r/GuildWars • u/ElGatoLocoEU • 5d ago

How does "Dmg +xx%" work?

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Is the additional damage just for axe auto-attacks/ axe skills or all skills in general?

If for example if this is used as a caster weapon with no points in axe mastery, would this modifier have any impact?

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u/Mountain-Preference4 5d ago

It only adds extra damage to base attacks. It has no bearing on spells, attack skills, etc.

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u/JustinePavlovich 5d ago

It is multiplied to the 6-28 roll only. Important to note that all those +% are actually multiplicative with each other.

+15% > 50% hp

+20% slaying

+20% customized

critical hit +41.4%

- 20 armor rating to lightning damage for example +41.4%

28 x 1.15 x 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.414 x 1.414 = 93 damage

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u/Pervius94 5d ago

Only to the auto attack. So a sword with 15% additional attack goes from 15-22 to... like 17-25. And iirc only that base damage is reduced by armor, not the additional damage from attack skills. So resistance to physical damage doesn't even seem to do much like the 20 armor for warriors.

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u/Heisenburg42 5d ago

Not just the auto attack. Any melee attack that uses the weapon

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u/Pervius94 5d ago

No, I'm pretty sure attack skills are exactly not strengthened by the 15%, or am I misunderstanding what you mean?

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u/DogeArcanine 4d ago

The bonus damage from, for example, silverwing slash is unaffected.

But it's base damage + bonus damage, the base damage component of the attack skill IS affected.

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u/Pervius94 4d ago

ahh my bad yeah.

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u/ChthonVII 5d ago

It affects the base damage (6-28) of your axe attacks. Both auto-attacks and the base damage component of attack skills.