Forum Discussion

FunnyBunny1117's avatar
4 years ago

Can someone explain Merciless Massacre and culling blade

When I use a Vader counter up against Rey teams, there is a lot of inconsistency with the amount of damage my culling blade does against Rey. Firstly, does the bonus damage from culling blade scale linearly (ie. For 6 debuffs, 6×50% = 300%) or exponentially? (50% applied 6 individual times) Secondly, does the bonus offense from MM go away after you have hit everyone at least once, but before you take your last turn? Sometimes when I use this counter, I'm able to kill Rey after applying, for example, 14 debuffs with a 600k+ damage culling blade. Other times, I don't quite get through all of her health and she gains damage immunity. I am getting a crit every time.

With my specific turn order, Rey is either the first character I attack, or the last character after I have removed Merciless Target from every enemy. As a result, I'm unsure if the bonus 50% offense from MM is related to whether the person I'm attacking has the Merciless Target icon or not.

How many debuffs should Rey have before I use culling blade? What are other possible sources of inconsistencies that I may be missing? Any help is appreciated.

My relevant Vader mods are
7811 offense and 81.05% crit chance before MM
  • It's 6x50%.

    For the bonus offense you need to have the green locked buff above Vader. You gain it when you enter mm but lose it when you hit an opponent without the blue mm icon above them. So you can hit all 5 or 6 opponents and then for the next hit you still have that bonus offense.
  • It could also depend on the Rey line up your against. If they already have the inspired buff or if JTR is on the team it can make things more difficult. I’d say get at least 14-15 to be safe.