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Lama Acuta 250%-350% Water damage to a foe (Damage cap. The idea for Full Auto OTK setup is to be able to defeat the boss with a chain burst using as minimal skills as possible. When Impetuous Blade Chance to boost ATK with every one-foe attack (Stackable) / Deals Bonus fire DMG to foes with Burn effect (Can't be removed) is active: Gain. Dec 04, 2018  2) Another question is, 3 piece Legendary gear set vs 3-5% boss dmg for each piece of purple armor. Only beneficial thing that I see from legendary gear is the 3 set piece bonus which gives 250 bonus attack. Rerolling Legendary gear atm is a bit hard due to it consuming so much crystal fragments, so finding a decent legendary gear is a bit hard. Nov 13, 2018  The archer, gunner, zerker and mage all had over 150m dmg after they killed the boss at 12 minutes in. I am genuinely curious to learn how to increase my damage as well. The 3 piece leggy set gives bonus attack 250 + he prob has gems for extra bonus +14 bow, so ye pretty good dmg. MapleStory 2 Rep: 1,485. Dec 06, 2018  bonus boss dmg- self explanatory preference stats. Bonus Attack - 4 Stars, Bonus Attack is a unique stat that later on MSL Onyx scales which is why MSL is better all around in the longrun. Much like Accuracy, Bonus Attack is optimally gained from upgrading gems but unlike Accuracy, it doesn't have a threshold, you can get a lot from it which. Oct 19, 2018 What is Boss Damage so good on armor, but not on weapons? Because you generally get a lot more Boss Damage on armors that is enough to outweigh the amount of yield you could get from the alternative stat; Physical/Magical Attack or main stat. On weapons, the amount of Boss Damage you get is not enough, making it a good stat but not the best stat. Oct 23, 2018 Though it lacks in the boss damage department so remember that. Full DPS Death Spin Build. Survivability Focused Death Spin Build Variant. Note Inhuman Endurance should be 10/10. As you can see, this Build is not focused on support or defense. Strictly DMG for quickly killing big packs of monsters and completing your quests.

[Question] Stat Usefulness

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• for pve
  useless: pretty much all defensive stats except evasion if youre a thief using retaliation/bd
  universal high priority:
  accuracy - all classes needs this, around 90-95 for hard dungeons 95-110 for raids
  piercing- caps at 30 but increase dmg by 42%ish at cap
  phys-magic piercing- caps differently for different bosses, decent increase
  bonus boss dmg- self explanatory
  preference stats
  skill recovery bonus- good for priest for increased healing
  skill cooldown- due to limited availability hard to really find use personally/ but can be fun for some
  attack speed- speeds up attack/ skill animations great for fun plays and increases dps but limited due to spirit consumption/ great for classes spamming when holy symbols active
  movement speed- fun stats no harm in it
  spec-dmg types:
  magic attack/physical attack: good when priority stats maxed out or for future patches with gear beyond legendaries or maxed legendaries
  Ranged dmg : ranged dps
  melee dmg: melee dps
  elemental dmg: mage/ priest for holy dmg
  dark dmg: assassin
  crit damage: useful for assassin/ char with high crit rate
  poison dmg: thief if using poison build
  attributes:
  str: knight/berserker/ runeblade
  luck: thief/ assassin
  dex: archer/heavy gunner
  int: mage/priests/ runeblader
  crit rate- caps at 40% rate
  
• luck supposed to give crit rate but it aint giving none ....

• luck supposed to give crit rate but it aint giving none ....

