Hello, i have a question about Firewalker’s spear effect.
I can’t find out experimentally.
Let me remind you that the effect of the spear is to increase the power of a critical strike for each gem of a certain color.
The question is: At what point does it apply?
“Fixed” at the end of the move (by pressing “end turn”/using the last move). And it doesn’t matter whether the gems were removed as a result of the combination or collapsed in a cascade. Critical damage value will “freeze” until the next move.
“Recalculated” at the moment of striking. When all additional combinations, if any, occurred. And if there are fewer gems of the desired color left, then the critical damage will also be less.
For greater clarity:
Let’s say I spent my last action point and there were 10 blue gems on the field. Therefore, at this moment the bonus will be +200% critical damage.
Then, as a result of the combination, there were 4 left. And there was a strike from the combined skulls. And at this moment, the bonus from 4 blue gems will be +80% critical damage.
And the question is: what bonus will be applied ? 200% (end of turn) or 80% (moment of strike)
The effects that affect the physical attack use the board state just before the attack is done, meaning the second option “recalculated at the moment of striking”, after all matches have been done and the corresponding cascades finish.
In this example, the bonus that would be applied is 80%