Sacred 2:Damage Lore

Damage Lore

Increases the chance to trigger Secondary Effects (burn, freeze, weaken, poison) of the respective damage types.

• Chance for Secondary Effect + x%

Skill level	1	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	74	75	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	155	170	185	200
Chance of Effect, +%:	1,3	6,1	10,6	14,5	17,7	20,6	23	25,2	26	27,1	29,2	33	36,5	39,5	42,2	44,7	46,9	49,7	52,4	54,5	56,5
Damage/Duration, +%:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	235,6	246,3	265,7	282,8	298,1	311,6	323,7	334,7	349,3	362,1	373,3	383,2

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Mastery

• At Level 75 Damage Lore increases effectiveness and duration of Secondary Effects.

• Unlocks the "Additional Damage/Duration of Secondary Effects" skill property.

Properties

• The chance bonus stacks with any bonuses from items, though there are diminishing returns.

• Mastering the skill increases the Effects' damage and duration, once they are triggered.

• Multiple effects can be triggered on a single hit, but only the "first" will get a graphical effect. Using certain Combat Arts that cause Secondary Effects can trigger multiple Effects per hit.

• A monster can be affected by multiple effects simultaneously, until their duration runs out.

• The mastery bonus won't affect damage over time effects that are stated in a CA tooltip (eg, Blazing Tempest).

Breakpoints

• The bonuses are increased in steps as shown in the Damage Lore full table.

The Increase in Effectiveness mastery bonus at a given skill level x is given fairly precisely by the following formulas:

• 450*(x-32.5)/(x+66) + 100

The bold marked number is the smallest upper bound of this progression, which will never at any skill level be exceeded.

As an example, effectiveness increase value at x=75:

450*(75-32.5)/(75+66) + 100 = 450*42.5/141 + 100 = 235.64

This value compared with the table value is a good example of the precision the formula offers.