  
  it depends on your class and it doesn't show on Crit Rate.
• Here is my ratings for each stat, rating each in alphabetical order:
  ***** 5 Star Category *****
  Bonus Boss Damage - 5 Stars, not the most mandatory stat for any character but it's the best DPS increase the armor pieces such as head, chest, legs, gloves can give. It's overall a damage increase for your character specifically against bosses which is not a bad thing considering you'll need to fight the bosses in order to get gear anyway.
  Critical Damage - 5 Stars, my #1 stat. I did some math and test on a dummy and apparently stacking piercing is not necessarily the way to go in terms of damage dealing. Maybe it's because i'm an assassin main but I also start to value Critical Damage on other characters also. The way Crit Damage works is that when your character crits, your character will deal at least 125% damage to the target assuming if you have no Critical Damage. If you reach towards the 200% range, you are essentially doing at least double damage. That's value. The value of this stat should not be scoffed at and it complements with crit rate pretty well. So get your Runeblades and Archers, I value them as good teammates as an Assassin a lot.
  Damage Total Bonus - 5 Stars, this is perhaps my lowest of the 5 stars category despite the fact it's basically Boss Damage but for all purposes. But you get Damage Total Bonus from WEAPONS. I would use this stat if you are a class with strong base damage such as a Wizard, Gunner or Zerker. It's a pretty useful stat but I think there are better. Only get this if you're unlucky with your weapon drops. This stat scales pretty well with your weapon base damage.
  Main Attributes (Str/Dex/Int/Luk) - 5 Stars, your class base damage. Use your Bonus Attributes to your main attribute, it will increase your overall damage. Do not prioritize on your gear though. Your main attribute is optimally gained from your Bonus Attribute points. The supplement stats (Such as Luk for wizards or Dex for Sin) might do similar thing for your main attribute, i rate them 3 stars but i might be wrong on this one. Use your mathematical experimentation on a dummy in Hall of Heroes to reprimand. My case for Bonus Attributes are: Main Attributes -> Crit Rate -> Whatever you wish to specialize in.
  

  luck supposed to give crit rate but it aint giving none ....

