Marylene's Fallacy

Marylene's Fallacy
Lapis AmuletRequires Level 40+(20-30) to Intelligence+(80-120) to Accuracy Rating
+(210-240)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
+(80-100) to Evasion Rating
(10-15)% increased Light Radius
40% less Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strikes have Culling Strike"Marylene stroked the medallion at her breast before every duel and every cast of the die."
- Victario, the People's Poet

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Item class: Amulet

Marylene's Fallacy is a unique Lapis AmuletLapis AmuletRequires Level 5+(20-30) to Intelligence.

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.

Note the less critical strike chance modifier will affect effects that override base critical strike chance like TrypanonTrypanon
Great MalletTwo Hand Mace
Physical Damage: 43-88
Critical Strike Chance: 100.00%
Attacks per Second: 0.62
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 40, 131 Str30% increased Stun Duration on Enemies50% reduced Attack Speed
This Weapon's Critical Strike Chance is 100%"Though ingenius instruments have been found,
it seems surgery before thaumaturgy
was not so delicate."
- Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546, but effects that always causes a crit such as in Lightning TendrilsLightning TendrilsCritical, Spell, AoE, Lightning, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (1-5) Mana
Cast Time: 0.23 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (70-130)%
AoE Radius: 22While you channel this skill, it releases pulses of electrical energy, dealing lightning damage in a semicircular area in front of you.Deals (1-75) to (6-1420) Lightning Damage
Releases a Stronger Pulse every 3 Pulses
Stronger Pulses always Critically Strike
Base radius is (2.4-3.1) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(2-40)% to Critical Strike MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Plume of PursuitPlume of Pursuit
Bone CircletEnergy Shield: (64-92)Requires Level 64, 73 Int(30-20)% reduced Cast Speed
(80-130)% increased Energy Shield
Non-critical strikes deal 80% less Damage
Spell Skills always deal Critical Strikes on final Repeat
Spell Skills cannot deal Critical Strikes except on final RepeatA dance as old as time. won't be, therefore negating the item's downsides. ActumActum
Butcher AxeOne Handed Axe
Physical Damage: (141-164.5) to (261-304.5)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 63, 149 Str, 76 DexHas no Sockets
(200-250)% increased Physical Damage
You have no Intelligence
Critical Strike Chance is (20-30)% for Hits with this WeaponBetter to act without thought
than to think without action. also does not receive less critical strike chance.

The breakeven point in critical strike multiplier for a character to match the increased damage granted by Marylene's Fallacy alone at an equal critical strike chance is at a critical strike multiplier of 274% (150% base + 124% additional critical strike multiplier).

In every case where your critical strike multiplier before equipping Marylene's Fallacy is higher than 460% (150% base + 310% additional) using Marylene's Fallacy is a loss of opportunity as you have to invest massively into critical strike chance. Unless you are overcapped on crit chance prior to equipping Marylene's Fallacy, its use will decrease overall damage.

This, however is changed when Critical Strike Luck from Dance with Death is applied.

With a base 100% critical strike chance, the critical strike chance with Marylene's Fallacy is 84%, following the Luck formula.

$\color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}CritChance_{Lucky}=2\times CritChance_{Default}-{CritChance_{Default}}^{2}$

(2*0.6)-(0.6^2)=0.84=84%

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.

Damage output without Luck

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 Marylene's	Critical Strike Multiplier needed to beat Marylene's	Effective damage increase with base + 85%
10%	150%	1.05	6%	390%	1.174	274% (150+124)	1.174
20%	150%	1.1	12%	390%	1.348	274% (150+124)	1.348
30%	150%	1.15	18%	390%	1.522	274% (150+124)	1.522
40%	150%	1.2	24%	390%	1.696	274% (150+124)	1.696
50%	150%	1.25	30%	390%	1.870	274% (150+124)	1.870
60%	150%	1.3	36%	390%	2.044	274% (150+124)	2.044
70%	150%	1.35	42%	390%	2.218	274% (150+124)	2.218
80%	150%	1.4	48%	390%	2.392	274% (150+124)	2.392
90%	150%	1.45	54%	390%	2.566	274% (150+124)	2.566
100%	150%	1.5	60%	390%	2.740	274% (150+124)	2.740

Damage output with Luck

Base Critical Strike Chance	Effective Critical Strike chance with Luck	Base critical strike modifier	Effective damage increase	Effective Critical Strike chance with Marylene's AND Luck	Perfect Rolled Marylene's +base critical strike multiplier	Effective damage increase with Marylene's	Critical Strike Multiplier needed to beat Marylene's	Effective damage increase with base + extra
10%	19%	150%	1.095	11.64%	390%	1.338	278% (150+128)	1.338
20%	36%	150%	1.18	22.56%	390%	1.654	282% (150+132)	1.654
30%	51%	150%	1.255	32.76%	390%	1.95	287% (150+137)	1.954
40%	64%	150%	1.32	42.24%	390%	2.225	292% (150+142)	2.229
50%	75%	150%	1.375	51%	390%	2.479	298% (150+148)	2.485
60%	84%	150%	1.42	59.04%	390%	2.712	304% (150+154)	2.714
70%	91%	150%	1.455	66.36%	390%	2.924	312% (150+162)	2.929
80%	96%	150%	1.48	72.96%	390%	3.116	321% (150+171)	3.122
90%	99%	150%	1.495	78.84%	390%	3.286	331% (150+181)	3.287
100%	100%	150%	1.5	84%	390%	3.436	344% (150+194)	3.44

