Damage Formula (PSO2)

Information here was translated directly from [https://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?ダメージ計算] and will require some level of proofreading.

Damage Composition and Variance

Damage Composition

PSO2's damage is divided into parts:

• Base, Mag, Special Abilities, etc. Damage
• Weapon Attribute Damage
• Weapon Damage

In the case of Techniques, "Weapon Attribute damage" is not applicable.

Damage variance only occurs in the "Weapon Damage" section. For this reason, there is no damage variance when attacking without equipping a weapon (AKA bare-handed). The minimum value of "Weapon Damage" section always ranges between 10% and 90%. When under conditions which are too good or too bad outside the range of 10-90%, the resulting minimum Weapon Damage will always be capped within 10%-90%. A critical hit removes this variance, resulting in 100% of Weapon Damage being applied.

Maximum damage on a critical hit (Criticals are shown as blue numbers in-game):

Base, Mag, Special Abilities, etc. Damage

Weapon Attribute Damage

Weapon Damage 100%

Non-critical damage under the best conditions:

Base, Mag, Special Abilities, etc. Damage

Weapon Attribute Damage

Minimum Weapon Damage 90%

Variance

Non-critical damage under the worst conditions:

Base, Mag, Special Abilities, etc. Damage

Weapon Attribute Damage

Min. 10%

Variance

As shown above, the damage variance only applies to "Weapon Damage" section, thus it is less evident when observing only the total damage. Since Techniques do not have "Weapon Attribute Damage", it is slightly easier to notice the damage variance compared to other types of attacks.

Damage Variance

Above section as summarized:

Maximum Damage
Normals, Mag, Special Abillities, etc	Weapon Type	Weapon Damage 100%
		Minimum Damage	Damage Variance

There are three ways to determine the minimum damage of weapons.

• Rarity → fixed 90% (Should be noted that it was previously possible to obtain less than 90% in damage variance, however it is impossible to do so now)
  The Invade OTs and Val series have the same minimum damage equivalent to "Non-rare Crafted Weapons".

• Non-rare crafts, Invade OTs, Val series → Variance calculated by the Dex difference between the player, enemy, weapon rarity and weapon grind.
  • Silver tier crafts → damage variance is boosted by a large amount.
  • Crafts that are not Silver tier, common, uncommon, red and blue weapons, non-main damage type (Vibrace Weapon's tech power) → damage variance is the minimum amount.
  • Invade OTs, Val series → minimum damage variance is wider spread.

With rare weapons, the damage variance is fixed at 90%.

In the case of non-rare crafts, minimum damage is not dependant on the weapon attack power. Even if you have a weapon with 500 to 1000 attack power, even under the best circumstances (Weapon fully enhanced to its maximum, DEX between you and the enemy are the same, high weapon rarity), you will still deal the minimum amount of damage.

Damage Calculation Formula

Notice: The calculation formula is based off of information that can be verified in-game, not from any official sources.

In the event that the damage exceeds 1 million, even if you've factored in the variances introduced by buffs, craft mastery, etc, the final damage tally will be mismatched. In this case, you can match your critical (blue) damage by multiplying the coefficient of Shifta and/or any Drinks (if used) with that of your total combined attack power.

The enemy's defensive power is normally an integer, however the decimals introduced by a barrier or infection core are preserved as part of the multiplier of its defensive power.

Damage Type Reference

When calculating damage, there is an implied understanding to what the damage type an attack is.

There are several PAs and attacks that differ in various ways on how they output damage.

Key:

Attack Power

Increasing the attack type defined will boost damage. Attack types not listed do nothing for the listed attack type.

Defensive Power

Defines what the Attack Power Type damages the enemy with. Defensive types not listed do nothing for the listed defensive type.

Weapon Type

What damage type the weapon is associated with. Weapon Type Damage is affected by the Part Boost Type.

Part Boost Type

The part of the enemy that the damage type is affected by.

Final Attack Type

Attack type after final damage calculations, if applicable.

