***** Magik (Phoenix Five) *****

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  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    This is a thread about Emma's passive and we are talking about whether Emma's passive permanent damage is bugged and you posted picture of Crystal? :s

  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards

    @dianetics said:
    Crystals match damage is base damage and boostable.
    Magiks is a percentage increase. So the bonus damage is not boostable, but the rest of the power is… which includes the permanent damage direct damage portion but not the permanent damage increase of 10%

    Then magik deals chip, chip, chip permanent damage.
    While Crystal can deal a huge amount.
    If BCS someday realizes this Crystal will be nerfed for sure :D

  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,509 Chairperson of the Boards

    @HoundofShadow said:
    This is a thread about Emma's passive and we are talking about whether Emma's passive permanent damage is bugged and you posted picture of Crystal? :s

    We are trying to compare her to other characters that have similar mechanics.

    You can’t be that obtuse.

    We want to know if she is working as intended since she has multiple damage interactions her red.

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    I've already provided the math. A video probably tells a billion words. Here's the video of Magik and Apocalypse

    https://streamable.com/0qsi4c

    Here's some numbers to take note:

    Doctor Doom current and base health:
    251018 / 271209

    Apocalypse boost: 9348

    Damage taken from Thor: 3012

    Magik red match-3: 1898 x 3 = 5694

    Magik's red match-3 permanent damage: 5694 x 35% = 1992.9

    Using the formula I shown,

    Permanent damage = 1992.9 + 9348 = 11340.9
    Total damage taken = 17034

    Therefore, Dr Doom's new current and base health should look like this:

    230972 / 259869

    If you see the aftermath, the math checks out. So, for those who still insist that her boosted permanent damage doesn't work properly, please do your own math. Who's the obtuse one?

  • Bzhai
    Bzhai Posts: 576 Critical Contributor

    @dianetics said:
    Magik does deal 2 types of chip permanent damage. Crystals is arguably better since she does it on matches, and magiks needs to be cast.
    It’s unlikely there will be any nerf though, since crystal isn’t having high usage rates.

    But Crystal's only activates off red matches and Magick's to all colours as long as she's tanking. Theoretically if you equip match damage boosts and build a team of crit generators and board shakers her 35% bonus damage would scale accordingly.

    Or am I missing something here?

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards

    Crystal's passive permanent match damage works and gets buff exactly the same way as Magik's.

    What you are missing is that they are still trashing Magik, despite not knowing how her abilities work.

  • pepitedechocolat
    pepitedechocolat Posts: 253 Mover and Shaker

    @HoundofShadow said:
    I've already provided the math. A video probably tells a billion words. Here's the video of Emma and Apocalypse

    not to be annoying, but I think she is called Illyana, Emma is another char and its confusing

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    Thanks for correcting. It's Magik. :D
    Let me correct it.

  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    @HoundofShadow said:
    I've already provided the math. A video probably tells a billion words. Here's the video of Magik and Apocalypse

    https://streamable.com/0qsi4c

    I recognize that the blame is on me for watching your video that doesn't prove anything.
    Now look at @fight4thedream photo. Is a well advanced battle.
    The absolutely chip, chip permanent damage doesn't makes the slightest dent on chasm health bar and he totally will ignore it on the next revive.
    As he was hit by a mosquito.

  • fight4thedream
    fight4thedream Posts: 2,017 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    Ran a few more tests and can confirm that @HoundofShadow has the correct understanding of how the ability works: permanent damage is taken off of base health, not current health.

    With that said, I agree with @Bad that it does feel rather redundant in the majority of my battles and would rather it be tied to current health. To be honest, the red slash is annoying to see because it feels meaningless for the most part.

    I do really like her skillset though but that pre-release nerf :#

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards

    I've already shown the formula on page 17 or 18.

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards

    Try Electro/Magik/Apocalypse with + 2 red/yellow ap and 1 green/black ap boost.
    Apocalypse has stun immunity thanks to Magik and Electro feeds yellow aps and reduces AoE by x amount.

    Here's the video:

    https://streamable.com/wkam1d

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,325 Chairperson of the Boards

    Why do mutants (generic) give Apocalypse stun immunity? It would make sense if 5* mutants did so as they might not be considered 'weak" but not lower level ones who Apocalypse would quite happily exterminate. Obviously also any like Dark Beast and AoA Cyclops costume (can costumes have perks? Might be an idea...)

    Sorry...something about Magik?

  • Belphegor666
    Belphegor666 Posts: 47 Just Dropped In
    edited April 2023

    Wasn't Magik sorcerer supreme at some point, the kamar-taj support could have been useful against worthy cap. But I guess the phoenix affiliation hinders it.
    Maybe they will do a Magik and Wiccan Sorcerer supreme version down the line.

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards

    Since she's boosted or even when unboosted, Thor + Apocalypse makes her match damage hit more than 10k easily because she tanks black and red over Apocalypse, while Thor reduces the appearance of yellow/red/green, resulting in more purple and black for her to match.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,549 Chairperson of the Boards

    Is there a cap on how many demon tiles can be created by matching them? Seems like after 3 or 4 are present they don’t create two when matched, just replace themselves with one.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,549 Chairperson of the Boards

    Confirmed, the rebalance they did shortly after release limited it to 3, though firing her black will go above that cap.

    https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/88633/upcoming-rebalances-kate-bishop-jubilee-magik-phoenix-5

  • MoosePrime
    MoosePrime Posts: 969 Critical Contributor

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    Is there a cap on how many demon tiles can be created by matching them? Seems like after 3 or 4 are present they don’t create two when matched, just replace themselves with one.

    Yes, you can increase the limit by using her black power. Ingame, the description of black tells you what the current limit is.