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Combat Advantage Damage? Anyone know the specifics?

impulse39impulse39 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
edited July 2013 in The Thieves' Den
Does anyone know how much damage combat advantage damage actually adds?

Thanks for your input in advance.
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  • teethxteethx Member Posts: 219 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    good question, from what I understand it starts at %50 damage buff.
  • solsol1337solsol1337 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 241 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    (10% + your charisma bonus) *20% if you have the feat.
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  • klyzerklyzer Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    is there a way to see if the damage dealt was in combat advantage ?

    yellow numbers i think is normal damage, orange is critical damage. maybe there is a way to see in the combat log ?
  • kadeikadei Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    yellow numbers with sword is combat advantage, u can see below enemies a circle in white changing sometimes blue or full blue when u are stealh thats mean combat advantage if hit from blue part
  • vinibagvinibag Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    solsol1337 wrote: »
    (10% + your charisma bonus) *20% if you have the feat.
    If we follow your equation it's always better to stack strenght than charisma.
    Charisma could be only better if combat advantage applies after defense damage reduction and or mitigation and if u have not enough armor pen for denie the defense of your opponent...
    So does combat advantage bonus applies after defense damage reduction?
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Combat advantage is before mitigation. It is really underwhelming when you consider how many feats and powers in the game feature combat advantage boost/application... but it IS better than nothing at all. Here is the formula I got from the stats thread:

    total CA damage = Ability damage * (1 + 15% * (1+ attribute bonus))

    So it is at minimum a 15% bonus if you have 10 CHA, at 26 CHA it is a 17.4% damage bonus. Yikes. I really really hope nobody is going crazy with dropping points into CHA! :)

    EDIT: note that the above numbers do not take the CA feats into account.
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