skill Formulas ==		== Skill Formulas ==

Candi: /* Resists */

2014-09-28T05:25:12Z

Resists

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	In Shadowbane there are numerous different types of damage. Each character will have a certain amount of resistance to certain types of damage. These "resists" help mitigate the damage received only if the damage and resist are of the same type.		In Shadowbane there are numerous different types of damage. Each character will have a certain amount of resistance to certain types of damage. These "resists" help mitigate the damage received only if the damage and resist are of the same type.

	There are three types of Physical damage: Crush, Pierce, Slash. All three can be resisted. These are primarily caused by weapon melee although there are a few spells in the game that can do physical damage types. There are numerous other types of "casted" damage also: Holy, Unholy, Fire, Lightning, Cold, Magic, Mental, Poison All of these can be resisted also. In addition there are several other types of damage that can not be resisted: Drains (health, Mana, or Stamina)* , Disease~~*, Bleed~~**, mana damage, stamina damage.		There are three types of Physical damage: Crush, Pierce, Slash. All three can be resisted. These are primarily caused by weapon melee although there are a few spells in the game that can do physical damage types. There are numerous other types of "casted" damage also: Holy, Unholy, Bleed**, Fire, Lightning, Cold, Magic, Mental, Poison All of these can be resisted also. In addition there are several other types of damage that can not be resisted: Drains (health, Mana, or Stamina) , Disease**, mana damage, stamina damage.

	*Drains can not be resisted however the Nightstalker class has a power granting immunity from them.		*Drains can not be resisted however the Nightstalker class has a power granting immunity from them.

Candi: /* Exposes */

2014-09-18T21:05:53Z

Exposes

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	Exposes lower a target's resist values to a certain type(s) of damage causing higher than normal damage taken. They can be obtained in two different ways: As a casted "debuff" (also weapon power which functions exactly the same as casted) or as a built in weapon suffix. These two different types of exposes function differently.		Exposes lower a target's resist values to a certain type(s) of damage causing higher than normal damage taken. They can be obtained in two different ways: As a casted "debuff" (also weapon power which functions exactly the same as casted) or as a built in weapon suffix. These two different types of exposes function differently.

	Casted or weapon power exposes such as Blade Master's "find weakness" are a straight debuff (expressed as a % of 100 just like resists are) and lower your target's resists to that particular damage type regardless of your target's resists by a set amount. -25% to C/P/S for Blademaster's "Find Weakness". Wererat's "Skree'ekt's Teeth" operates the same even though it is a weapon power : -41 to pierce resist only. These debuffs have a set duration and affect only one target at a time. They appear as a debuff icon on the target's screen and expose the target to all incoming damage of that type (from any one). They can also be removed like any other debuff.		Casted or weapon power exposes such as Blade Master's "find weakness" are a straight debuff (expressed as a % of 100 just like resists are) and lower your target's resists to that particular damage type regardless of your target's resists by a set amount. -25% to C/P/S for Blademaster's "Find Weakness". Wererat's "Skree'ekt's Teeth" operates the same even though it is a weapon power : -41 to pierce resist only. These debuffs have a set duration and affect only one target at a time (unless the spell is an AoE debuff). They appear as a debuff icon on the target's screen and expose the target to all incoming damage of that type (from any one). They can also be removed like any other debuff.

	EXAMPLE: While in rat shape you hit a target with Skree'ekt's teeth. Your opponent had +25 pierce resists prior to this. They will now have -16 pierce resist (25-41= -16) for the duration of the debuff. In essence a bonus of +16% above maximum damage. The computer will figure the damage taken according to this new resist number.		EXAMPLE: While in rat shape you hit a target with Skree'ekt's teeth. Your opponent had +25 pierce resists prior to this. They will now have -16 pierce resist (25-41= -16) for the duration of the debuff. In essence a bonus of +16% above maximum damage. The computer will figure the damage taken according to this new resist number.

Candi: /* Resists */

2014-09-18T21:03:50Z

Resists

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	* some races also come with weaknesses to some damage types!		* some races also come with weaknesses to some damage types!

			Expressed mathematically it would be: New resist value = Old resist - Debuff Value.

	==Exposes==		==Exposes==

Candi at 06:54, 17 September 2014

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	In the above example, a Legendary Doomfist of Alacrity with -40% Alacrity buff would be considered inefficient as the player has exceeded the speed cap and receives no benefit from additional attack speed.		In the above example, a Legendary Doomfist of Alacrity with -40% Alacrity buff would be considered inefficient as the player has exceeded the speed cap and receives no benefit from additional attack speed.
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			==Resists==

			In Shadowbane there are numerous different types of damage. Each character will have a certain amount of resistance to certain types of damage. These "resists" help mitigate the damage received only if the damage and resist are of the same type.