  
  I think it does for other classes. :L
  Weapon Damage - 5 Stars, I put this here after Physical/Magical Attack because this is where your damage comes from after sucking off Ophelia for +15. The weapon enchantment only increases your Weapon Attack and having an abundant of it is the reason why people enchant in the first place. MSL Onyx, Varrekant's Horns as well as any other % modifiers takes account to this stat which make this stat a pretty important one.
  Melee/Ranged Damage Bonus - 5 Stars, you do increased damage if you're a melee/ranged class like Total Damage. Get the stat appropriately and it's going to be good. Get the stat inappropriately and it's not the stat that's useless... it's you as a player. ONLY do it inappropriately if there is a second stat that is actually worth pursuing and after that, change the inappropriate stat. You don't need melee damage as a Wizard or ranged damage as a Zerker.
  Piercing - 5 Stars, my #2 stat. Piercing increases your overall damage done by 1 / (1 - piercing) which is why on 30% piercing cap, it increases your damage done by 42.8% which is pretty nuts. This is the only stat i've ever seen in an MMO that increases your overall damage done by messing with a denominator. That by itself what makes piercing a very valuable stat. Couple this stat well with other stats and you will do some mad DPS. Piercing is VERY beneficial for your overall damage.
  **** 4 Star Category ****
  Accuracy - 4 Stars, even though it is mandatory for all classes to reach a certain accuracy to never miss, anything more than the threshold is a dead stat. Accuracy is optimally gained from upgrading gems. Anything from gear could have been better such as one of the 5 stars. The only reason why it's 4 star right here is that missing an attack can be detrimental for your DPS so it's just as important.
  Bonus Attack - 4 Stars, Bonus Attack is a unique stat that later on MSL Onyx scales which is why MSL is better all around in the longrun. Much like Accuracy, Bonus Attack is optimally gained from upgrading gems but unlike Accuracy, it doesn't have a threshold, you can get a lot from it which is very expensive. :L
  Crit Rate - 4 Stars, and it's the highest of the 4 stars category considering it contributes to my #1 stat. Crit Rate allows your character to have crits more often. Assassins theoretically have infinite crit rate for 17 seconds but that 43 second downtime wouldn't hurt. In a nutshell, crit rate is good... just don't put it in your character attribute. Put your main stat based on your class first then put points in crit rating.
  Physical/Magical Piercing - 4 Stars, enemies have defenses... even bosses. This stat will counteract that defenses and like Accuracy, it also has a cap depending on your content, I heard that Hard Dungeon cap is around 9% and 16% for Chaos Raids. So accommodating this stat for those bosses will increase your overall damage immensely. Anything beyond the boss' defenses is a dead stat.
  *** 3 Star Category ***
  Attack Speed - 3 Stars, it's a situational offensive stat that not only makes your character attack faster but also make your spirit consumed faster. Good for character who attacks consistently such as my Runeblade who oscillates between Whirling Blades and Flurry, also occasionally Impact with faster animation. May be good for Heavy Gunner also.
  Defense - 3 Stars, a lot of players will take Defense for granted but there are certain content in MS2 that you will definitely need some defenses such as the Dark Descent. This would overall mitigate the damage taken in Hard Dungeon bosses which is always a good thing and it is unlikely for this stat prevents you from being one shotted in chaos raids. This stat overall reduces your likelihood of your death which is not a bad thing.
  Health - 3 Stars, similar thing to Defense. Couple it with Defense, your character will be harder to kill. It's not a bad stat but worthless for something like Chaos Raids when you're gonna get one shotted anyway. This stat is also situational and useful such as the Dark Descent.
  Magic/Physical Attack - 3 Stars, there is a fundamental difference between increased Magical/Physical Attack and increase Magical/Physical Damage. You get Magical/Physical Attack from your main attribute as well as occasionally armor/weapon pieces that you should not prioritize. This does not mean the Magical/Physical Attack is worthless per say but anything that has to modify their base attack is a considerably a good stat. This is why I think Murphagoth Warrior and Katvan's Horns are inferior to MSL and Varrekant's Horns because there are other things that the other two takes account for. In a nutshell, while Magic/Physical Attack is good in itself. The number is too small for things like 'Increased Physical/Magical Attack Increased by x%' to be good since they're effectively increasing effectiveness of your main stat when you can deal more damage by a % anyway. There is a balance between the scaling aspect of damage and the base aspect of the damage. You only mess with the Magic/Physical Attack by putting attribute points into your main stat as well as usage of gems will increase your base damage as well. Don't take 'increased Physical/Magical Attack Increased by x%' buffs however as there are better stats out there to increase your damage overall.
  Movement Speed - 3 Stars, you can never go wrong with Movement Speed but sometimes there are better stats when it comes to evading things and dealing damage. Overall an averagely good stat.
  Skill Cooldown - 3 Stars, if I see more of this stat that actually affects Fatal Strikes significantly, I would rate this higher. For now, I placed it 3 stars because Cooldown Reduction is always good.
  ** 2 Star Category **
  Bonus Recovery Bonus (Recovery Bonus) - 2 Stars, a niche stat but some classes can gain spirit better than others. Can be useful for some classes such as Assassin's Shadow Chaser, Berserker's Dark Aura. Completely useless for some classes such as Heavy Gunner who can just reload anyway.
  Dark Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, Zerkers and Assassins can only effectively use this stat and even this it's still not a great stat... not for Assassins anyway considering the meta build for Sins right now is Lucky Seven, Star Flurry, Star Chaser, Shadow Cutter and Shadow Burst anyway. This will only increase two of our abilities out of five. Zerkers however, may find this stat more valuable considering their abilities do mostly dark damage. If you have an item that has a lot of dark damage, it's likely it's a Zerker item. Worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Debuff Duration - 2 Stars, can be useful but not really impactful enough against certain bosses like Kandura. I don't really know if this will actually affect Kandura's curses but some mechanics you don't want some debuffs to wear off such as the red buff. The purple buff from Kandura is a b!tch so if you want to mitigate his effects go ahead. In PvP, i can see this would mitigate Thieves DoT damage but DoTs don't crit so... yea... Not so useful and impactful stat if you ask me.
  Electric Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, Wizards, Runeblades and Gunners use this but to be honest Runeblades will use this the most if they're electric build. Wizard electric is lackluster (heard Thunderbolt is pretty strong tho) and Gunner's Blast Charge Kit is lackluster as well considering Gunner's can't really max the ability unless they're Lv. 60+. Until then, this is a niche stat that Mono-elemental that specializes Electric Runeblades will use this. Worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Evasion - 2 Stars, evasion is a dodge change and you are mostly unlikely will dodge boss attacks. I can see this as a frustrating stat for PvP. I am going to keep an eye out for this defensive stat. This Evasion is not the same as the one in Path of Exile so there might be a scenario that you will miss all of your attacks while your enemies dodge them like Perfect Cell from Dragon Ball. But I don't think that's likely.
