Hi,

how is the effectiveness of baselinespells affected, if u dont have skill in the related specline.

Example: lvl50- Baseline "Obsidian Strike" (Darkness) with Darknessspec of 5.

Until some time ago i thought that baselinespells are also affected by spec in the related skill (in means of dmg), but now im not quite sure about it.

Can someone give me an enlightning answer on this issue?

In a nutshell:

If you don't put any points into a specialization, then base spells in that specialization will vary wildly in damage, doing 25-125% of their nominal, or listed damage.

Putting points into a specialization will gradually raise the "damage floor." this means that, if you specialize to 2/3 your character's level, base spells will do 75-125% of their nominal damage.

Specialization points above 2/3 your character level will increase both the floor and ceiling on damage. A fully specced character (one with specialization equal to character level) will do 100-150% of nominal damage with spells.

Specializing above your character level will continue to increase the damage floor, but you will see diminishing returns.

thx for the answer, itll help me alot.