			There are three types of Physical damage: Crush, Pierce, Slash. All three can be resisted. These are primarily caused by weapon melee although there are a few spells in the game that can do physical damage types. There are numerous other types of "casted" damage also: Holy, Unholy, Fire, Lightning, Cold, Magic, Mental, Poison All of these can be resisted also. In addition there are several other types of damage that can not be resisted: Drains (health, Mana, or Stamina)* , Disease, Bleed*, mana damage, stamina damage.

			*Drains can not be resisted however the Nightstalker class has a power granting immunity from them.
			** Only found on one NPC only spell and can not be casted on players.
			*** can be cured but not resisted.

			Your character's resistances can be found by clicking a tab (looks like a shield) on left menu bar of your character screen (the one where you equip things on your person- default skin) while in game. The resists value is expressed as a number which is a % of 100, and this is exactly how they function. Your resists will reduce incoming damage of the matching type by that amount:

			IE: A wizard hits you with a mage bolt that would do 300 damage. You have 25% magic resists. The computer adjusts the damage accordingly and you would take 225 points in damage. (300 * .75 = 225)

			It is possible to raise your resists value for a certain type of damage up to (or even past) 100% HOWEVER, this will not make your character immune to that type of damage as the computer enforces a "soft cap" of 75% as a maximum. This means that regardless of your higher actual resist % amount you will always receive at least 25% of the incoming damage. There is some value in taking a resist that high though - any time your character is debuffed or "exposed" to a certain damage type the value of the debuff comes off of your ACTUAL resist value NOT the soft cap of 75%.

			IE: Your toon has an actual fire resistance of 95% (functioning at 75%). An opponent debuffs you for -30% fire resist. Your new resist value would be 65% while debuffed. Once the debuff wears off your fire resist would return to a functioning 75% (actual 95%).

			Resists values can also go into negative values meaning your character is extra vulnerable to that damage type and will take that much MORE than the full amount of incoming damage from that type !!

			Resists can be obtained several different ways: Jewelry, armor, Discipline or class spells, starting traits, or racially*.
			* some races also come with weaknesses to some damage types!


			==Exposes==


			Exposes lower a target's resist values to a certain type(s) of damage causing higher than normal damage taken. They can be obtained in two different ways: As a casted "debuff" (also weapon power which functions exactly the same as casted) or as a built in weapon suffix. These two different types of exposes function differently.

			Casted or weapon power exposes such as Blade Master's "find weakness" are a straight debuff (expressed as a % of 100 just like resists are) and lower your target's resists to that particular damage type regardless of your target's resists by a set amount. -25% to C/P/S for Blademaster's "Find Weakness". Wererat's "Skree'ekt's Teeth" operates the same even though it is a weapon power : -41 to pierce resist only. These debuffs have a set duration and affect only one target at a time. They appear as a debuff icon on the target's screen and expose the target to all incoming damage of that type (from any one). They can also be removed like any other debuff.

			EXAMPLE: While in rat shape you hit a target with Skree'ekt's teeth. Your opponent had +25 pierce resists prior to this. They will now have -16 pierce resist (25-41= -16) for the duration of the debuff. In essence a bonus of +16% above maximum damage. The computer will figure the damage taken according to this new resist number.

			Weapon suffixes operate differently. Weapon suffixes such as "of perforation" for bows reduce the target's current resists by a percentage. This is different than a straight debuff and NOT the same because it only works as a % of your target's current resists. In other words if you are using a suffix granting +10% to pierce damage then the computer would look at your opponent's resists and lower THAT number by 10% and then use the new number to factor the damage taken. Weapon suffixes affect all targets and have no duration. They are always active if the weapon is equipped.

			EXAMPLE: While using a bow with +10% pierce damage suffix you attack a scout who normally has +50% resists. The computer reduces your target's current resists by 10%. (which would be 5 in our example) So your target now would have 45% pierce resist (50 * .90 = 45) [but only when being hit by you with that bow] instead of 50% and the computer will factor the damage taken according to this new resist number. The target would still have 50% pierce resist when attacked by any one else. The debuff would only apply to your attacks while using that bow. This expose debuff can not be removed and does not appear as a debuff icon.