  Fire Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, once again Wizards, Runeblades, Archers and Gunners use this. Only this time, Wizards get the most benefit considering Flame Wave and Flame Tornado has a strong base damage. Archer will get Fire Damage to improve their Rapid Fire Shot. This would more or less benefit the other two tho since fire is their supplemental element. So yea, Wizards that use fire will mostly use this. Worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Holy Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, Knights and Priests use this. Priests will more likely use this stat far more than Knights however. As Knights and Priests bring some unique utilities to the group, they still need to do damage to be even relevant to the group. This will help Priests far more than Knights. Worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Ice Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, Wizards, Runeblades and Archers use this. I've seen some ice builds for Runeblades and if they're committed on using this element, they will use this stat. Wizards have Cryomancy as well as Archers have ice arrow build. Overall Ice builds lack base damage for the crowd controll they bring which is not worth it imo. It's a nice supplemental stat. I think Ice Damage Bonus is arguably the worst of the specific damage increase stat. Like other specific damage increase stat, worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Physical/Magic Resistance - 2 Stars, Physical/Magic Resistance is one of the useful defensive stat because these stats are basically the general damage reduction of whatever the attacks you'll receive. For instance, Physical Resistance will resist Physical Attacks while Magic Resistance will resist Magical Attacks that does a specific elemental damage... it doesn't really matter. Resistance stat overall reduces your damage taken by attacks by a good amount and is pale comparison with a specific damage reduction. Unless you take damage that isn't an attack then yea... that's on you.
  Melee/Ranged Reduction - 2 stars, so this damage reduction is not limited unlike any other specific damage reduction which is why i rate this 2 stars. This alongside of Physical/Magic Resistance will boost character's survivability by a decent amount.
  Poison Damage Bonus - 2 Stars, only Thieves use this. At first I was like LOL THIEF LOL, but then when I actually play thief on my alt and do some damage dealing on a dummy and look closely at abilities I start to respect them a lot. Thief is not an easy class whatsoever. I scoffed the concept of thieves because I doubt the skill cap of it isn't really worth the payoff but as soon as i've heard that they do a lot of single target damage.... well what do you know? They're actually pretty good after all. Poison Damage will boost their effectiveness essentially and as poison DoTs don't do crits (Sadly), this would make a pretty good stat exclusively for thieves as if thieves are already the most selfish class in the game. Worthless for every other class that doesn't utilize this type of damage.
  Poison Damage Reduction - 2 Stars, this will be the ONLY specific type of damage reduction that isn't range or melee reduction. Because in Hard Mode Dungeons as well as some areas will deal poison damage to you and it hurts.... it actually hurts. YOu might be saying 'Don't stand on them' but sometimes you have to considering how impatient people are to the point they want +15 on hard dungeons... My point is, it's the best of the specific damage reducing stat as well as thieves will do less poison damage to you. AT the moment that is....
  Stun Recovery Bonus - 2 Stars, grants more control of your character. Overall not a bad defensive stat though. This has my highest of the 2 stars as nobody likes their character to be stripped from control.
  * 1 Star Category *
  Critical Evasion - 1 Star, for a moment I don't really see the value of this defensive stat atm considering I don't really know how likely a boss crit let alone in a pvp stat. I might be wrong rating this here but I think this would be a pvp stat. Getting crit from a boss is not really likely anyway so this stat only reduces your likeliness of getting crit from there. You're either gonna get hit or get critted from a boss at some point of time anyway like Kandura's Rock Lee add.
  Dark Damage Reduction - 1 Star, in PvE I don't really remember any bosses that deals Dark Damage aside of Kandura's Purple Debuff. In PvP, if you hate Zerkers this would be a stat but still not really a useful stat. You can get this stat in Cdev but cmon... you're trying to mitigate a Chaos Raid boss... Like I said, I don't remember much dark damage mechanics for PvE out there.
  Electric Damage Reduction - 1 Star, if you don't like Magnus and Nutaman's shocking shenanigans, get this stat. If you don't like Lightning Wizards, Runeblades and Blast Charge Kit Gunners, get this stat. If you want some electrical resistance, get this stat. But you really should ground yourself with your proper positioning when it comes to bosses with high voltage anyway. Overall a useless stat otherwise.
  Fire Damage Reduction - 1 Star, do you hate FD's shenanigans? Do you hate Kabo's furnace? Do you not like fire? I mean it's warm. If you don't want to get roasted, get this stat. But now that we're going to move on from FD and Kabo, this has become a less valuable stat. This stat also mitigates Nutaman's burning shenanigans. In a nutshell, this stat has been burned out.
  Ice Damage Reduction - 1 Star, if you're farming in Aurora Laboratory and if you're taking a lot of Ice Damage. You're not doing enough damage. There aren't many mobs that does ice damage. This stat also mitigates Nutaman's chilling shenanigans. Second to worst of the specific damage reduction stat.
  Heal from Beating Enemies - 1 Star, I briefly read this again until I realize that you gain health for killing enemies. This stat is extremely minuscule and has my lowest of the 1 star. Come on... I get 3 health for defeating an enemy? I mean it could be useful when farming potion solvents but still it's a useless stat.
  Health Regen - 1 Star, too slow. Just use a potion or an herb instead. This would be more valuable if you regen like Dr. Mundo from League of Legends then I would still rate this 2 stars honestly.
  Holy Damage Reduction - 1 Star, I can't think of any mob that does holy damage. If you hate fighting against a priest, get this stat. Overall the worst of the specific damage reduction stat.
  Knockback Resistance - 1 Star, i think its only usage is the fact that you're less likely be thrown off the edge when fighting adds in Kandura at the beginning. Just don't get knocked around and you should be just fine. Not worth a stat.
  *** OVERALL ***
  Overall, I wrote this whole thing because I enjoy messing with these numbers. It's what kept me going in this game without being burned out. I can experiment a lot of things across classes and make some numerical observation from it. Feel free to make a reprimand about some things I might be wrong about as these are just my opinions and from my own observations.
• So, pretty much defensive stats aren't that useful.
  Figures, since there is no tank class, no aggro and you can either avoid damage or heal quickly with potions and/or healer.
• Even if more traditional tanking existed the defensive stats would be completely useless. They serve no purpose other than to reduce your chances of getting an offense-based stat roll.

