Channeling Damage Question

[Trancemaster]

So how does the channeling damage work?

 

Now that charge damage is gone and replaced with this channeling damage i am starting to wonder how this is calculated. Because charge damage was never effected be the weapon damage mods such as Pressure point.

 

So if i stack up my weapon damage on the Magistar with Heavy Trauma, Pressure point and spoiled strike i can reach damage numbers around 250 raw impact damage.

 

Will channeling then add an extra 50% more damage onto that weapon damage or is it calculated in some other way?

Edited May 27, 2014 by Trancemaster

[Vyrn]

Channeling is +50% total weapon damage by default. If you do a total of 100 damage to an enemy unchanneled, you will do 150 channeled.

[Trancemaster]

great so now its time to stack both weapon damage and channeling damage.

 

cheers for a quick answer!

[Darzk]

Channeling damage also stacks additively with the combo multiplier.

 

So for example if you have no channel mods you get +50% when channeling with no combo multiplier. If you have a 2x combo multiplier and you channel, you get 250% of your base damage, but only increase damage done because of channeling by 20%.

 

Basic rule of thumb; if you channel a lot use Killing Blow, if you channel occasionally leave it off. NEVER USE CORRUPTED CHARGE.

Edited May 27, 2014 by Darzk

[DoomsDayDan]

Sure would be nice if channeling damage showed in the arsenal UI

 

Y'know, like it used to when U13 first rolled out