Damage vs Damage to all vs Pure Damage?

[CatraGirl]

Is there a difference between those? Like if my sword has 23-32 damage for example and another one has 20-29 but also 5 pure damage (or damage to all), which does more damage?

[Blaarg]

Regular damage hits one enemy and can be reduced (down to 1) by enemy defense.
Pure damage ignores defense.
Damage to all hits all enemies.

[CatraGirl]

Originally posted by Blaarg:

Regular damage hits one enemy and can be reduced (down to 1) by enemy defense.
Pure damage ignores defense.
Damage to all hits all enemies.

So damage to all > pure damage > damage?

[Missingknow]

Originally posted by Jill Sandwich:

So damage to all > pure damage > damage?

There are some skills that allow a creature like rat-wolves to evade damage from Damage to All attacks, so without stacking lots of camp tools like the scythe that gives damage to all at a fixed percent based on physical damage you might have a hard time getting a lot of use out of it. Pure damage is always nice to have but can often be a lot harder to find for high amounts so just building on regular attack to overcome defense and having secondary skills like evasion or regeneration to help you handle longer battles is something that has helped me complete the game and various challenges.