Summoning bonuses question

[Lex69]

Ive read ingame info and wiki but its still not clear for me what is the bonus formula of synergy in summoning. Please tell me which one is true.

1) synergy bonus + 2x bonus of first familiar + 1x bonus of second familiar
2) synergy bonus + 1x bonus of first familiar + 1x bonus of second familiar
3) synergy bonus + 1x bonus of first familiar

[Oktober12th]

Based on your choices its #2, although (outside of some combat combos) it is uncommon when both Familiars apply at the same time. So you might get the bonus, but it doesnt do anything.

Right now I am running Crow/Bear and making runes. I have the Crow and Synergy Bonuses and technically I have the Bears bonus to Herblore, but it doesnt do anything because I am making runes. On the other hand, if I were fighting with Wolf/Minotaur I would have both bonuses and the Synergy all working at once.

Im interested in where the idea for #1 came from - why would the first Familiar be doubled?

[Lex69]

Originally posted by Oktober12th:

Based on your choices its #2, although (outside of some combat combos) it is uncommon when both Familiars apply at the same time. So you might get the bonus, but it doesnt do anything.

Right now I am running Crow/Bear and making runes. I have the Crow and Synergy Bonuses and technically I have the Bears bonus to Herblore, but it doesnt do anything because I am making runes. On the other hand, if I were fighting with Wolf/Minotaur I would have both bonuses and the Synergy all working at once.

Im interested in where the idea for #1 came from - why would the first Familiar be doubled?

Thanks.

Yeah thats why its hard to check. With Crow/Salamander maybe it will display, but i havent unlocked this synergy yet.

Idea behind #1 is because of activation cost of two tablets for familiar 1.

[Oktober12th]

Originally posted by Lex69:

Idea behind #1 is because of activation cost of two tablets for familiar 1.

Oh, I see - that makes sense. Its actually more straightforward than that. It uses 2 tablets because it uses one for its effect and then one for the synergy.

Going back to my Crow/Bear combo - it should use 1 for Crow and 0 for Bear whenever I make a rune. It used one instance of the Crow power (so it counted as 1) and nothing for using the Bear power (because it doesnt apply in this case). It then uses 1 from Crow and 1 from Bear for the Synergy cost.

So every time I make a rune it costs Crow x2 and Bear x1.

If we look at the Wolf/Minotaur example it would be x2/x2 because both Familiars apply to the attack and then both pay the synergy cost.