# Marylene's Fallacy ## Mechanics [[Marylene's Fallacy]] is rather straightforward in what it does; a massive amount of critical strike multiplier in exchange for 40% less critical strike chance. With the base 150% Critical Strike Multipler the breakeven point where Marylene's does less damage is if your base critical strike multiplier before equipping Marylene's is higher than 235% (85% additional critical strike multiplier). This, however is changed when Critial Strike Luck from either [[Diamond Flask]] or [[Dance with Death]] is applied. Wtih a base 100% critical strike chance, the critical strike chance with [[Marylene's Fallacy]] is 84%, following the Luck formula.  (2*0.6)-(0.6^2)=0.84=84% In every case where your critical strike multiplier before equipping [[Marylene's Fallacy]] is higher than 390% (150% base + 240% additional) using [[Marylene's Fallacy]] is a loss of opportunity as you have to invest massively into critical strike chance. [[Marylene's Fallacy]] combined with Luck is most effective when your pre-Marylene's critical strike chance is between 50%-80%. As the tables below show, using Luck is extremely beneficial for [[Marylene's Fallacy]], but tapers of as critical strike chances approaches 100% or when your other sources of Critical Strike Multiplier is high. <center> Damage output without Luck</center> | Base Critical Strike Chance | Base Critical Strike Modifier | Effective Damage Increase | Critical Strike Chance with Marylene's | Perfect Rolled Marylene's +Base Critical Strike Multiplier |Effective Damage Increase with Marylenes | Critical Strike Multiplier needed to beat Marylenes | Effective damage Increase with Base + 85% | | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | | 10% |150%| 1.15 | 6%| 390% |1.234 | 235%(150+85) | 1.235| | 20% | 150% | 1.3 | 12% | 390% | 1.468|235%(150+85) | 1.47| | 30% | 150% | 1.45 |18% | 390% | 1.702 | 235%(150+85)| 1.705 | | 40% |150% | 1.6 | 24% | 390%|1.936 | 235%(150+85) |1.94| | 50% |150% | 1.75 | 30% | 390% | 2.17 |235%(150+85) |2.175 | | 60% | 150% | 1.9 | 36% | 390% | 2.404 | 235%(150+85) | 2.41| | 70% | 150% |2.05 | 42% | 390% | 2.638 | 235%(150+85) |2.645| | 80%| 150% |2.5 | 48% | 390% |2.872 | 235%(150+85) | 2.88 | | 90%| 150% |2.35 | 54% | 390% |3.106 | 235%(150+85)| 3.115 | | 100% | 150%| 2.5 | 60% | 390% | 3.34 | 235%(150+85) |3.35|