Damage

For an interactive version of the damage formulas, save the worksheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WUsLGTgmI2FWORg-ngOCMA7Z9h_2nHOVxZBQHTCVEfQ/edit?usp=sharing.

Damage Dealt

Overview

Damage is based on 4 things:

• Base Effective Attack
  • Base effective attack is calculated using the player's base stats, calculated differently based on the weapon:
    • Striking Weapons: ATK
    • Ranged Weapons: ATK/4 + ACC
    • TEC Ranged Weapons: (TEC + ACC)/2
    • Technic Weapons: TEC
  • The player can increase player's base stats using Shifta.
• Weapon Effective Attack
  • Effective Attack is calculated differently based on the weapon:
    • Striking Weapons: ATK
    • Ranged Weapons: ATK/4 + ACC
    • TEC Ranged Weapons: (TEC + ACC)/2
    • Technic Weapons: TEC
• Elemental Correction
  • When using a non-neutral weapon against an enemy of the opposite element, damage is increased.
  • When using a non-neutral weapon against an enemy of the same element, damage is reduced.
  • Element correspondance:
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• Enemy Defense
  • The player can reduce enemy defense using Zalure.
• Damage Multipliers
  • Chain Damage Multiplier
  • Photon Art/Charge Shot Multiplier
  • Type Abilities
• Variance
  • The final damage of all attacks can fluctuate.

	Damage Formula
Strike	(Base ATK + (Weapon ATK * Elemental Correction) - Enemy Defense)/5 * All Multipliers
Ranged	(Base ACC + Base ATK/4 + ((Weapon ACC + Weapon ACC/4) * Elemental Correction) - Enemy Defense)/5 * All Multipliers
TEC Ranged	(Base TEC/2 + Base ACC/2 + ((Weapon TEC/2 + Weapon ACC/2) * Elemental Correction) - Enemy Defense)/5 * All Multipliers
Technic	(Base TEC + (Weapon TEC * Elemental Correction) - Enemy Defense)/5 * All Multipliers

Elemental Correction

Elemental Correction = 100% +- (30% + Weapon % + Other corrections)

The Elemental Correction Bonus is applied to the effective ATK of the weapon.

• Elemental Correction only applies when using a weapon against an enemy of either the opposite element or the same element of the weapon.
  • Positive if the opposite element, negative if the same element.

Element Matchups

• A non-TECHNIC weapon does not gain any elemental corrections
• A TECHNIC weapon checks the element using the element of the TECHNIC used:
  • The % of the TECHNIC weapon is only applied if the element of the TECHNIC is the same as the weapon:

	Weapon Used	Technic Used	Enemy Attribute	Result
Example #1	Wand (Neutral 0%) Barta, Foie	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 1 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta itself), it gains a further 5% boost, for a total of 35% boost.
Example #2	Wand (Fire 25%) Barta, Foie	Barta	Fire	Same reason as above, for 35% boost. The attribute of the weapon used is not checked if it's not the same as the Technic used. Even if it's the same as the enemy's.
Example #3	Wand (Fire 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost, for a total of 40% boost.
Example #4	Wand (Ice 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost. Since the Wand has the same attribute as the Technic used, the weapon's % is added, for a total of 65% boost.
Example #5	Wand (Ice 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Ice	0%. Attribute boosts does not apply if the matchup isn't correct.

• A TECHNIC weapon also gains 5% Elemental Correction for each TECHNIC linked of the same element.
• Some weapons inherently adds Elemental Correction, such as Holy Sword Elsydeon.
• Using an Elemental Bullet on a ranged weapon adds Elemental Correction based on the Bullet's level (15% from Lv1 to Lv10, 20% from Lv11 to Lv20, 25% from Lv21).
  • The Longbow's Elemental Bullets adds an extra 5% compared to other Elemental Bullets (20%, 25%, 30% respectively).

Damage Multipliers

Damage Multipliers can come from a variety of sources. These multipliers are directly applied onto the final damage, and multiple multipliers are multiplied.

Photon Arts/Charge Shots

Photon Arts and Charge Shots have a base damage multiplier, which is applied to the final damage. If the weapon has a PA modifier, this modifier is also applied to the final damage when the player uses Photon Arts.

Note that, for ranged weapons, Charge Shots are not Photon Arts; Photon Arts are bound to instead. As a result, is not subject to the multiplier from the PA modifiers of weapons, but is, if it is equipped with a Photon Art. If it is not equipped with a Photon Art, then weapon multiplier does not apply.

