Talk:Exodia Contagion/@comment-2600:1:9C38:FF6B:6910:9CF6:E1BC:28FC-20180104143744

The following refers primarily to the AoE effect not direct hits:

Observations after testing this fairly thoroughly on a plague keewar polearm, a max speed/status Balla dagger, and a max crit chance / higher base damage Balla. 1)The base weapon type and speed [b]does not[/b] affect the throw distance, only the attack speed mods. Without and mods, the polearm, peye(fast) balla, and slow balla seem to throw the same distance. 2)The damage ratio of the weapon seems to have zero affect on the aoe type..It seems only able to apply Impact at 100%, viral from the arcane itself, and any added elements. Direct hits [b]can[/b] apply the weapon's other physical status effects..ie slash.

-Need further testing to determine whether the base weapon stats actually affect the AoE..because I am inclined to say it seems they may not.. The mods seem to be the major factor, and adding Organ Shatter for +90% crit damage did not seem to come close to doubling the damage of a crit..despite the weapons having a base crit of 2.0-2.2.. Likewise, the low status weapon seems to proc viral almost as reliably as the high status one with similar mods. This seems to point to the arcane having its own built-in crit and status.

Condition Overload does not affect the AoE damage. Covert lethality does work on a dagger..but it does not add lethal damage. It is just that the flat +100 damage is so good compared with +% mods, this gives daggers an advantage here. I think its a fair trade off and not a bug since it does actually throw a spectral copy of the weapon..despite the description calling it a grenade. A dagger doesn't gain the other benefits a 2h with primed reach offers, so if you fit for throwing only, that's all you'll be doing with a dagger.