Question: Strength of Honor - Guild Wars Forums

Maese Mateo · May 11, 2011, 09:53 PM // 21:53

I have a Warrior/Monk who sustains this effect on herself and I would like to know if the damage bonus adds to her weapon damage or not. I though it did, but then I found this on the GW wiki, so I'm confused:

"The additional damage is armor-ignoring and does not add to the target's weapon damage. This can be used on a character without the required attribute rank for their melee weapon to deal Strength of Honor's damage."

Thanks a lot in advance for your answers.

Dzjudz · May 11, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Edit: it's not dealt separately, but it's armor ignoring damage separate from the weapon's own damage, so your weapon will basically do dmg(weapon dmg + soh dmg).

In other words, it does not increase when you achieve a critical hit but it also does not decrease when you don't meet a weapon's requirement.

Chthon · May 12, 2011, 03:43 AM // 03:43

To put it more mathematically:

normal hit:
dmg = (random{weapon_min, weapon_max} * customize_bonus * inscription_bonus * slayer_bonus * 2^((baseline - armor)/40)) + bonus_dmg

critical hit:
dmg = (weapon_max * customize_bonus * inscription_bonus * slayer_bonus * 2^(((baseline + 20) - armor)/40)) + bonus_dmg

where baseline = mastery*5 - greater_of{0, 3*(mastery - (2+round_down{lvl/2})}
(Easier to think of it as 5 per mastery point up to 12 and then 2 per mastery above that - for level 20 characters.)
or, for wands/staves/spells:
baseline = 3*lvl

The damage from SoH goes in the bonus_dmg category, which, as I hope you can see, has nothing to do with any other variable. It's just a straight up addition tacked on at the end.

Maese Mateo · May 12, 2011, 04:06 AM // 04:06

I got it know.

Thank you very much both of you! =)

May 11, 2011, 09:53 PM // 21:53	#1
Maese Mateo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina	Question: Strength of Honor I have a Warrior/Monk who sustains this effect on herself and I would like to know if the damage bonus adds to her weapon damage or not. I though it did, but then I found this on the GW wiki, so I'm confused: "The additional damage is armor-ignoring and does not add to the target's weapon damage. This can be used on a character without the required attribute rank for their melee weapon to deal Strength of Honor's damage." Thanks a lot in advance for your answers.

May 11, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00	#2
Dzjudz Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz	Edit: it's not dealt separately, but it's armor ignoring damage separate from the weapon's own damage, so your weapon will basically do dmg(weapon dmg + soh dmg). In other words, it does not increase when you achieve a critical hit but it also does not decrease when you don't meet a weapon's requirement. Last edited by Dzjudz; May 11, 2011 at 10:04 PM // 22:04..

May 12, 2011, 03:43 AM // 03:43	#3
Chthon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Apr 2007	To put it more mathematically: normal hit: dmg = (random{weapon_min, weapon_max} * customize_bonus * inscription_bonus * slayer_bonus * 2^((baseline - armor)/40)) + bonus_dmg critical hit: dmg = (weapon_max * customize_bonus * inscription_bonus * slayer_bonus * 2^(((baseline + 20) - armor)/40)) + bonus_dmg where baseline = mastery5 - greater_of{0, 3(mastery - (2+round_down{lvl/2})} (Easier to think of it as 5 per mastery point up to 12 and then 2 per mastery above that - for level 20 characters.) or, for wands/staves/spells: baseline = 3lvl The damage from SoH goes in the bonus_dmg category, which, as I hope you can see, has nothing to do with any other variable. It's just a straight up addition tacked on at the end. Last edited by Chthon; May 12, 2011 at 03:47 AM // 03:47..*

May 12, 2011, 04:06 AM // 04:06	#4
Maese Mateo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina	I got it know. Thank you very much both of you! =)