Chain Multiplier

When attacking using the button (Attack for Striking weapons, Bullets for Ranged Weapons, and Technics linked to for TECHNIC weapons), it builds chains on the enemy equal to the amount of hits you have done to it.

When attacking using the button (Photon Art Skills, Charge Shots, and Technics linked to ), and the chains on the enemy is above 1, the attack gains a multiplier based on the chain number. Any attack from gains that multiplier until the chain disappears from the enemy.

	Chain Formula
Story Mode	200% + 12.5% * (Chain Number -1)
Multi Mode	200% + 7.5% * (Chain Number -1)

Critical Hits

Attacks are capable of dealing critical hits, which increases the damage dealt by 25%.

However, there is no in-game indicator for when a critical hit occurs, and currently the chances of a critical hit occurring is unknown.

Perfect Attack

Striking Weapons, when attacking, has a small circle that gradualy shrinks on the bottom right corner at the commands. By pressing the attack button when the circle is the same size as the circle on the command, a Perfect Attack is performed. A successfully executed Perfect Attack adds 25% to the total damage and counts as a critical hit.

• A Perfect Attack must be the second or later attack in a series of attacks.
• The timing of a Perfect Attack differs from weapon category to weapon category, and is affected by attack speed or hitlag.
• It's possible to execute a Perfect Attack using a Photon Art Skill from a normal attack.
• It's possible to execute a Perfect Attack on the 2nd or later stages of a Photon Art Skill.
  • A Photon Art without a 2nd stage can't chain into another Perfect Attack.

It's possible to perform Perfect Attacks using Nanoblasts' and attacks.

It's also possible to perform Perfect Attacks using attacks of Infinity Blasts. However, Perfect Attacks cannot be performed with their attacks.

Perfect Counter

After performing a Perfect Guard, the next attack the player uses within a short timeframe will gain a 25% additional damage.

It's possible to perform perfect counter to give a damage boost to the attacks of Striking Weapons, Ranged Weapons, Technic Weapons, and Infinity Blasts. It's also possible to give a damage boost to attacks of Striking Weapons and Technic Weapons, but not Ranged Weapon or Infinity Blasts, as their requires charging, and cannot be released before the perfect counter timeframe expires.

HP Affects Power ability of Weapons

Deals more damage the lower the HP the character has.

The damage multiplier is equal to [Current HP / Max HP x Rage Multiplier]%, and is directly applied to final damage.

Rage	Lv1	Lv2	Lv3	Lv4	Lv5
Rage Multiplier	15	20	32	45	50

Note that Charge Shots are not affected by any weapon abilities, and is not affected by this multiplier.

Ailment Matching

If an enemy has a Status effect, a bonus 35% damage is added to a Technic attack that has an attribute corresponding to that status ailment. The corresponding ailments are:

Attribute
ailment	Freeze	Burn	Confuse	Shock	Infect	Sleep

This multiplier only applies to Technic Attacks, and does not apply to anything else, such as using a Crimson to attack an Frozen enemy.

Variance

When dealing damage, there is a chance that damage dealt will randomly be lowered. The maximum amount of damage lowered is different for each weapon category and manufacturer.

The current observed maximum damage reduction from variance is 5%, while the lowest is 1%.

The variance can be lowered using the Type Ability Precision Attacker.

Variance	Large	Slightly Large	Normal	Slightly Small	Small
Max Damage Reduction	5%				1%

Melee Weapon Variance

Weapon Type	Sword	Knuckles	Spear	Double Saber	Axe	Twin Sabers	Twin Daggers	Twin Claws	Saber	Dagger	Claw	Whip	Slicer
Variance	Large	Normal	Slightly Large	Normal	Large	Normal	Small	Normal	Slightly Large	Small	Slightly Large	Small	Small

Ranged Weapon Variance

Weapon Type	Rifle	Shotgun	Longbow	Grenade Launcher	Laser Cannon	Twin Handgun	Handgun	Crossbow	Card	Machine Gun
Variance	Slightly Small	Slightly Large	Slightly Large	Slightly Large	Large	Normal	Normal	Normal	Small	Small

Other Multipliers

• Various Type Abilities

Examples

Note that the final damage done in game is subject to variance.

Melee Examples done using a Lv14 Female Beast Hunter.

