Designer's Details: Bonus Stacking in v0.1.3

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Designer's Details: Bonus Stacking in v0.1.3

Postby [HT]Benjamin » Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:15 pm

As you have probably seen in the patch notes, v0.1.3 dramatically changes the way that boni to character stats from different sources are combined. This post explains those mechanics in detail for all the theorycrafters among you who want to get the most out of their characters.

Before now, all boni from skills, runes, auras and shrines stacked additively. This means that all of those boni are first added together and then multiplied with the base damage. With the new system, all boni from skills are one additive group, all boni from runes are another group. All groups stack multiplicatively with each other. If this sounds confusing, here is an example for Wylde:

Charge Level 8: 7 * +25% damage
Level 5 Beast skill: +50% damage
Level 2 Rage skill: +60% damage
Epic Consecration rune: +40% damage
Epic Consecration rune: +40% damage
Rare Consecration rune: +30% damage
Uncommon Consecration rune: +20% damage
In range of Barrows' level 5 Smite aura: +40% damage
Double Damage shrine: +100% damage

Before the update, this would result in:
Charge Bonus: 7 * 25% = +175%
Skill Bonus: 50% + 60% = +110%
Rune Bonus: 40% + 40% + 30% + 20% = +130%
Aura Bonus: +40%
Shrine Bonus: +100%

Total Damage Multiplier: 1 + (175% + 110% + 130% + 40% + 100%) = 5.55
Without aura and shrine: 1 + (175% + 110% + 130%) = 4.15

After the update, it works like this:
Charge Multiplier: 1 + (7 * 25%) = 2.75
Skill Multiplier: 1 + (50% + 60%) = 2.1
Rune Multiplier: 1 + (40% + 40% + 30% + 20%) = 2.3
Aura Multiplier: 1 + 40% = 1.4
Shrine Multiplier: 1 + 100% = 2

Total Damage Multiplier: 2.75 * 2.1 * 2.3 * 1.4 * 2 = 37.2
Without aura and shrine: 2.75 * 2.1 * 2.3 = 13.3

As you can see, this dramatically increases the effectiveness of shrines and Barrows's aura in the late game. Stacking multiple damage source is almost always preferable to raising the strength of a single damage source. Let us know what cool new builds this enables for you!

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