Talk:Spell Vamp/@comment-89.243.20.50-20110311135339

Question regarding the following:

"30% Spell Vamp on an AoE spell that does 100 AoE Damage to each of 4 targets will return 40 health."

"4 * 100 * 0.30 * (1/3) == 40"

I very much appreciate the break-down of the math. However, in this case, there's a bit of an anomaly: Why is the equation for AoE (Area of Effect)'ing 4 targets: 4 * 100 * 0.30 * "(1/3)" == 40 ?

I understand how the 4 * 100 * 0.30 works... but why add in the * (1/3)? This is not explained, and it's hard to just take someone's word for it when it comes to math. If someone could please explain this, that would be grand... because as I see it there's no reason why it should be reduced by a third (0.333[repeat]) unless there's some kind of diminishing return in play here... in which case that should be clearly stated.