Talk:Arcane Awakening/@comment-49.48.240.20-20160109130014/@comment-49.48.244.174-20160302203204

No. It stacks additively with mods that increase base damage.

I have only a rank 0(+15% damage) one but that's more than enough to test.

I used Tysis with the following mods:

Hornet Strike, Barrel Diffusion, Lethal Torrent, Pistol Pestilence, Deep Freeze, Convulsion, Scorch and Seeker arranged for Blast + Corrosive for the test.

It deals 448 damage per hit to Prodman shield without Awakening and 468 with +15% from Awakening. That's a 4.46% overall increment, not 15%!

If it's applied to overall damage then it should be 448*1.15 = 515 damage. So how did it get that 468 from?

Here's how: Hornet Strike increases base damage multiplier to 3.2, elemental mods then multiply that multiplier by 4 for a total of 12.8. Apply that 12.8 to the base 35 damage and you got 448 damage per hit.

When Awakening procs, it increases base damage multiplier by 0.15 that stacks additively with 3.2 for a total of 3.35. Then that 3.35 get multiplied by 4 for 13.4 and that multiplier apply to base 35 damage for 469 damage!...

wait... that's one more than what is shown in the actual test. Well. Fret not. Unmodded Lanka deals 299 damage fully charged to a Charger. Yeah.

Hope it's crystal clear for you. This arcane does not directly apply to overall damage but rather adds to the base damage multiplier, same goes for magnum force.