Damage output with Marylene's Equipped and an excess of 100% critical strike chance

"Base Critical Strike Chance"	Effective Critical Strike chance with Marylene's	Effective Critical Strike chance with Marylene's AND Luck	Perfect Rolled Marylene's +base critical strike multiplier	Effective damage increase with Marylene's	Critical Strike Multiplier needed to beat Marylene's	Effective damage increase with base + extra
110%	66%	88.44%	390%	3.565	357% (150+207)	3.57
120%	72%	92.16%	390%	3.673	368% (150+218)	3.68
130%	78%	95.16%	390%	3.759	376% (150+226)	3.76
140%	84%	97.44%	390%	3.826	383% (150+233)	3.83
150%	90%	99%	390%	3.871	388% (150+238)	3.88
160%	96%	99.84%	390%	3.895	390% (150+240)	3.9
166.66%	~100%	100%	390%	3.9	390% (150+240)	3.9

Unstable CatalystUnstable CatalystStack Size: 10Adds quality that enhances Critical modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt
Replaces other quality typesRight click this item then left click a ring, amulet or belt to apply it. Has greater effect on lower item level, non-unique jewellery. The maximum quality is 20%. can further improve the Crit Multi at the cost of even less crit chance.

Item acquisition

Marylene's Fallacy can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Recipes

Marylene's Fallacy can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The CacheThe Cache6JewelleryVintage or crafted, Glittering and shiny Dusty or glittering, huge or tiny Secured within a chest or unearthed from your mining Find jewellery everywhere, no need for divining! So why is it so hard to figure out which one to wear? This one makes me stronger, but does it match my hair?	Random jewellery	A
7	PrejudicePrejudice7Item Influenced ItemOne who is blinded by their past may only see a sliver of the present.	Random influenced item	A
6	Costly CurioCostly Curio6Item Double-Influenced Item"Oh no, I couldn't possibly afford this fine artefact. I'm... just looking."	Random double-influenced item	A
8	Arrogance of the VaalArrogance of the Vaal8Item Two-Implicit CorruptedDiscovery can lead to beauty, or it can lead to ruin.	Random two-implicit corrupted item	A
4	Jack in the BoxJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank, close your eyes, and pray to the gods for a pleasant surprise.	Random item	A
1	Singular IncubatorSingular IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Unique item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random item	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Legacy variants

Marylene's Fallacy has legacy variants.

Version discontinued	Stats Compare each legacy variant to the current variant. Stat line – Same as current variant Stat line – Different from current variant
2.2.0	+(20-30) to Intelligence +(80-120) to Accuracy Rating +(140-160)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier +(80-100) to Evasion Rating (10-15)% increased Light Radius 40% less Critical Strike Chance Your Critical Strikes have Culling Strike
2.0.0	+(20-30) to Intelligence +(80-120) to Accuracy Rating +(140-160)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier +(80-100) to Evasion Rating (10-15)% increased Light Radius 50% less Critical Strike Chance Your Critical Strikes have Culling Strike
1.3.0	+(20-30) to Intelligence +(80-120) to Accuracy Rating +(140-160)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier +(80-100) to Evasion Rating (10-15)% increased Light Radius 60% less Critical Strike Chance Your Critical Strikes have Culling Strike

Design attribution

Marylene's Fallacy was created by supporter Ocylix.

See also

• Marylene
• Marylene MaskMarylene MaskHelmet SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped headdress to a mask of Marylene.

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	No longer has the property non-critical strikes deal 40% less damage. This change affects all versions, despite the patch notes claimed it can only be apply to legacy items by using a Divine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
2.2.0	All sources of increased Critical Strike Multiplier have been changed to additional Critical Strike Multiplier. This change brings the functionality in line with how most players think it works. Because of this, all items, passives and some skills/support gems that used to have increased Critical Strike Multiplier are now 33% less effective on players, despite having the same value. A number of these have been adjusted in value to maintain similar effectiveness. Divine Orbs are required to update the following to their new values: All craftable Jewel mods which grant Critical Strike Multiplier, Facebreaker, Marylene's Fallacy, Fragment of Eternity (the Descent: Champions Unique), Bino's Kitchen Knife, Romira's Banquet, Shadows and Dust, Ungil's Harmony, Eclipse Solaris, Death's Harp, Mortem Morsu, The Goddess Scorned and Abyssus.
2.0.0	Non-critical strike damage penalty has been reduced from 75% to 60%. Critical strike chance penalty has been reduced from 50% to 40%.
1.3.0	Critical strike chance penalty has been reduced from 60% to 50%.
1.0.3	Introduced to the game.