Wizard help

[CuzegSpiked]

Yep. Turns out it does! I happened to do it differently to how Midlumer did it but it still matched.

This is what it matches:

@Midlumer

Base case: 1 + 90% = 1 + 0.9 = 1.9
Resist case: 1 * 0.5 + 0.9 = 1.4
Greatly Resist case: 1 * 0.25 + 0.9 = 1.15
Immune case: 1 * 0 + 0.9 = 0.9
Usual Weakness case: 1.25 + 0.9 = 2.15
Usual Weakness and Greatly Resist case: 1 * 1.25 * 0.25 + 0.9 = 1.2125

This however is different to the negative resists -% or the 1+1.9= ×1.9 with 90% weaken example.

These formulas you will see below are the averages and the damage based upon chance rather than the actual damage on the actual enemy. Probability basically helped. This is basically his estimated average DMG based on the probability but it’s not the exact damage as 1+1.9 from 90% weaken.

1+1.9 from 90% weaken in Midlumer guide is the same as 0-90%= -90% resist as I’ve discovered and my actual damage difference.

@Midlumer

I will even try and quantify this for you with a bit of thumb ruling…

Assumptions:

We don’t use Arcane damage.
We don’t consider Immune enemies (they are rare).
We don’t consider Greatly Resist on magic and above enemies (it is also rare that they match your element).
90% Weaken (10% chance to not apply Weaken).
1/4 chance for Resist against your element (4 different map types).
1/3 chance for your element (when it is not the Resist element) matching the enemy’s Usual Weakness.

@Midlumer

So let’s roll:

0.9 * (3/4 * (2/3 * (1 + 0.9) + 1/3 * (1.25 + 0.9)) + 1/4 * (0.5 + 0.9)) + 0.1 * (3/4 * (2/3 + 1/3 * 1.25) + 1/4 * 0.5) = 1.748

Woahh!! So you deal freaking ~ 75% more damage with Weaken than with Ignore Resist!!

Why did nobody ever tell you that? Well I’m doing it now . A second crystal Weaken will give you:

3/4 * (2/3 * (1 + 1.8) + 1/3 * (1.25 + 1.8)) + 1/4 * (0.5 + 1.8) = 2.738