Swirling Mist, description vs. real damage

Regiles - Dreamweaver · May 2011

I have been wondering about our skill Swirling Mist for some time now. (Mine is lvl. 1 right now)

Ecatomb and in game descrition say:
Deals basic Magic Damage, and the target suffers the
Mist's Grasp status effect. When the target's HP is below
60%, the target takes continuous Wood damage equal to
basic Magic Damage plus 79.7 every 2 seconds.
The Mist's Grasp status effect lasts for 9 seconds.

Here are my interpretations of this descriptoin compared to what the skill really does.

i) initial damage:
Description: Deals Basic magic damage on hit.
Test: Found it to be true. Average dmg on hit was 1660 (14 hits) and should be 1633 according to dmg formula in PWI-Wiki.
Note that there is no damage from Mist's Grasp at 0 seconds.

ii) Mists Grasp:
Desciption: Deals damage every two seconds for 9 seconds. For me that means at 2,4,6,8 seconds and 4 times (ticks) all together.

Test: Not true. It only deals damage at 2,4,6 seconds (maybe 3,6,9 seconds), thus only 3 times (ticks).

Description: Should either deal basic magic dmg + 79,7 each tick (which probably would be a bit overpowered) or, which is more likely, basic magic dmg + 79,7 total over 9 seconds.

Test: Found none of the above to be true. For me, the dmg per tick is constantly a bit below 1/4 of my basic magic dmg [approx. dmg/tick=1/4 * (dmg first hit)]. Over those 3 ticks that actually happen, that sums up to about 3/4 basic magic dmg over 9 seconds, which isn't as much as it should be.

I'm wondering now if other mystics can confirm some of those points for Mist's Grasp:
-only 3 ticks
-dmg/tick < 1/4 * (dmg on first hit)
-overall dmg of Msit's Grasp is about: 3/4*(dmg on first hit) + extra dmg

I'm especially curius about the dmg per tick compared to basic mag dmg at higher skilllevels. I'm not really sure weather i want to lvl it higher or leave it at level one. Descriptions in Ecatomb don't seem to be such a big help on this one.

I hope i didn't confuse you with too many numbers.

Asthariel - Dreamweaver · May 2011

I'm indeed a bit confused by the numbers since I suck at maths xD
But well, I can tell you my experience with this skill and how I understand it.
First of all, I have it Sage version, secondly, my magic atk unbuffed is around 11k-13k.
On the very first hit (that base magic attack it talks about), I usually do around 12k damage under regular circumstances and unbuffed. Then, there's several ticks at around 4k each. I never closely watched how many times it ticked since I don't always pay much attention to the damage poping on the screen, specially when it's over time.
But if, as you said, it ticks 3 times, then 3x4k= 12k. Which equals the first hit with my base magic attack. So, I understand it as base magic atk + once more base magic atk delivered in ticks over 9 secs.
However, I believe it would tick 4 times. Because, well, of the description, and because I believe all the ticks together would do more than that base 12k because the sage version has a 600 damage addition (?).
But yeah, I admit this skill isn't always easy to figure out clearly. I use it because it makes a change from non stop NV spamming (in pve I mean) and the over time ticks can come in handy in pvp in some occasions (for example if you feel a sin is gonna force step to run away. yeah, I actually finshed off one with this skill xD casted it when his health was very low, he stealthed and died a few secs after from the over time damage). So, I mean, I'm not gonna get mad mad trying to figure out how precisely the skill works. Knowing it's base damage + roughly base damage again delivered within 9 secs in ticks is enough.

Blossorn - Lost City · May 2011

b:cry this skill reaally sucks on sageb:angry

NianZu - Raging Tide · May 2011

The thing about this skill is that if you use it again, the effect will last for 9 more seconds, making it great for bosses...

Cerydwen - Harshlands · May 2011

I got the demon version of this skill and I honestly spam it regardless of the target being half HP for the wood debuff, so I havent really checked the damage it gives. Sorry I couldn't be more help b:surrender

Swirling Mist, description vs. real damage

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