Spinel Tonic

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The **Spinel Tonic** is a lunar equipment introduced in the *Scorched Acres Update*.

Activating the Tonic will  all the player's stats for 20 seconds, but after this buff wears off there is a 20% chance to gain a ; the affliction *reduces all stats* by 5% (*-5% per stack*) if the player is not under the Tonic's buff*.*

## Notes

* While the  is active, the in-game character model emits dark bursts of liquid, the screen becomes tinted blue, and the camera's FOV increases.

* The stat bonuses (other than armor) for this buff are unique in that they are multipliers. For example, not only does the attack speed buff give 70% bonus attack speed, it makes all other attack speed buffs 70% stronger, so a  would give 25.5% bonus attack speed instead of the normal 15%.

* The chance to get a  is affected by Luck. This means that with a single , the player's chance to get an affliction is reduced to 4%. However, having a single  instead will increase the affliction chance to 36%.

* Having enough Tonic Afflictions can reduce a survivor's maximum health to 1 HP. Unlike , further stacks do not kill the player.

* The chance to acquire an affliction is determined when the Spinel Tonic is activated.
	+ The Tonic Afflictions are not given to the player until the tonic buff wears off, meaning that if the equipment is activated multiple times and then the tonic buff ends, multiple stacks of Tonic Affliction can be gained at once.
		- This can be avoided by advancing to the next stage, which removes the tonic buff without giving any Tonic Afflictions.
	+ The Tonic Affliction is added directly to the player's inventory.

* Tonic Afflictions can be avoided if the buff is kept up continually, and all afflictions have their effects negated while the buff is active.

## Tips

* The +300% regeneration applies to , , and  buff, making them all 4 times as powerful.
* Extremely powerful when paired with the , as it's 70% attack speed buff becomes 119%, and if you have 4 s the attack speed buff will last for the entire duration of the tonic.

* This equipment is not as effective when playing as , as his turrets are not affected by the buff but still inherit all of his afflictions.

* Using the Tonic as the  will quickly lead to her death, since it quadruples her negative health regeneration.
	+ Pairing this with the  allows the Heretic to use the Tonic, since it sets her regeneration to 0. This comes at the cost of being unable to heal normally, however.

* It's possible to gain permanent uptime and avoid the buff wearing off by having a  and at least 3 .

## Math

The Tonic Affliction debuff will reduce a victim's HP by `1 - 1 / ( 1 + 0.1 ⋅ amount of afflictions)`

All other stats are reduced by `1 - 0.95 ^ amount of afflictions`

## Lore

```
“Reality is whatever the mind decides it to be. Take a sip of the drink, and the mind becomes malleable. From there, you can shape it into whatever form you please... and the world around you follows your example.”

- Sigibold the Drunken
```

## Version History

Anniversary Update
* Major Content
	+ Added New Lore Entry: Spinel Tonic

Early Access Artifacts Content Update
* Bug Fixes
	+ Fix description of Spinel Tonic incorrectly providing the effect duration as 15 seconds instead of the 20 seconds it is in-game

Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3961583)
* Bug Fixes
	+ Fix Tonic Affliction reducing maximum health and also applying curse health reduction on top of it

Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update
* Major Content and Changes
	+ Added New Lunar Equipment: Spinel Tonic

## Trivia

* Before the *Skills 2.0* update, using a Shrine of Order would remove all Tonic Afflictions from a character.