Lightning Rod


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Originally Posted by Tangler View Post
How is the damage distributed in Lightning Rod? I heard that it's dealt in several radii but I can't find the numbers.
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/pat...patch_not.html

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Shield Charge Changes

* Made several changes to correct balance problems introduced a few months back:
* Brute Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 1.8 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.275
* Tanker Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 2.04 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.445
* Scrapper Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 2.7 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.9125
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Patch_No...Charge_Changes

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Shield Charge Changes

* Made several changes to correct balance problems introduced a few months back:
* Brute Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 1.8 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.275
* Tanker Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 2.04 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.445
* Scrapper Version: Damage broken into 2 stages -- stage one has a 5' radius and does scale 2.7 Stage 2 has a 20' radius and does scale 1.9125
So... both not only the main webpage patch notes, but also at Paragon Wiki in the patch notes... That's not really that hard to find.

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I just read back through that and realized you asked about Lightning Rod, not Shield Charge.

The combat numbers aren't much help here:





They don't make a note of the radii change on Shield Charge, so if there is one on Lightning Rod, it's not listed.

The patch notes also don't say much about lightning rod either: http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/pat...00909184t.html

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Electric Melee - the Stalker version of Lightning Rod received a moderate damage increase.
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/pat...patch_not.html

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Corrected combat spam for Lightning Rod
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So, since there is no clear answer, let's go ahead and find one.

Take one part ice / electric tank and find a bunch of nemesis:



Stir in 1 Cup Lightning Rod and check Pet Damage



Okay, from the combat spam, it seems that Lightning Rod is kicking off a constant damage across all targets. There does not seem to be a radii split between targets that were close and targets that were far away.


 

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Lightning Rod does not apply a constant damage across all targets, it has a decreasing damage radii.


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I haven't noticed the damage decrease at all. The numbers appear even across all enemies...

Edit: Tested it then. It seems that there's additional energy damage on those who are close to the center. I wish I could find where that is shown on mid's, the pets seem to all have the same radius so I can't be sure.