marksman: righteous might or bless?

[rust888]

always wondered;

which one do you guys usually go with? righteous might to increase their attk? or bless to increase their damage (which has a pretty big range; 2-8)

which spell would result in more damage?

[okrane]

well each attack point adds 5% to damage, so 12 attack from expert bloodlust will add 5 * 12 = 70% more damage. So one archer versus somebodu with the same initial defense as his attack would now do
2-8 * 170% ... that means 3.4 - 13.6 damage... with an average of 8.5
Bless would ensure 8 damage... so if I did this right Righteus might is stronger, but still it has a certain random factor, nothing stops that you would get 3.4 damage on a hit...

[Shauku]

Actually its 60% more.

Bless would result in slightly more damage (on average), and because Bless is cheaper to cast i choose it. Furthermore with bless you are sure of how much you kill, an information that is handy at times.

Bless -> 8 damage per marksmen
RM -> 3-12 damage per marksmen (7.5 on average)

[Gaidal Cain]

Both.

[okrane]

Actually its 60% more.

ooops... true... :blushing: :embarassed:

[Caradoc]

Speaking of Marksmen, there is now an artifact bow that removes the range penalty. Does anyone know whether this also extends the Marksman special?

[DaemianLucifer]

Why should it?Their range is more than the range for point blank shot.

[ecsunotos]

Off subject, can any one give the formula of damage received by defending creature with x defend, when an attacking creature have y attack and d damage attacks them ? Tx

[nevermindspy]

Actually its 60% more.

Bless would result in slightly more damage (on average), and because Bless is cheaper to cast i choose it. Furthermore with bless you are sure of how much you kill, an information that is handy at times.

Bless -> 8 damage per marksmen
RM -> 3-12 damage per marksmen (7.5 on average)

Actually your wrong it is 60% more damage but it will be
2*1.6 - 8*1.6 = 3.2 - 12.8 which will mean a 8 average as opposed to 8 constant with bless.

[nevermindspy]

Speaking of Marksmen, there is now an artifact bow that removes the range penalty. Does anyone know whether this also extends the Marksman special?

No reason for the extend , it only says negates penalty and that has nothing to do with their special.

[Rainalkar]

You can find all the info you ever wanted here:

http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=18444

[soupnazii]

thanks, very useful info.