Magic Attack Bonus

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Improves power of magic spells.

  • Unknown if modified from base retail. BLM was stated to have been buffed in some way. All following information is used from retail as a base.
  • Increases MAB by +20 at tier one
    • Subsequent tiers add +4 MAB each.
      • as with all other traits,only the job with highest tier is active, they do not stack
  • This statistic affects all forms of magic damage, Including hybrid weapon skills
    • Subject to a check against the opponents MDB in an even (100 + Magic Attack Bonus)/(100 + Magic Defense Bonus) ratio
      • only NM's and specific monster types/familys have the MDB trait natively.
        • not to be confused with a natural resistance to a particular element, which is figure separately as a resist rate.