• Even if more traditional tanking existed the defensive stats would be completely useless. They serve no purpose other than to reduce your chances of getting an offense-based stat roll.

  
  That is the sole reason these extra attributes exist in the first place

% Damage and % Att??

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Ms2 250 Bonus Attack Or Boss Dmg Download

• In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.
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  In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.

  
  Why is that?

• In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.

  
  Why is that?

  
  I think because %attack goes into your range...while %Damage is like...also into your range but only to a certain extent...I know in Reboto its cuz of the passive which gives you 100% damage by default...
• Depends on your class, but overall Att % will always be better. Skills that use % of your damage like shadow partner seem to gain benefit of the dmg % but att% will still be better regardless. bonus dmg/ dmg % also hits a diminishing return cap, % att and final dmg will be superior.
  different formula to put it simpler
  att is multiplicative
  dmg is additive
  
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  In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.

  
  Why is that?

  
  I think because %attack goes into your range...while %Damage is like...also into your range but only to a certain extent...I know in Reboto its cuz of the passive which gives you 100% damage by default...

  
  Oo ok I see
  

  Depends on your class, but overall Att % will always be better. Skills that use % of your damage like shadow partner seem to gain benefit of the dmg % but att% will still be better regardless. bonus dmg/ dmg % also hits a diminishing return cap, % att and final dmg will be superior.
  different formula to put it simpler
  att is multiplicative
  dmg is additive
  

  
  So does that mean kanna and demon avengar link skill are bad??

• In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.

  
  Why is that?

  
  I think because %attack goes into your range...while %Damage is like...also into your range but only to a certain extent...I know in Reboto its cuz of the passive which gives you 100% damage by default...

  
  Oo ok I see
  

  Depends on your class, but overall Att % will always be better. Skills that use % of your damage like shadow partner seem to gain benefit of the dmg % but att% will still be better regardless. bonus dmg/ dmg % also hits a diminishing return cap, % att and final dmg will be superior.
  different formula to put it simpler
  att is multiplicative
  dmg is additive
  

  
  So does that mean kanna and demon avengar link skill are bad??

