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truefire wrote on 2011-01-27 15:36
I know Life Drain counts towards training for all four, but does it receive a damage bonus from all four (referring to knockback damage, not the drain itself)?
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Chihaya wrote on 2011-01-27 15:44
It gets bonus from all four masteries? As far as I know, it's only from Clay Mastery...
I might be wrong though =P
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truefire wrote on 2011-01-27 16:13
Well, Life Drain can train all four (which makes sense, considering you need all four basic crystals to make one Life Drain crystal). It wouldn't make sense for it to only receive damage from one mastery, though. I'd perceive it to be all or nothing (like Shock with wind and fire). Hence, why I'm asking if the masteries boost its damage.
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Omegatronic wrote on 2011-01-27 16:23
Its supposed to be: (Earth + Wind + fire + water) / 4
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Chihaya wrote on 2011-01-27 16:25
Quote from truefire;306489:
Well, Life Drain can train all four (which makes sense, considering you need all four basic crystals to make one Life Drain crystal). It wouldn't make sense for it to only receive damage from one mastery, though. I'd perceive it to be all or nothing (like Shock with wind and fire). Hence, why I'm asking if the masteries boost its damage.
As far as I know, you only get Clay Mastery training for Life Drain.
Test it out yourself
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Omegatronic wrote on 2011-01-27 16:29
Quote from Chihaya;306499:
As far as I know, you only get Clay Mastery training for Life Drain.
Test it out yourself
You get all four.
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TropicalCat wrote on 2011-01-27 19:30
i think wind or clay.. not sure yet
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Sunureu13 wrote on 2011-01-27 19:38
I'm fairly certain it gets a bonus from Wind, as it gets a bonus from Wind/Hurricane cylinders.
[edit] Or according to wiki, it's:
"This is calculated as Knockback Damage * {1 + 3*[Alchemy Mastery Bonus + (Water Alchemy Mastery Bonus + Fire Alchemy Mastery Bonus + Wind Alchemy Mastery Bonus + Earth Alchemy Mastery Bonus)/4]}."
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Fracture wrote on 2011-01-27 21:32
Quote from Chihaya;306499:
As far as I know, you only get Clay Mastery training for Life Drain.
Test it out yourself
Alchemical mastery skills receive training from any use of a crystal that was made with a crystal of it's base element. Frozen Blast, for instance, trains wind and water. Cloud trains all but fire, etc.
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Aubog007 wrote on 2011-01-27 22:58
All masteries affect KB damage of LD.
I've ranked Clay and Fire to rank 1. Ranking Water soon too.
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truefire wrote on 2011-01-28 03:01
Since Life Drain is the primary alchemical skill I use, it'll make sense to build the masteries evenly as that yields better results per AP. That /4 is proof that Nexon got cold feet about Life Drain + the masteries. Kinda wish it was /3 or /2, if they were trying to keep it balanced, lol.