Melee Weapon Damage Calculation

Player Stats	Weapon Stats	Attack Used	Chain Count	Other Effects	Enemy Stats	Final Damage
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29%)	Attack	-	-	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK + Weapon ATK - Enemy DEF)/4 = Final Damage (176 + 90 - 25)/4 = 48
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29% PA 110%)	Gravity Strike (ATK 145%)	0	-	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK + Weapon ATK - Enemy DEF)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier (176 + 90 - 25)/4 *145% * 110% = 77
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29% PA 110%)	Gravity Strike (ATK 145%)	2	-	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK + Weapon ATK - Enemy DEF)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier * Chain Bonus (176 + 90 - 25)/4 *145% * 110% * (200+12.5 * 1)% = 163
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29% PA 110%)	Gravity Strike (ATK 145%)	2	-	Lv1 Vulgatus (25 DEF )	(Base ATK + Weapon ATK * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier * Chain Bonus (176 + 90 * (130% + 29%) - 25)/4 *145% * 110% * (200+12.5 * 1)% = 199
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29% PA 110%)	Gravity Strike (ATK 145%)	2	↑ ATK, TEC Lv2 applied to player (1.15x) ↓ DEF, MIND Lv2 applied to enemy (0.77x DEF)	Lv1 Vulgatus (25 DEF )	(Base ATK * Shifta boost + Weapon ATK * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF * Zalure reduction)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier * Chain Bonus (176 * 115% + 90 * (130% + 29%) - 25 * 77%)/4 *145% * 110% * (200+12.5 * 1)% = 225
176 ATK	Seva Sata (90 ATK 29% PA 110%)	Gravity Strike (ATK 145%)	2	↑ ATK, TEC Lv2 applied to player (1.15x) ↓ DEF, MIND Lv2 applied to enemy (0.77x DEF) Perfect Attack (+25%) Saber Advance (+5%) Attribute Boost (Attribute +5%) Left Hand Duke Category Bonus (+5 ATK)	Lv1 Vulgatus (25 DEF )	((Base ATK + Category Bonus) * Shifta boost + Weapon ATK * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF * Zalure reduction)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier * Chain Bonus * Damage Multiplier ((176 + 5) * 115% + 90 * (130% + 29% + 5%) - 25 * 77%)/4 *145% * 110% * 125% * 105% * (200+12.5 * 1)% = 299

Ranged Examples done using a Lv1 Cast Female Ranger

Ranged Weapon Damage Calculations

Player Stats	Weapon Stats	Attack Used	Chain Count	Other Effects	Enemy Stats	Final Damage
51 ATK 73 ACC	Handgun (50 ATK 16 ACC 5%)	Attack	-	Handgun Category Bonus (+5 ACC)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK/4 + Base ACC + (Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC) * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 ((51)/4 + 73 + 5 + (50/4 + 16) * (130% + 5%) - 25)/4 = 21
51 ATK 73 ACC	Handgun (50 ATK 16 ACC 5% PA 100%)	Elemental Shot Lv30 (130%)	-	Handgun Category Bonus (+5 ACC) Elemental Shot (+25% Element Correction)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATL/4 + Base ACC + Category Bonus + (Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC) * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier ((51)/4 + 73 + 5 + (50/4 + 16) * (130% + 5% + 25%) - 25)/4 * 130% * 100% = 29
51 ATK 73 ACC	Handgun (50 ATK 16 ACC 5%)	Charge Shot I (180%)	0	Handgun Category Bonus (+5 ACC)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK/4 + Base ACC + Category Bonus + (Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC) * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 * Charge Shot Modifier ((51)/4 + 73 + 5 + (50/4 + 16) * (130% + 5% + 25%) - 25)/4 * 180% = 47
51 ATK 73 ACC	Handgun (50 ATK 16 ACC 5%)	Charge Shot I Full Charge Shot (300%)	2	Handgun Category Bonus (+5 ACC)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK/4 + Base ACC + Category Bonus + (Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC) * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 * Charge Shot Modifier * Chain Modifier ((51)/4 + 73 + 5 + (50/4 + 16) * (130% + 5% + 25%) - 25)/4 * 300% *（200% + 12.5% * 1）= 165
51 ATK 73 ACC	Handgun (50 ATK 16 ACC 5%)	Charge Shot I Full Charge Shot (300%)	2	Handgun Category Bonus (+5 ACC) FPS (+55% base ACC)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 DEF )	(Base ATK/4 + (Base ACC + Category Bonus) * FPS mode boost + (Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC) * Elemental Correction - Enemy DEF)/4 * Charge Shot Modifier * Chain Modifier ((51)/4 + 73 + 5 + (50/4 + 16) * (130% + 5% + 25%) - 25)/4 * 300% *（200% + 12.5% * 1）= 215

