# TDS to mythic pros cons?

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tds-to-mythic-pros-cons/31214>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PlayStation 4/Xbox One)\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tds-to-mythic-pros-cons/31214 "2017-10-05T23:42:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tds-to-mythic-pros-cons/31214/6 "2017-10-06T00:50:58Z")

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And for anyone interested in the math that supports these empirical findings, for a number of explosions _n_, the expected gems exploded, _g(n)_, is as follows:

_g(n)_ = 36\*(1-(55/64)_n_) + 24\*(1-(29/32)_n_) + 4\*(1-(15/16)_n_)

And Mana gain is 70% of that, or:  
_m(n)_ = 0.7 \* _g(n)_

[In Google graph form!](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS604US604&q=graph+f%28x%29+%3D+36*%281-%2855%2F64%29%5Ex%29+%2B+24*%281-%2829%2F32%29%5Ex%29+%2B+4*%281-%2815%2F16%29%5Ex%29&oq=graph+f%28x%29+%3D+36*%281-%2855%2F64%29%5Ex%29+%2B+24*%281-%2829%2F32%29%5Ex%29+%2B+4*%281-%2815%2F16%29%5Ex%29&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71k1l4.0.0.0.197876.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.7sRCPc2xttM)

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