# Baihu spell boost half-point deficit

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/baihu-spell-boost-half-point-deficit/79990>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 20, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/baihu-spell-boost-half-point-deficit/79990 "2023-05-20T10:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@tarot](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/tarot)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/baihu-spell-boost-half-point-deficit/79990/1 "2023-05-20T10:33:50Z")

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**Platform, device version and operating system:**  
Switch

**Screenshot or image:**

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**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:**  
Baihu spell text:  
Create 3 yellow gems. Deal [Magic +3] damage to an Enemy, boosted [2:1] by Yellow Gems. Enchant myself.

What actually happens:  
Create 3 yellow gems. Deal [Magic +3] damage to an Enemy, boosted [2:1] by Yellow Gems before adding the 3 created Gems, plus add boost 1. Enchant myself.

**How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?**  
Consistently

**Steps to make it happen again**  
Cast Baihu’s spell when there are an odd number of yellow gems on the board.

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**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/baihu-spell-boost-half-point-deficit/79990/2 "2023-05-20T15:58:38Z")

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Note that a +1 difference is in fact within the margin of rounding-error for the +3 Yellow Gems meaning +1.5 to DPS. Let me try something…

My Baihu has a base spell damage of 32:

- Board with 0 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+1”, 32+1 damage dealt
- Board with 1 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+1”, 32+1 damage dealt
- Board with 2 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+2”, 32+2 damage dealt
- Board with 3 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+2”, 32+2 damage dealt
- Board with 4 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+3”, 32+3 damage dealt
- Board with 5 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+3”, 32+3 damage dealt
- Board with 6 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+4”, 32+4 damage dealt
- Board with 7 Yellow Gems: Boost Ratio “+4”, 32+4 damage dealt

I might say this is a rounding error, but I can’t be certain. After all, when cast with just 0-1 Yellow Gems on the board the spell clearly deals +1 damage which _cannot_ be explained by the _prior_ Gems on the board (+0 rounded down, +0-1 rounded up), but at 1 prior Gem would mean 4 Gems to boost from which should yield a +2 damage not +1.

Things get a little messier if there are yellow Heroic Gems (Giant Yellow, Yellow Mana Potion) on the board when cast.