  
  Not if you have % att on your potentials
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  In Reboot...%ATT is vastly superior to %Damage...I think %Damage is just overall bad though...It doesn't provide much benefit.

  
  Why is that?

  
  I think because %attack goes into your range...while %Damage is like...also into your range but only to a certain extent...I know in Reboto its cuz of the passive which gives you 100% damage by default...

  
  Oo ok I see
  

  Depends on your class, but overall Att % will always be better. Skills that use % of your damage like shadow partner seem to gain benefit of the dmg % but att% will still be better regardless. bonus dmg/ dmg % also hits a diminishing return cap, % att and final dmg will be superior.
  different formula to put it simpler
  att is multiplicative
  dmg is additive
  

  
  So does that mean kanna and demon avengar link skill are bad??

  
  Not if you have % att on your potentials

  
  But those links are % damage
• the links are a bit different because they show up in your range. % total damage/damage from potential doesnt. % att still works with the numbers off the link skills but it also works with all the % att/ att stats in your equips. % damage is added after the final result of the formula.
  If I'm correct the kanna and DA links are a flat boost. They add 25% of your total range, to your range.
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  the links are a bit different because they show up in your range. % total damage/damage from potential doesnt. % att still works with the numbers off the link skills but it also works with all the % att/ att stats in your equips. % damage is added after the final result of the formula.
  If I'm correct the kanna and DA links are a flat boost. They add 25% of your total range, to your range.

  
  Oh ok, I guess it should be named % att but its called % damage in description of the link ty!

• the links are a bit different because they show up in your range. % total damage/damage from potential doesnt. % att still works with the numbers off the link skills but it also works with all the % att/ att stats in your equips. % damage is added after the final result of the formula.
  If I'm correct the kanna and DA links are a flat boost. They add 25% of your total range, to your range.

  
  Oh ok, I guess it should be named % att but its called % damage in description of the link ty!

  
  it's named properly, if it were % att it'd multiply your total range by 25%, but since it just adds 25% of your range into your range, it's proper.
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  They're both additive on top of themselves and multiplicative with each other. Without any of either, adding say, 12% attack is the about the same as adding 12% damage, though % damage is applied after % attack, and % attack is applied to your attack and rounded down, so % attack could be slightly worse.
  The reason % att is better is because it's much rarer. Many skills give a character % damage, including many passives, buffs, link skills, and all the Reinforce hyper skills for attack, which just give % damage for that particular skill. You're less likely to have as large amounts of % attack as % damage, so the boost from adding % attack is much greater than adding the same amount of % damage (since potentials for both are generally the same value).
  Additionally, % boss damage is the same as % damage, except that it only works on bosses, so they're additive together as well, so if you have quite a lot of boss damage, which is very possible considering boss damage potentials and set effects usually comes in 20%, 30%, 35%, and 40% flavors, on bosses, the impact a measly 12% or 13% damage at best would add is very small.
  So the two biggest factors at play are the scarcity of % attack sources vs % damage sources, plus the large quantities of % boss damage available, which stack additively on top of % damage.
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  the links are a bit different because they show up in your range. % total damage/damage from potential doesnt. % att still works with the numbers off the link skills but it also works with all the % att/ att stats in your equips. % damage is added after the final result of the formula.
  If I'm correct the kanna and DA links are a flat boost. They add 25% of your total range, to your range.

  
  Oh ok, I guess it should be named % att but its called % damage in description of the link ty!

  
  it's named properly, if it were % att it'd multiply your total range by 25%, but since it just adds 25% of your range into your range, it's proper.

  
  what??, i'm confused again lol so % damage link skill is still better than % damage right?
  

