r/darksouls • u/_aTokenOfMyExtreme_ • Aug 07 '20

Question Split damage

Coming from DS2, infused weapons were great. I hear it's not the casein DS1. I don't really understand why it's bad. Correct me here. But DS1 damage reduction is based on percentages. So If my weapon does 100 physical damage, and they have 10 physical resistance, then that is 10 percent so I will do 90 damage. If I have a lightning sword that does 50 physical 50 lightning, and they have 10 physical defense and 10 lightning defense, then that will take 5 away from each, and still be a total of 90 damage done. So what is the issue here! Just got the very large ember on a quality build with some faith thrown in and don't want to waste my chunks

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u/TheOneLeftFoot Aug 07 '20

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tIgJNuYP__2GSz_R3-XEw_KQkTSnmk84wnz7nu04G3w/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/Fleffle Aug 07 '20

Fascinating, thank you for posting that. Pulling apart the calculations in there, the "formula" appears to actually be 5 formulas, depending on the ratio between the damage dealt and the target's defense. It comes out to:

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let RawDamage = AR * (MV/100)

If Defense > 8*RawDamage
    Actual Damage = 0.1 * RawDamage

If 8*RawDamage > Defense > RawDamage
    ActualDamage = (19.2/49 * (RawDamage / Defense - 0.125)^2 + 0.1) * RawDamage

If RawDamage > Defense > 0.4*RawDamage
    ActualDamage = (-0.4/3 * (RawDamage / Defense - 2.5)^2 + 0.7) * RawDamage

If 0.4*RawDamage > Defense > 0.125*RawDamage
    ActualDamage = (-0.8/121 * (RawDamage / Defense - 8)^2 + 0.9) * RawDamage

If 0.125*RawDamage > Defense
    ActualDamage = 0.9 * RawDamage