How are AOE Special Skills damage numbers calculated?

No, because…

…they do.

Defense stats affect damage taken from direct-damage Special Skills (though not DoT).


And in addition to that, as @Kilted noted, there’s a random component to damage, even apart from the Attack and Defense stats at play, which is the θ in this equation:


As you can see in that formula, damage is a function of the ratio of Attack and Defense, so it’s going to be different for each enemy, based on their Defense amount, including application of Troops and status effects.

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