Which of the new magics will be the most popular on release?

Since there won’t be any new elemental magics added to the game (and that there is no way to rechoose magics aside from deletion), I think people will be more careful and final with their decisions in the magic they choose.

I don’t think that most people would follow a defined meta combo of magics due to the vast amount of choices for magics as well as the fact that a lot of them synergize with each other. Despite that, I believe that Plasma would be the most popular of new magics due to it being above average in most aspects. This poll shows how popular Plasma is for a first magic despite them not having tried it yet.
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Now, let’s take a look at Plasma’s overview:
Plasma Magic is a very well-rounded magic. It is similar to Fire, but unlike Fire, it is decent for clashing in general and has some stronger and weaker interactions. The most well-known interaction is with the Bleeding status effect, which Plasma gets even more out of compared to Fire or any other magic. It also can clear quite a few status effects to serve defensively. Like Fire, it has quick, effective DoT and great interactions with some other magics. It synergizes best with Fire, Acid, Magma, Explosion, and Ash. It also synergizes well with Poison and Wind. It is counterproductive to use with Ink, Ice or Water however.

Basically, Plasma is very similar to Fire, with some more exaggerated interactions, faster speed, lower damage, and better clash rates. Plasma synergizes better damage-wise for some magics compared to other’s, and unlike Fire’s status effect, Plasma’s status effect can’t be cleared by Wind, which is a bonus in itself. Maybe the fact that Plasma is so “well-rounded” and looks pretty cool makes it an appealing choice of magic to players.

Which other new magic do you guys think will be most popular?

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wood :cowboy_hat_face:

explosion.

plasma is cool and has good stats etc but 99% of people don’t read the stats/interactions each magic has, they just pick the one they think is the coolest. if they didn’t play AA or haven’t seen plasma i feel like they’d be even more likely to pick something other than plasma too.

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cool 2 paragraphs of meta praising the plasma god
oh also i feel like people might just go for the basic magic like fire, lightning, etc. as long as it sound powerful, and if people bother to check the entire magic selection line before choosing they might be more inclined to pick one on a side rather than in the middle

Plasma/light/explosion/lightning for sure, they appeal to kiddies at first glance the most.
Actual stats won’t matter much in terms of bulk popularity, people will just choose what they think sounds powerful/looks cool

For the record, fire still does more damage against bleeding targets. Fire(0.9x) + 40% = 12.6x dmg, Plasma(0.8x) + 50% = 12x dmg.

If you go full power with Plasma you’ll do more with Plasma.

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is this a necrobump or nah

probably the largest necrobump yet :fr:

quite a chunky necrobump

If only we lived in a world where the necrobumping rule was enforced more and that we could send them to Brazil for a permanent stay