bishu
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tl;dr: in practice, siphon bullets (almost) ALWAYS result in 0 damage increase since its damage would've been done either way. The stats of it doing damage in any HUD (post match damage type breakdown, new numbers near healthbar, etc.) we have is wrong.
Not sure if intended for balancing, but at least one of these interactions has to be a bug(at the very least for the new damage indicators near the hp bar):
1. If the target is at max hp and your bullet damage is lower than 55 (siphon's bullets steal), your bullet will do damage before the max health steal, resulting in no damage being done by your bullets, only by siphon life. demo: (pay attention to the actual damage done, not the new damage numbers near your health bar)
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-24-00.mp4
2. If the target is at max hp and your bullet damage is higher than 55, siphon bullets max health steal will apply after the bullet damage again, resulting in no damage being done by siphon bullets:
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-51-36.mp4
3. pretty much the same as 2, but with more headroom for missing health (which is how it usually is in practice). siphon bullets doesnt do any damage again:
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-25-28.mp4
here the bullet damage is lower than siphon bullets' steal, but, if it was more, the result would be the same - siphon bullets' damage impact is nought.
Not sure if intended for balancing, but at least one of these interactions has to be a bug(at the very least for the new damage indicators near the hp bar):
1. If the target is at max hp and your bullet damage is lower than 55 (siphon's bullets steal), your bullet will do damage before the max health steal, resulting in no damage being done by your bullets, only by siphon life. demo: (pay attention to the actual damage done, not the new damage numbers near your health bar)
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-24-00.mp4
2. If the target is at max hp and your bullet damage is higher than 55, siphon bullets max health steal will apply after the bullet damage again, resulting in no damage being done by siphon bullets:
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-51-36.mp4
3. pretty much the same as 2, but with more headroom for missing health (which is how it usually is in practice). siphon bullets doesnt do any damage again:
View attachment 2025-08-30 18-25-28.mp4
here the bullet damage is lower than siphon bullets' steal, but, if it was more, the result would be the same - siphon bullets' damage impact is nought.
