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Strength

0.5% Attack (Warrior only)

1% Guard Damage Bonus

Dexterity

0.5% Attack (Rogue only)

1% Crit Damage Bonus

Magic

0.5% Attack (Mage only)

1% Barrier Damage Bonus

Cunning

0.5% Crit Chance

0.5% Range Defense

Willpower

0.5% Attack

0.5% Magic Defense

Constitution

5 Health

0.5% Melee Defense

Offensive Attributes

Attack %

• Increases damage of basic attacks and most* abilities by 1%.
• Damage bonus applied before deduction by enemy armor.
• Weapon * (1 + Attk%) - Armor, NOT (Weapon - Armor) * (1 + Attk%).

*Note: some abilities may calculate damage differently and fail to apply the bonus properly. So far, Longshot's bonus damage based on range is not affected by attack %. I'll test more abilities in the future, as a lower priority task. Please let me know if you find any ability that doesn't benefit or doesn't benefit fully from attack %.

Guard Damage Bonus %

• Increases damage of an attack against Guard by 1%.
• Applies before damage reduction by armor.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other damage bonus attributes.

Armor Penetration %

• Ignores 1% of target's armor rating when dealing physical damage.
• Example. 20% AP would penetrate 10 armor, if the enemy has 50 armor in total.
• For enemies, 1 armor rating decreases their damage taken by 1 point. If 10 armor ratings are penetrated, then they'd take 10 extra damage when attacked.
• Abilities' damage multipliers apply, so an ability that deals 300% weapon damage would inflict 30 extra damage even though only 10 armor ratings are penetrated.
• Does not stack with bonus damage attributes (crit, flank, etc.). I.e. AP gives the same amount of extra damage on both a critical and a non-critical hit.
• Overall, this is a marginally inferior stat than Attack %. 1% Attack > 2% AP. See second post for detailed analysis.

Barrier Damage Bonus %

• Increases damage of an attack against Barrier by 1%.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other damage bonus attributes.

Critical Damage Bonus %

• Increases damage of critical attack by 1% more than non-critical attack.
• I.e. default bonus of 40% means critical attacks hit for 1.4 times the damage of non-critical attacks.
• Applies before damage reduction by armor.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other damage bonus attributes.

Critical Chance %

• Increases chance to inflict a critical attack on every target hit by 1%.
• When attacking multiple targets, each hit is independently capable of triggering critical hits.
• No internal cooldown.

Weapon Damage

• Base damage per hit.
• Every attribute applies to weapon damage, which serves as the base damage.
• Generally a more useful indicator of overall damage output than DPS. DPS shows only base damage output of basic attacks, while weapon damage affects ability damage output.
• Expressed as "Mainhand Damage" or "Offhand Damage".

Bleed on Hit %

• Increases chance to "Sunder" foes. Decreases foe armor by 20% for 6 seconds and stacks.

Stagger on Hit %

• Increases chance to stun an enemy for 3 seconds on hit by 1%.
• The stun allows triggering of combos.
• No internal cooldown.
• No "Stunned" floating text like stuns from abilities.

Heal on Kill %

• Increases healing received on landing a killing blow by 1% of max health.
• E.g. 25% Heal on Kill would heal your character for 25% of their max health on every kill.
• Must land the killing blow personally via abilities (including DoT) or otherwise.
• No internal cooldown.

Flanking Damage Bonus %

• Increases damage of flank attack by 1% more than non-flank attack.
• I.e. default bonus of 25% means flank attacks hit for 1.25 times the damage of non-flank attacks.
• Applies before damage reduction by armor.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other damage bonus attributes.

Cooldown Modifier % (WIP)

• Will test if it stacks multiplicatively with abilities.

Defensive Attributes

Magic Defense %

• Reduces final damage taken from magical attacks by 1%.

Melee Defense %

• Reduces final damage taken from melee attacks by 1%.
• Applies after damage reduction from armor.

Ranged Defense %

• Reduces final damage taken from ranged attacks by 1%.
• Applies after damage reduction from armor.

Cold Resistance %

• Reduces final damage taken from cold attacks by 1%.

Electrical Resistance %

• Reduces final damage taken from electrical attacks by 1%.

Fire Resistance %

• Reduces final damage taken from fire attacks by 1%.

Spirit Resistance %

• Reduces final damage taken from spirit attacks by 1%.

Guard

• Functions as extra health. Enjoys damage mitigation, unlike Barrier.
• Max Guard = 25% of Max Health.
• BUG: Vanguard's "Untouchable Defense" does not increase max guard at all, contrary to the stated 25%.
• Certain abilities confer extra bonus, e.g. 20% armor, when Guard is present.
• Guide on how to generate Guard here: http://forum.bioware...generate-guard/

Armor Rating

• Reduces damage by X points when attacked by melee or ranged physical attacks.
• X = 1 (MP); 2 (Nightmare) (will test Casual, Normal and Hard soon)
• Applies before Melee/Ranged Defense %.
• Some enemies may possess armor penetration properties.
• Note: for enemies' armor rating, 1 armor only decreases their physical damage taken by 1 point even on Nightmare.

Armor Rating Front

• Functions just like regular Armor Rating, but only used if attacked in the front.
• Armor rating on a shield increases t his stat. Ergo, "armor rating" and "armor rating front" have identical values for all except shield users.
• BUG: Does not benefit from abilities giving +% armor ability buffs, unlike regular armor rating. However, + armor potion applies the bonus properly.

Bleed on Being Hit %

• Increases chance to "Sunder" foes. Decreases foe armor by 20% for 6 seconds and stacks.

Stagger on Being Hit %

• Increases chance to stun an enemy for 3 seconds when being hit by them by 1%.
• The stun allows triggering of combos.
• No internal cooldown.
• No "Stunned" floating text like stuns from abilities.
• Can trigger on ranged or direct magical attacks (i.e. staff), if the attacking enemy is within melee range.

Healing Bonus %

• Should be straight forward. Low priority.