# Data Gathering: Storm Math

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708 "2017-04-17T01:18:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ozball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ozball/32/36110_2.png) [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/1 "2017-04-17T01:18:52Z")

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Going from @Rasper’s post here:

> [@A way to "Fix" Storms Feature](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-way-to-fix-storms-feature/22705/3):
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> On my “todo” list is to run some test with Abhorath. Write down the distribution after 10 casts without a storm and 10 casts with a storm. That will give me 640 gem spawns each way

I decided to do this myself and see what the results were. I encourage/challenge anyone else who’s interested to do the same! More data, more better.

Here is my method and results:

**Team**  
Abhorath  
Valkyrie  
Giant Spider  
Owleth

Dragon Banner

Storm type: Darkstorm

I fought my current defense team of Dwarven Miner x4 in a self PVP battle. My home kingdom is Khetar for these battles in case that ends up being relevant. While I tried to get all casts done in one battle, RNG dropped enough skull matches that I ended up killing the first set of troops before I was done. The line in the results shows where the battles changed. Also the only difference between battles was that I leveled Abhorath from 11 to 18 to increase survivability.

All checks were done after the initial drop, _before_ any matches were resolved (I finally found an actual use for AdobeAir’s freeze while not in focus issue!).

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/4/943e801cc3de21496247275068f5910b34024cce.png)

Notes and Observations:

- Normally the gem spawn chance seems to be roughly 14-15%, and it’s probably 14.2857% as that would be even chances for all gems.
- Under no storm the number of gems on the board ranged from 3 at the lowest, to 13 at the highest.
- Storm seems to raise the chance of the gem type dropping by about 10%, bringing it to a roughly 25% chance for the specific gem, lowering all other gems evenly by roughly 1.666r% each (10% split from 6 types), for a result of around 12.619%.

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**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/2 "2017-04-17T01:23:43Z")

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Looking at that data my assumption is that when a gem is created under normal conditions it chooses a random number 1-7, 1 is red, 2 is blue, etc, 7 is skull. Under a storm it instead chooses a random number 1-8, 1 is red, 2 is blue, etc 7 is skull, 8 is storm gem.

So normal all are 14.3%  
Storm they are 12.5% for each non-storm and 25% for storm.

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**Author:** ![Taisiakat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taisiakat/32/75810_2.png) [@Taisiakat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Taisiakat)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/3 "2017-04-17T02:11:39Z")

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Btw, that isn’t what I am seeing with Leafstorm. Maybe some of the storms are going to be better than others.

Also are you casting in PVP or explore?

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**Author:** ![Draprion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draprion/32/8238_2.png) [@Draprion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draprion)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/4 "2017-04-17T02:46:57Z")

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I would be surprised if they coded the mechanics of the storms differently. Would be good if you can show us some data on the leafstorm to see how different it is to what Oz did.

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**Author:** ![Drathas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drathas/32/7344_2.png) [@Drathas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drathas)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/5 "2017-04-17T04:40:29Z")

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What happens when multiple storms summoned at the same time?

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**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/6 "2017-04-17T04:43:55Z")

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The new storm will count only.

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**Author:** ![Drathas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drathas/32/7344_2.png) [@Drathas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drathas)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/data-gathering-storm-math/22708/7 "2017-04-17T04:45:21Z")

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thanks - would be good if you could have at least two going at one time.
