instant kill ?

[saltywet]

Originally Posted by EebstertheGreat

False.

It's more like this:

..
X damage dealt

So if we assume SC 1 and SC 2 were both lvl 4 (for simplicity), then we have not Xspell X + 0.5 XSC 1 + 0.5 XSC 2 = 2 X but rather Xspell X + 0.5 XSC 1 (1 + 0.5SC 2 amplifying SC 1) + 0.5 XSC 2 (1 + 0.5SC 1 amplifying SC 2) = 2.5 X

wow i just thought two soul catchers stack multiplicatively (1.5*1.5=2.25), thats less than what u say

can you explain :

Originally Posted by EebstertheGreat

As long as the new instance of damage is large enough (>5 iirc), then yeah I guess. It's just complicated.

i think this is in response to someone saying soul catcher + dirge aura stack acts the same way as two soul catcher stacking, and you seem to agree with it. unless i misunderstood,
can you please explain whether soul catcher and dirge aura acts as

dmg*(1+0.5+0.35)

or the formula you have above ie

(dmg+0.5dmg(1+0.35)+0.35dmg(1+0.5))=2.2dmg

[EebstertheGreat]

Plague Aura uses fundamentally the same mechanic as Soul Catcher, Orchid, and every other triggered damage amplification. Plague Aura amplifies damage > 4 instead of damage > 5, and it amplifies by 20/25/30/35% instead of 20/30/40/50%, but otherwise it's the same.

My initial calculation was naive, basically because I wasn't thinking about later damage instances.

[MauranKilom]

Why is everyone saying that orchid amplifies damage like penitence, soul catcher, plague aura etc.? The damage is delayed...
It's defenitely not an insta-kill if you have to wait 2 seconds for the orchid damage. And you have to mention that you assume all other damage amplifiers to be active when orchid ends.

[kevs926]

just tested centaur with 1 soul catcher level4 debuff and plague aura level3 (30%) with 1024 life went down to 395 after 1 brain sap