Editing Damage (section)

== Bramble Damage ==

The [[Status_Icon_Reference_Guide#Physical_Reflect|Physical Reflect]] buff ( [[Image:Physical Reflect buff.png]] ), better known as being "brambled", is normally endowed by the venomancer skill Bramble Guard.  It may also be given by the genie skill Alpha Male, the demon version of the barbarian skill Roar, or some mobs will buff themselves with it.

Attacking a brambled target with a melee physical attack causes the attacker to take bramble damage.  Bramble damage is a percentage of raw physical damage and can be thought of as a physical attack from the target to attacker.

To calculate bramble damage you start with the physical attack of the attacker before factoring in crits, attack levels, or any kind of damage reduction.  For a simple unarmed punch, this attack is equal to the base damage in the character sheet.
Using just this damage, a new attack is generated from the target back at the attacker based as a percentage of that damage.

For instance a physical attack of 1000 (before crit or any kind of damage reduction) will be reflected back as 600 physical damage by level 10 Bramble Guard (60% reflect damage).

This attack is a physical attack which is treated as if it originated from the brambled target, thus increasing aggro.  Like any attack from the brambled target, it uses the brambled target's Attack Level and is mitigated by the original attacker's Defense Level and physical defense using the above equations.  This brambled attack has a chance to crit according to the brambled target's crit rate and not the original attacker's.  The original attacker's Attack Level and chance to crit as well as the brambled target's Defense Level and physical defense has no effect on the reflected bramble damage.
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