Base

Method of Attack	Attack Power	Defense Power	Weapon Type	Part Boost Type	Final Attack Type	Notes
Normal Strike Attack	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Normal Ranged Attack	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	Ranged Damage
Technique	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Elemental Attribute	Tech Damage
Bare hands	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Talis Attack	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Tech	Striking Damage
Takt Normals	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Tech	Tech Damage	Attack Advance disabled
Jet Boots (Without Switch Strike)	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Striking	Striking Damage
Jet Boots (With Switch Strike)	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Pets (Without Switch Strike)	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Tech	Tech Damage	Pets stats are used in lieu of weapons, not the stats of the Takt.
Pets (With Switch Strike)	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Tech	Tech Damage	Pets stats are used in lieu of weapons, not the stats of the Takt.
Pets (With Switch Shoot)	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Tech	Tech Damage	Pets stats are used in lieu of weapons, not the stats of the Takt.
Phantom Rod Normals	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Striking	Striking Damage	Unlike other classes rod attacks, Phantom's is considered striking based.

Class Skills & Others

Method of Attack	Attack Power	Defense Power	Weapon Type	Part Boost Type	Final Attack Type	Notes
Guard Arts	S-ATK	S-DEF	None	Striking	None
DS Whirlwind	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Katana Counter Edge	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Braver Combat Finish	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Snatch Step	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
DB Photon Blades	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Hero Sword Weapon Action	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Ranger Tools (Traps, Bullets, Bombs)	R-ATK	R-DEF	None	Ranged	None	Standing Snipe, Moving Snipe, etc, not applicable
S-Roll Arts	R-ATK	Ranged	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged Damage
Phantom Marker Detonation (Rifle)	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	Striking Damage
Rod Shoot	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Tech	Striking Damage
Tech Explosion	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Elemental Attribute	Striking Damage
Ignition Skills	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Tech	Tech Damage
JB Double Jump	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Elemental Attribute	None
Elemental Burst	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Elemental Attribute	None
Hero Talis Marking Shot	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Tech	Striking Damage
Hero One More Jump	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Tech	None
DB Snatch	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Just Reversal B	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Angelic Adept	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Retaliating Fist	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Hexing Spirit	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Thundering Blades	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Mysterious Counjurer	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Striking Damage
Dissipating Wave	S-ATK	S-DEF	Striking	Striking	Ranged Damage
Antique Shot	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	Ranged Damage
Soaring Brilliance	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	Ranged Damage
Auxiliary Dart	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged Damage
Glance of Darkness	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Elemental Attribute	Tech Damage	Treated as an uncharged technique
SP Auto Action (S-ATK)	S-ATK	S-DEF	None	Striking	None	Not treated the same as a weapon
SP Auto Action (R-ATK)	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	None	Not treated the same as a weapon
SP Auto Action (T-ATK)	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Elemental Attribute	Tech Damage	Treated as an uncharged technique with weapon scaling
Photon Blast (S-ATK)	S-ATK	S-DEF	None	Striking	None	Not treated the same as a weapon
Photon Blast (R-ATK)	R-ATK	R-DEF	None	Ranged	None	Not treated the same as a weapon
Photon Blast (T-ATK)	T-ATK	T-DEF	None	Tech	None
Dash Panel Boost Kick	S-ATK	S-DEF	None	Striking	None	Power 250%, 3500%, 5000%

Photon Art & Technique Exceptions

Method of Attack	Attack Power	Defense Power	Weapon Type	Part Boost Type	Final Attack Type	Notes
Physical Moves from TMG PAs	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Striking	Ranged
Crazy Smash Impact Slider Kick Kamikaze Arrow Kick Tritt Shooter Kick	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Striking	Striking
Kamikaze Arrow Dash	R-ATK	R-DEF	Ranged	Ranged	Striking
Hero Talis PAs	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Tech	Striking
Phantom Rod PAs	T-ATK	T-DEF	Tech	Striking	Striking
Vol Graptor Explosion Banish Arrow Explosion	None	None	None	Attribute-less	Not Applicable
Zanverse Boost Effect	None	None	None	Applies Wind Attribute	None	Is not boosted by Wind Mastery skills