How do double stat weapons (physical+fire for example) behave below the level requirement?

Question

So it's known that if you wear a weapon which is designed for level 80 on a lvl 73 character the weapon loses 1atk for every level that you are below the requirement. How does a cobra club which is for lvl 220 behave on a level 213? since it has 8 physical and 44 fire atk? Do i lose the physical attack value? or the fire one? or maybe both?

Answer 1

I took quite some time to find an answer for your question. I don't think it was possible to answer it before the Winter Update 2024, because the information about damage was hidden. However, I always thought that the damage was calculated using both physical damage + elemental damage.

For example: a Winterblade has 10 physical attack + 40 ice attack which results to = 50 total attack.

With the Winter Update 2024, now we can go to our character page on Cyclopedia and analyze all of our stats. And my theory was indeed correct.

Look:

On example 1, I'm using a Soulshredder, but I'm level 202, so there I have 198 levels less than the minimum required to use it. After I put it on my weapon slot, it doesn't give ANY attack from Equipment, so the effect means that Soulshredder's attack on my character is 0 (Zero):
 

Note that even with a 0 attack weapon, it still says that the Converted Damage is +83% ice, which means that it converts that percentage to ice damage regardless of which attack value I have.

Now let's take a look on example 2, where I use Winterblade and I have the minimum recommended level:

Note that the Attack value that comes from Equipment is 50, this is the final result if you add 10 physical + 40 ice.

And finally, let's take a look at example 3, which I use a Tagralt Blade with minimum level 250 recommended (48 levels difference):

It has 7 physical attack + 49 earth attack = 56 attack. If we do the math, 56-48 = 8 attack.

So answering your question, you lose both damages, because they are calculated together. The damage you do with any weapon will always be calculated based on converted damage + attack value that you get from all sources like level, skills, weapon attack and wheel.

A Cobra Club will lose 7 attack value if you use it being level 213, but you will still get the converted damage from it's element.