Talk:Mandalic Stab

recent tests have indicated that attack plays little to no role in this attack. damage to a lesser colibri did not increase when using Yellow Curry and soul voice Minuet III & IV however Herculean etude and Uncanny Etude caused almost a one thousand point boost in damage (both spells provide roughly 16 dex/str) further testing shows that double dex songs and full dex gear yields about 40% more damage than a strength build; however, maximum damage on both sides was reached when both of the stats were raised evenly.

  • ATK: 1.2k
  • STR: 1.4k
  • DEX: 1.6k
  • STR & dex: 1.7k.
  • TP modifiers seem to be low to insignifigant

i would place them if given the choice at 2.0 2.2 and 2.4 but I would like someone to verify this for me please

  • Copied and pasted this from article to here by me; I did not actually post this info. --Nicknick 13:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Nick. Was this tested using Sneak Attack? Or Trick Attack with a warm body between you and the bird? I ask because crits such as SA(and TA when you have Assassin) effectively add a large amount of +attack. There's more to it than that, but that's the end effect. What this means is against a lesser colibri, it's very likely that adding Sneak Attack capped your attack, making further +attack have little-to-no effect. Can we get a confirmation of some +attack numbers without forcing a crit?Rep-o 22:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry mate, I didn't post this info as I said above ^^; It was just on the main article and I felt it belonged to go in discussion rather than giving "evidence" as to this is how Mandalic Stab actually works. --Nicknick 17:30, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Studio Gobli information[edit]

According to Studio Gobli Mandalic Stab multiplies attack by 1.66 this explains why attack was does very little for the WS on merit mobs. The WS is already reaching cRatio 2 or close to it. This is why it performs worse than Shark Bite on merit mobs but outperform it on high defense/high level endgame mobs.

Element properties[edit]

Fusion/compression. Originally stated Fusion/gravitation. However, after testing, Mandalic Stab -> Cross reaper = nothing (instead of darkness) and Dancing Edge -> Mandalic stab = Gravitation --Beaster 00:20, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Assassin's Charge[edit]

While this is outperformed by DE on Merit lvl mobs...... Assassin's Charge and Mandalic Stab finally make AC really worthwhile on higher lvl mobs. Finally a high lvl One Hit WS for Thf. Aphugel 01:29, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


Rumor of Fact?[edit]

A rumor has been flying around that Mandalic Stab gives a +# bonus to Treasure Hunter after use...anyone else heard this or tested this? --User:Aledacia/Sig 04:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Considering how many TH rumors show up for so many little things, I would believe such an idea would require substantial testing before it could show up even with a verification tag. --Taeria Saethori 05:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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