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Introduction
Introduction
An Aura instance refers to the individual applications of a specific aura, how many times it was applied, and more importantly when it was applied. Within these aura interactions are the interactions between the various modifier and derived stats themselves, but beyond this auras can be generally categorized as either being similar, or non-similar. Similar auras are auras who share the exact same name, and non-similar are those with different names, therefore, two auras having the same effect is not the same as two auras being identical. Below you will see a brief description of the interactions between these two categories as well as a few examples of said interactions.
Similar Auras
Similar Auras
Similar Auras are auras that share the same name, these auras interact in two ways:
- Similar base Auras do not compound with one another, for example: Having two Lord of Order's apply 'Empowerment' will not increase the party's primary stats by 40%, it will just be the usual 20%. (There are exceptions to this rule however, such as necromancer's 'weaken'. Although the exact reasoning is unknown, we could speculate that it is down to two possible reasons. 1. This mechanic was an intended feature, and was hard-coded into the game in order to encourage multiple necromancers to party up with one another. 2. Weaken is technically classified as a stackable aura, but has a stack limit of 1, therefore showing no signs of increasing). The reason similar auras do NOT compound is to prevent non-stacking effects to stack.
- Similar stackable Auras DO compound, and act out as if the final modifier is a combination of the total numbers of stacks of the users. For example: two Stonecrushers at max stacks of bruised will increase the target's All In by 80%, as opposed to the previously capped 40%. In the case of classes who experience the stacking glitch, this is the only way to observe what your damage output should be, since both of the instances are treated as first stacks, yet the output is the expected output at 2 stacks, since they compound with one another.
- It is important to note that this only relates to modifiers, not the actual base scaling damage, so for example: Doomknight's Soul Steal reads "A quick attack that deals a small amount of damage, but then applies Dark Wound on the target, dealing 200% of Weapon DPS over 8 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times and heals you for twice the damage dealt at maximum stacks. Also applies Cracked Soul, which increases the target's damage taken by 10% for 8 seconds and stacks 5 times". In the case of 2 separate Doomknights, it would only be the enemy All In supplied by 'Cracked Soul' that compounds, not the scaling damage supplied by 'Dark Wound'.
- Similar Auras can have different effects depending on the class, but still the fact remains that these will not compound with one another if they are non-stackable auras.
Non-Similar Auras
Non-Similar Auras
Non-similar auras are simply auras with different names, regardless of the effect tied to the aura, they interact in the usual manner:
- Non-Similar base Auras do compound with one another, for example: Infinity Titan's 'Universal Power' and Stonecrusher's 'Dissonance' combined would provide a Crit Chance of 60% to the party, despite the former being a reskin of the latter.
- Non-Similar Stackable auras also compound with one another as expected, for intra stat aura interactions it would be additive, for inter-stat interactions they would be multiplicative.
Aura Instances
Aura Instances
In this section we will be looking closely at how similar-stackable auras interact with one another since these are the only real oddity concerning aura interactions. We will also be looking at how similar DoTs interact with one another. For reference, we will be using terms such as Highest or lowest instance quite a bit, this in simple terms just refers to the latest applied aura and the earliest applied aura respectively.
DoT Trading
DoT Trading
DoT Trading refers to the interaction between similar DoTs, where the DoT is 'stolen' from the highest instance by the lowest instance. In the video above you will notice that upon applying 'Shadow Smoke' a DoT is initiated. Danzon applies the first instance and gets 2 out of the usual 4 ticks that you would apply under this aura. After 2 ticks Nix applies his own 'Shadow Smoke', and takes away Danzon's DoTs for himself, despite 'Shadow Smoke' never fading for Danzon, he no longer has an outsource of DoT damage. This cyclic back and forth of taking another's DoT is what constitutes as DoT Trading., the most recent instance takes away the earliest instance, yet the effect stays up for both participants.
This is one of the few ways that a non-loopable effect tied DoT can be looped, however, each DoT trade acts out as if the aura faded, in terms of stackable DoTs, therefore, each trade will revert back to the base value of the individual DoT and DoTs can not be stacked using this method.
Similar-Stackable Auras
Similar-Stackable Auras
As previosuly stated, Similar-Stackable auras compound with one another, and since these stack will be of the same modifiers, then it follows that that they would always interact additively with one another. In the example above we have two Frostval Barbarians using 'Silver Maw/Thaw/Jaw'. This skill applies 3 stackable effects, one reduces mana cost by 15% with every stack, one increases crit chance by 10% with every stack, and the other increases crit damage by 20% with every stack. In this example we'll be looking closely at the mana cost reduction buff. At full stacks of silver thaw, you and your party will be experiencing a mana cost reduction of 60% at full stacks, with two Frostval Barbarians in play this maximum is doubled, to a mana cost reduction of 120%, which means that your skills would cost -20% extra mana, or in other words, gaining 20% extra mana.
Silver Thaw is a skill which 'heals' 20 mana for the user, which means that it will have a mana cost of -20. From the 16s mark onwards you will notice that 'Silver Maw/Thaw/Jaw' is actually costing mana, rather than gaining it. This is because we've essentially turned a negative mana cost into a positive mana cost when introducing a mana cost reduction >100%. The skill now consumes 4 mana per use, which is a result of the following calculation: -0.2*-20 = +4.
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