Special skill damage increase should increase owl damage

[Matbrink]

I know Owl damage is not affected by buffs that increase attack and defense, but based on the description on the card i would expect that the damage should be affected by a buff that increases special skill damage. I have checked this using Leadria, but i see no increase in damage (see screen shots). Can this be corrected of otherwise correctly specified in the text?

[Gargon]

The whole point of Owls is that the are NOT affected by any buffs or debuffs (except growth/wither, because those are not buffs). If they were affected by them, the whole Moonrise strike thing would be even more stupid than it already is.

[Elioty33]

The increased special skill damage buff is additive, not multiplicative (if the special skill does 240% damage and the buff gives +20%, it will do damage equivalent to a 260% special skill, not 288%).
Knowing this, it’s pretty clear that it won’t affect Moonrise strike because its damage is given in absolute value on the card and not percentage-based like the usual special skill’s damage.
So in my opinion, it working just fine and as intended by the game designer I think.

[Matbrink]

That would explain it. If it is indeed additive then i find the effect of such a special very marginal though… often a special does 300%-400%. That extra 10% or 20% hardly makes a difference.

[u2371]

@Elioty33

So in my opinion, it working just fine and as intended by the game designer I think.

I think so but I still agree that the description should be clarified to avoid the confusion.

@Matbrink

Can this be corrected of otherwise correctly specified in the text?

[Elioty33]

@u2371

I think so but I still agree that the description should be clarified to avoid the confusion.

Yea it can always be made clearer. In this instance, I think only one word is necessary (example with Glenda):

• The caster and nearby allies get additional +40% direct damage for Special Skills for 4 turns.

Just adding direct to qualify the damages that are improved by this effect. And I think we can all agree that Moonrise Strike is NOT direct damage (“Attacks all enemies with Moonrise Strike, […]”, not just “deals x% damage […]”). This should also clarify that DoTs are excluded from this effect, if it was confusing/unclear for some players.

Unfortunately, I doubt SGG will really bother with this. They very rarely update/reword special skill descriptions unless it’s really broken (like doing the opposite of what it says, not just about some undetailed corner cases)