Technic Examples done using a Lv1 Newman Female Force

Tech Weapon Damage Calculations

Player Stats	Weapon Stats	Attack Used	Chain Count	Other Effects	Enemy Stats	Final Damage
107 TEC	Rod (75 TEC 0% PA 100%)	Barta Lv1 (91%)	-	1 Ice tech linked to weapon (+5% Elemental Correction)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 MND )	(Base TEC + Weapon TEC * Element Correction - Enemy MND)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier (107 + 75 * (130% + 5%) - 25)/4 * 91% * 100% = 33
107 TEC	Rod (75 TEC 0% PA 100%)	Gibarta Lv1 (111%)	0	4 Ice tech linked to weapon (+20% Elemental Correction)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 MND )	(Base TEC + Weapon TEC * Element Correction - Enemy MND)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier (107 + 75 * (130% + 20%) - 25)/4 * 111% * 100% = 43
107 TEC	Rod (75 TEC 0% PA 100%)	Gibarta Lv1 (111%)	2	4 Ice tech linked to weapon (+20% Elemental Correction)	Lv1 Pal Shark (25 MND )	(Base TEC + Weapon TEC * Element Correction - Enemy MND)/4 * PA Modifier * Weapon Modifier * Chain Bonus (107 + 75 * (130% + 20%) - 25)/4 * 111% * 100% * (200% + 12.5 * 1) = 92

Traps

The damage is based on: N x (10 + Player Lv). (N is 6 for Burn, Freeze, and Stun traps, 7 for Virus traps, and 2 for EX traps). Traps are also counted as melee damage, so any enemy that resists melee will reduce trap damage by 50%.

This damage can be boosted via the Abilities Burst Bomber and Full Burst Bomber.

Player Lv	Trap used	Damage
10	Burn Trap	6 * (10 + 10) = 120
20	Burn Trap EX, Burst Bomber	2 * (10 + 20) * 1.25 = 75

Damage Taken

	Formula
Physical	((Enemy ATK * Attribute Correction) - Player DEF)/5
Technic	((Enemy TEC * Attribute Correction) - Player MND)/5

Attribution Correction: 1±(Attribute %/3)

Shield-weave attribute correction only applies if the enemy attack's attribute is the same or opposite to the shield-weave attribute.

Example

Assuming 1,000 enemy ATK, 500 player DEF and 60% shield-weave attribute:

Same Attribute	Other Attribute	Opposite Attribute
Att. correction: 1-(0.6/3) = 0.8 ((1000*0.8)-500)/5 (800-500)/5 300/5 = 60 damage	Att. correction: None (1000-500)/5 500/5 = 100 damage	Att. correction: 1+(0.6/3) = 1.2 ((1000*1.2)-500)/5 (1200-500)/5 700/5 = 140 damage

Resta

The amount recovered by Resta is dependent on the player's Base Tec, Weapon Tec, and the PA level of Resta used.

	Formula
Resta	(Player Base TEC/10 + Weapon TEC + Resta Base Value (see table)) * Weapon PA modifier

Resta Base Value

	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5	LV6	LV7	LV8	LV9	LV10
Base Value	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	56	58	60
	LV11	LV12	LV13	LV14	LV15	LV16	LV17	LV18	LV19	LV20
Base Value	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
	LV21	LV22	LV23	LV24	LV25	LV26	LV27	LV28	LV29	LV30
Base Value	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80

Empower Healing imcreases final heal amount by a certain percentage.

The Follow Advance Type ability increases final heal amount by 8%.

Examples

Base TEC	Weapon Used	Resta LV	Calculation
100	Clarita Visas I (87 TEC, Empower Healing 15%)	15	(100/10 + 87 + 65) * 1.15 = 186
700	Caduceus (818 TEC, Empower Healing 30%), Follow Advance	30	(700/10 + 818 + 80) * 1.3 * 1.08 = 1359

Handguns Charge Shot II

Handgun CS2's heal amount is dependent on the player's ATK and ACC, similar to the Ranged damage formula.

	Formula
Handgun CS2	(Player Base ATK/4 + Player Base ACC + Weapon ATK/4 + Weapon ACC)/4

If the player Full Charge Shotted the CS2, the final heal amount is multiplied by 1.4.

Similar to other Ranged Weapons, it's possible to improve the heal amount by going into FPS mode, which increases the player's base ACC by 55%.

Examples

Base ATK	Base ACC	Weapon Used	Calculation
60	59	Handgun (50 ATK, 16 ACC)	(60/4 + 59 + 50/4 + 16)/4 = 25
826	410	Ancient Sight (562 ATK, 264 ACC), Full Charged	(826/4 + 410 + 562/4 + 264)/4 * 1.4 = 357