Payon Stories

How Payon Stories damage actually works

Payon Stories reworks a lot of pre-renewal Ragnarok Online: Asura Strike no longer ignores DEF, Grand Cross applies defence asymmetrically, skill accuracy is a percentage of your hit rate rather than flat HIT. These pages document the formulas the damage calculator implements, with the sources they were verified against.

How damage is calculated on Payon Stories
The order every physical hit passes through on Payon Stories — base damage, skill ratio, DEF, masteries, element, cards — and why the order changes the result.
Hit, flee and accuracy on Payon Stories
How hit chance is computed, why skill accuracy bonuses are a percentage of your hit rate rather than flat HIT, and how much DEX you need to stop missing.
Asura Strike damage on Payon Stories
The reworked Asura Strike formula: ATK × (8 + SP/10) + 1000, a flat 1000 at every rank, and unlike vanilla it does not ignore the target's DEF.
Grand Cross damage and recoil on Payon Stories
Grand Cross combines ATK and MATK, hits three times, applies defence asymmetrically, and hurts the caster — how each half is computed.
The weapon size penalty, and Weapon Perfection
Every weapon deals reduced damage against some monster sizes. Weapon Perfection removes that penalty outright — for you and your party.
Forged weapons: Star Crumbs, elements and slots
What a Blacksmith's forge actually adds — seeking damage that ignores DEF, an element from the stone used, and why a forged weapon can never hold a card.
Power-Thrust and the ATK buffs that stack with it
Power-Thrust adds its percentage into the skill ratio rather than multiplying the total — five ranks, +25% at most.
Triple Attack, and how Rogues can borrow it
Triple Attack is five ranks on Payon Stories, procs on normal attacks, and a Rogue who plagiarises it procs it too.
Magnum Break's lingering fire damage
After casting Magnum Break your attacks carry extra Fire damage — an added chunk that bypasses the target's DEF.
Reflect Shield on Payon Stories
The reworked Reflect Shield formula makes VIT quadratic, so a tank's returned damage scales far faster than it used to.