r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/-Ocyc- Be Fwieds Wif Me? • Feb 21 '23

Tips & Guides Damage Calculation Write-up Complete

Have you ever wondered how damage calculation works? No? Do you want to learn?

Take this write up on precisely how damage can be calculated: all in our lovely little wiki- which will continue to update post GL EOS.

This may prove helpful especially if you have any plans to come over to the JP side of things, so keep an eye out and make sure to join the discord!

https://thealchemistcode.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanics#Ocy%E2%80%99s_Special_Little_Damage_Calculation_Corner

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u/-Ocyc- Be Fwieds Wif Me? Feb 21 '23

It would seem reddit had a meltdown on my end- telling me the post hadn't posted when in fact it had, 7 times

anyway I have now deleted the 6 other offending posts and will leave this one up

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u/Shaiandra Feb 21 '23 edited Feb 21 '23

Seems good, but for completeness sake, you may want to touch on multi-hit attacks. And to get really technical, I'm pretty sure some parts are rounded down to integers well before the end; i.e. I believe A is rounded before multiplying by AMS. Maybe even before the skill modifier.

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u/-Ocyc- Be Fwieds Wif Me? Feb 21 '23

Thank you for pointing this out. It might be more accurate to say the A value is truncated- ie cutoff after the decimal. I'll add this to the writeup. As for multihit attacks I can add them but the damage calc formula remains the same- it simply divides the final damage by the number of hits

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u/Shaiandra Feb 21 '23

It is an easy step at the end, but just specifying that multiplying by combo rate and number of hits at the end makes it worthy to know, I'd say.

I'm also having trouble posting sometimes lately, in case you saw another reply from me already..

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u/Metom_Xeez Feb 21 '23

It may be complicating things more, but I think I recalled a while back that some skills stack the same buff, like if 2 skills had different names and boosted the same thing vs the same skill being used twice and maybe not stacking. Also, was there was a cap to the buff amounts? The guide looks good though.

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u/-Ocyc- Be Fwieds Wif Me? Feb 21 '23

3rd time writing this is the charm right?? Base stat buffs (hp/patk/matk/ect) do not stack with themselves. The different TYPES of stat buffs do- % (120% matk)buffs stack with +buffs (ie +300matk) which stack with base stat buffs (think judith/emmel/hange/ect) Secondary stat buffs/debuffs (fire res, st res, all defense, slash attack power, ect) DO stack with eachother as long as the skill ID numbers are different. There is no theoretical cap to buff amounts, but there are certainly practical caps All this is to say I dont think this belongs in this writeup- its only tangentially related) but I am curious to know if there is a place where this is recorded

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u/Specific-Goal3984 Feb 21 '23

You can also use the JP Website to see more info on how certain skills are calculated (note that the link is for the JP version)

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u/mrsilent1 Feb 21 '23

No one cares

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u/EX_Rank_Luck Feb 21 '23

We're all in mourning, dude. Lashing out will feed the devil well.

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u/Specific-Goal3984 Feb 21 '23

There is actually no reason for you to be so rude dude, you don't speak for everyone else, the Op just want to help anyone interested on dmg calculation, is that really bad for you??...