Understanding DoT (Damage over Time)

[zephyr1]

@Tennischris

Has anyone noticed that the DoT in defense is DoT + Troops + 20%?

Yes, Defense teams have a 20% bonus to attack and defense stats that’s separate from intrinsic base stats and Troops.

As DoT scales with the attack stat, it’s normal that a DoT dealer on Defense has a higher DoT amount than the exact same hero on Offense would, even with the same Troop — and that it would be exactly 20% higher.

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adding in additional info from our conversation in Beta about this

@Tennischris

are the other 20% buffs unseen?

Yes, exactly, which has caused a lot of confusion for many people.

You can find mention of this in several other places, e.g.

@Gryphonknight

20% bonus damage buff

Players can increase damage by making matches of a color strong against the defending hero. Since the A.I. Cannot, they get a flat 20% bonus ( which is roughly the bonus of a rainbow team against a single color boss due to strong matches versus a team of all neutral colors fighting the same boss ).

@prom

I know that the enemy gets 20% attack and 20% defense.

@Wharflord

The defending team gets a built in 20% bonus to attack and defense.

@Kerridoc

Also, troops matter. The +att from the troop increases DoT. But it’s mostly the 20% defender boost.

@Revelate

The 20% number came from Natalya testing on beta, we could see that the special was ticking 20% higher on defense than it was on offense. DOT damage being true damage we could do that.

@Revelate

Test: comparison of attacking Natalya vs defending Natalya damage
Control: same attack stat on troops for both teams (as they affect her damage)

TLDR: appears to be a 20% damage increase, which is a nice round number as expected.

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