Talk:Firedrake/@comment-33780977-20180601175645/@comment-24634511-20180601182258

There's a proposed equation here (it's probably right) https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Avxu-W6BCjDrglXtHg8Z3sKB_z_5tlWhV1Vmf_YWHw/edit# - see section "damage"

Basically it's


 * ( ( (Core magick * skill multiplier) + (Weapon/equipment magic * skill multiplier) ) * creature element resistance ) - creature defense

quick calculation

with holy + banearchistaff @ 1820 magick - the 40%/40% split takes it down to 1820*0.8, and the 50% resist takes it down to 1820*0.8*0.5 = 728 magic power ..

subtract 520 and that's only 208 damage per hit.

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compare (plain) bane archistaff @1820 - your ~300 base magick now gets a little boost (60%), and the staff power is straight 50% contribution - so the power is (318*0.6)+(1502*0.5) = 941 .. subtract 520 and that's ~ 421 per hit

... High Levin has around 70%/70% split so that's ((318*0.7)+(1502*0.7))*0.5 - 520 - that's only 117 per hit, but it hits 6 times so should be ~700 damage per cast