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Your stats and how they affect Blue magic damage ...

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So I ran many tests as a lvl 27 Blu to determine what stats raise the damage of blue magic. (Keepin mind these tests were for offensive, damaging spells only.)

Physical type Blue magic apparently falls into two categories; ranged (ex. Feather Storm) & melee (ex. Bludgeon)
Melee-Physical magics damage is boosted solely by Str. Attack power does absolutely nothing.
Ranged-Physical magics damage is boosted by both Str & Agi, moreso by Agi.
Another interesting find for the ranged-type is that thier accuracy/damage is affected by how far you are from the mob. I did 6 casts of Feather Storm at max casting range & all hit for 240 damage. I then did 6 casts at point-blank range & 5 hit for 292 with one miss.
Accuracy for both is determined by your accuracy of the weapon in your main hand. (That includes the ranged-type so dont be getting +Ranged accuracy gears. Regular +accuracy does the job for both)



Magical type Blu magics apparently fall into 2 categories as well; normal casted magic & breath, although i cant 100% verify this as I currently have only 1 breath attack.
Magical type Blue magics run just the same as a black mages magics. Int boosts damage cap & are all affected by magical attack bonus (Moldavite earring) and yes, the elemental staves.
Breath-type magical blue spells damage, however, is boosted by Cha & not Int. Like I mentioned, I only have one breath attack (Poison Breath), but yes, the only base stat that raised its damage was charisma.

Accuracy seems solely determined by Blue Magic skill.


No tests were done on defensive spells, cures, non-damaging spells (sleeps) or Blood-Drain (except to see if Pluto's Staff increased drain power-- it does)

Hope this helps you other aspiring Blu mages :2thumb:
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