Talk:Ninja Snowflake
I've done a little bit of playing with the Ninja Snowflake, and here are the damage values I've seen:
- 13 lbs: 18, 26, 25, 24, 23
- 14 lbs: 27, 14, 19, 28, 28, 27
- 15 lbs: 19, 28, 19, 24, 29, 15, 27, 27, 23
- 16 lbs: 25, 17, 26, 16, 22, 31, 18, 28
- 17 lbs: 18, 23, 23, 32, 20
Of course, that's very little data, but it looks like the range is, for weight W, between W and 2W. Any more input is appreciated. --Azimuth 17:25, 16 January 2007 (CST)
Note: After doing more with it, up through 25 lbs, I can confirm it's all within the W - 2W range. --Azimuth 11:14, 22 January 2007 (CST)
I've noted that it occasionally does do more damage than 2X--I'm pretty sure that is only for critical hits, but that needs confirmation.--Quarklop 09:29, 5 October 2007 (CDT)
- Any idea how often it acts? If so, that would be nice to see on the article page as well. --J12601 07:22, 26 January 2007 (CST)
- Unfortunately, I only copied down damage values, not frequency. I'd say anecdotally it's "about half the time," but I really don't have anything better.--Azimuth 15:54, 29 January 2007 (CST)
I have been keeping track of number of times hit per attacks and this was the data I acquired so far:
Weight......# of Attacks...# of Hits........% Hit
10-pound...........31..............11...........0.35483871
11-pound...........35..............13...........0.371428571
12-pound...........50..............11...........0.22
13-pound...........91..............34...........0.373626374
14-pound..........113.............21...........0.185840708
15-pound...........94..............30...........0.319148936
16-pound...........89..............25...........0.280898876
17-pound..........107.............37...........0.345794393
19-pound...........40.............15............0.375
It seems to successfully attack about 30% of the time. --Quarklop 13:59, 1 October 2007 (CDT)
It appears to be good at obstacle courses. Am I right? --Sdrawkcab 01:07, 28 January 2007 (CST)
I just found out that it's good at everything EXCEPT Scavenger Hunt. Can anyone change the page to reflect this? --Sdrawkcab
Just an aesthetic thing: on other pages the damage formula is described right in the hit line (<name> pokes it in the eye with its stick, doing X damage.(Range at 25 pounds: 18-32)). Took me a second to notice there was a formula description in notes because I expected the above. --Nog lorp 18:03, 4 February 2007 (CST)
Attack Rate
The attack rate appears to have changed since the spading above.
- 1: 17 hits, 129 misses (12%)
- 2: 12 hits, 134 misses (8%)
- 3: 24 hits, 181 misses (12%)
- 4: 24 hits, 238 misses (9%)
- 5: 37 hits, 275 misses (12%)
- 6: 31 hits, 346 misses (8%)
- 7: 69 hits, 316 misses (18%)
- 8: 58 hits, 198 misses (23%)
- 9: 104 hits, 356 misses (23%)
- 10: 88 hits, 457 misses (16%)
- 11: 113 hits, 445 misses (20%)
- 12: 104 hits, 474 misses (18%)
- 13: 136 hits, 344 misses (28%)
- 14: 132 hits, 304 misses (30%)
- 15: 99 hits, 267 misses (27%)
- 20: 378 hits, 607 misses (38%)
- 22: 57 hits, 78 misses (42%)
- 23: 381 hits, 597 misses (39%)
- 24: 84 hits, 139 misses (38%)
- 25: 249 hits, 229 misses (52%)
- 29: 480 hits, 499 misses (49%)
- 31: 675 hits, 424 misses (61%)
- 34: 270 hits, 192 misses (58%)
- 36: 431 hits, 315 misses (58%)
- 40: 921 hits, 380 misses (71%)
- 45: 874 hits, 226 misses (79%)
Up to 25 pounds, the attack rate appears to be 2*weight, but from 30-45, it's 2*weight - 10. Not sure why, or if its related to the buffs necessary to get the snowflake up to 45. (I did not use any of the familiar buffing skills; I instead buffed with a combination of the icicle katana, Heavy Petting, Green Tongue, Heart of Green, and bar whip/tiny plastics.)--Foggy 08:07, 29 January 2008 (CST)
coming back to this, I'm not sure how I missed the step function...but similar to lime, owl, etc., the attack rate is a step function, not a consistent or scaling rate of attack.--Foggy 09:43, 28 April 2008 (CDT)
