Talk:Ore Gaze/@comment-67.43.247.201-20180312215100/@comment-62.163.178.107-20180815131938

You mentioned how Equinox can be a nice addition to increase your ability strength, but wouldn't Nidus be a better choice with his Parasitic Link? Assuming Both Nidus and Atlas have build maxed intensify, transient foritude and power drift, Nidus should be at 215% strength and Atlas should be at 200%.

Parasitic Link's Ability Strength bonus (with a base of 25% when maxed) affects Ability Strength multiplicatively using the following expressions:
 * Modified Strength Bonus = Strength Bonus × (1 + Ability Strength) ,

Modified Ability Strength = (1 + Ability Strength) × (1 + Modified Strength Bonus)

So the modified strength Atlas would receive is based on Nidus' base 25% increase, along with any strength bonuses. Assuming nidus has the 215% mentioned his modified strength should be: Modified Strength Bonus = 0.25 × (1 + 0.15 + 0.55 + 0.30 + 0.15) = 0.5375

Now for the strength atlas would receive you have to keep this in mind: The Modified Strength Bonus is the same percentage for your linked ally. However, Modified Ability Strength's calculation will depend on your linked ally's own Ability Strength. |

So if Atlas has his 200% strength build it should result in: Modified Ability Strength = (1 + 0.15 + 0.30 + 0.55) × (1 + 0.5375) = 3.075 = 307.5%
 * This isn't as much ability strength as you mentioned in your comment, but mind that a 200% ability strength build Nidus can give you Your power strength x 1,5375. With the Ability strength you mentioned at the start of your comment that would've resulted in 3.98 * 1.5375 = 6.11925 or approximately 612% Ability Strength, resulting in:
 * This isn't as much ability strength as you mentioned in your comment, but mind that a 200% ability strength build Nidus can give you Your power strength x 1,5375. With the Ability strength you mentioned at the start of your comment that would've resulted in 3.98 * 1.5375 = 6.11925 or approximately 612% Ability Strength, resulting in:

'''25 * 6.12 = 153% bonus drop chance. '''

If someone would be willing to test if Ore Gaze can bypass 100% bonus drop chance, you might want to bring a nidus along for easy testing.

Just for fun:

If you go the same route with nidus, and build him to have 413% power strength (he has a passive 15% increased ability strenght, mind) he can effectively put you at about 810% Ability Strength, resulting in 25 * 8,10 = 202,5% Bonus drop chance, potentially giving you 4 drops at once if Ore Gaze can exceed 100% bonus drop chance.