  They're both additive on top of themselves and multiplicative with each other. Without any of either, adding say, 12% attack is the about the same as adding 12% damage, though % damage is applied after % attack, and % attack is applied to your attack and rounded down, so % attack could be slightly worse.
  The reason % att is better is because it's much rarer. Many skills give a character % damage, including many passives, buffs, link skills, and all the Reinforce hyper skills for attack, which just give % damage for that particular skill. You're less likely to have as large amounts of % attack as % damage, so the boost from adding % attack is much greater than adding the same amount of % damage (since potentials for both are generally the same value).
  Additionally, % boss damage is the same as % damage, except that it only works on bosses, so they're additive together as well, so if you have quite a lot of boss damage, which is very possible considering boss damage potentials and set effects usually comes in 20%, 30%, 35%, and 40% flavors, on bosses, the impact a measly 12% or 13% damage at best would add is very small.
  So the two biggest factors at play are the scarcity of % attack sources vs % damage sources, plus the large quantities of % boss damage available, which stack additively on top of % damage.

  
  Ok I see, I will aim for % att then
• Yes, % damage link skills are better than the % damage potentials
  % damage potentials only affects your damage per lines, link skills affect your base range, overall att is best choice
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  Yes, % damage link skills are better than the % damage potentials
  % damage potentials only affects your damage per lines, link skills affect your base range, overall att is best choice

  
  Ok got it, ty
• Part of the damage formula is as follow ... * [attack * (1 + %attack) / 100] * [1 + %damage + %boss damage] * ...
  %damage on weapon/secondary weapon/emblem is bad because it is additive with %boss damage, and %boss damage potential come in 20/30/35/40% potential while %damage only come in 3/6/9/12% potential.
  %attack is better than %damage because majority of the skills and hyper add %damage, so %damage is already suffering from diminishing return, especially on Reboot where their beginner passive give a truckload of %damage.
  

  Yes, % damage link skills are better than the % damage potentials
  % damage potentials only affects your damage per lines, link skills affect your base range, overall att is best choice

  %damage from link skill does the same thing as %damage from weapon/secondary/emblem potential.

• Part of the damage formula is as follow ... * [attack * (1 + %attack) / 100] * [1 + %damage + %boss damage] * ...
  %damage on weapon/secondary weapon/emblem is bad because it is additive with %boss damage, and %boss damage potential come in 20/30/35/40% potential while %damage only come in 3/6/9/12% potential.
  %attack is better than %damage because majority of the skills and hyper add %damage, so %damage is already suffering from diminishing return, especially on Reboot where their beginner passive give a truckload of %damage.
  

  Yes, % damage link skills are better than the % damage potentials
  % damage potentials only affects your damage per lines, link skills affect your base range, overall att is best choice

  %damage from link skill does the same thing as %damage from weapon/secondary/emblem potential.

  
  No, it's no bad, just because you play reboot doesn't mean %boss is useless, there's still a formula, and unless you are a person who likes to train all the time, %boss will be better at some point, only focusing in %attack won't make you that strong, you still need some %boss.
  Remember that %attack is good, but for someone who doesn't have much ATTACK it won't increase as much damage as %boss, or like this guy in the video who have a lot of %attack so it's better to have boss lines : he have so much %attack that %boss is actually more viable in terms of damag, so he have that much.
  Also link skills are really usefull cause they don't occupy the potential lines, they might be %dmg, but they still are very usefull and strong.

• the links are a bit different because they show up in your range. % total damage/damage from potential doesnt. % att still works with the numbers off the link skills but it also works with all the % att/ att stats in your equips. % damage is added after the final result of the formula.
  If I'm correct the kanna and DA links are a flat boost. They add 25% of your total range, to your range.

  
  so then unless u have potential? those two things are a waste to have entirely correct? i mean why is there atk% and dam%? why cant it just be one thing to do for skills, passives, linkskills, ect? and benefits the range ? seems like a broken system now. ._. because i still dont know which is better to get for higher damage and good range? in potential that is.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/45g9b0/attack_vs_damage/
  https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/3x7pn4/whats_the_difference_between_att_and_damage_on/

• No, it's no bad, just because you play reboot doesn't mean %boss is useless, there's still a formula, and unless you are a person who likes to train all the time, %boss will be better at some point, only focusing in %attack won't make you that strong, you still need some %boss.

  You misunderstood, I never said %boss damage was bad or imply it was useless, going for %damage on weapon/secondary/emblem potential is a waste when you can get %boss damage which is 2/3x more efficient to dps than %damage.
  

  so then unless u have potential? those two things are a waste to have entirely correct?

  Demon Avenger and Kanna link skill are the best link skill to have because %att link skill doesn't exist.