			The drawback to this should be apparent the lower your target's resists the smaller the weapon suffix's % based debuff is going to be. All the way down to targeting a cloth wearer who has 0 resists in which case your weapon suffix is granting no advantage at all.

			The whole time the computer uses standard damage formulas for the attack and then the standard resist formulas to determine how much damage is taken. The only thing that is changing is the target's resist numbers. Expressed mathematically it would be: resist = resist - (resist * (armor_pierce / 100)).

Aeroch: /* Spell Damage Formula */

2014-03-17T15:14:51Z

Spell Damage Formula

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	=== Spell Damage Formula <br />===		=== Spell Damage Formula <br />===
	Min = (0.0045Int + 0.055(Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.006Spi + 0.07(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.02Focus) Minimum Spell Damage<br />		Min = (0.0045Int + 0.055(Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.006Spi + 0.07(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.02Focus) Minimum Spell Damage<br />
	Max = (0.0117Int+ 0.13 (Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.0024Spi + 0.021(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.015Focus) Maximum Spell Damage		Max = (0.0117Int + 0.13(Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.0024Spi + 0.021(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.015Focus) Maximum Spell Damage
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Aeroch: /* Spell Damage Formula */

2014-03-17T15:13:42Z

Spell Damage Formula

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	=== Spell Damage Formula <br />===		=== Spell Damage Formula <br />===
	Min = (0.0045~~int~~ + 0.055(~~int~~-0.5)^0.5 + 0.006~~spir~~ + 0.07(~~spir~~-0.5)^0.5 + 0.02~~focus~~)~~spell min dmg~~<br />		Min = (0.0045Int + 0.055(Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.006Spi + 0.07(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.02Focus) Minimum Spell Damage<br />
	Max = (0.0117~~int~~ + 0.13(~~int~~-0.5)^0.5 +0.0024~~spir~~ + 0.021(~~spir~~-0.5)^0.5 +0.015~~focus~~)~~spell max dmg~~		Max = (0.0117Int+ 0.13 (Int-0.5)^0.5 + 0.0024Spi + 0.021(Spi-0.5)^0.5 + 0.015Focus) Maximum Spell Damage
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Aeroch: /* Defense Formulas */

2014-02-17T16:51:58Z

Defense Formulas

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	== Defense Formulas ==		== Defense Formulas ==
	===[[Defense]]===		===[[Defense]]===
	~~Defense = ((Dexterity2) + (Total armor(Armor Skill * .03)) + (Shield armor * (Block skill * .03)) + ((Primary weapon skill + Weapon mastery skill)/2)) * (1.Stance modifier)~~
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	~~=== Alternative Defense Formula ===~~
	Defense = (1+Armor skill / 50) * Armor defense + (1 + Block skill / 100) * Shield defense + (Primary weapon skill / 2) + (Weapon mastery skill/ 2) + Dexterity * 2 + Flat bonuses from rings or cloth		Defense = (1+Armor skill / 50) * Armor defense + (1 + Block skill / 100) * Shield defense + (Primary weapon skill / 2) + (Weapon mastery skill/ 2) + Dexterity * 2 + Flat bonuses from rings or cloth
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Aeroch: /* Spell Attack Rating */

2014-02-17T16:51:36Z

Spell Attack Rating

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	== Attack Rating Formulas ==		== Attack Rating Formulas ==
	=== Spell [[ATR\|Attack Rating]] <br />===		=== Spell [[ATR\|Attack Rating]] <br />===
	7 * Spell Focus Line + 0.5 * DEX + (ATR magical bonuses on weapon(s))<br />		(7 * Spell Focus Line) + (0.5 * DEX) + (ATR magical bonuses on weapon(s))<br />
	Round .5 values to next highest whole number. (i.e. 719.5 = 720)		Round .5 values to next highest whole number. (i.e. 719.5 = 720)
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Aeroch: /* Melee Attack Rating */

2014-02-17T16:51:06Z

Melee Attack Rating

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	=== Melee [[ATR\|Attack Rating]] <br />===		=== Melee [[ATR\|Attack Rating]] <br />===
	~~Melee ATR =~~ (Primary Stat / 2) + (Weapon Skill * 4) + (Weapon Mastery * 3) + (ATR Enchantments) * 1.stance modifier		(Primary Stat / 2) + (Weapon Skill * 4) + (Weapon Mastery * 3) + (ATR Enchantments) * 1.stance modifier

	== Defense Formulas ==		== Defense Formulas ==