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On offense, if you sometimes lose battles because you are out-damaged, this will help.  Less obviously, if you have slow units, this will help a little more of them survive to make their attacks.  And since you'll be losing less units, you'll be able to make a more attacks before ending your run.
 
On offense, if you sometimes lose battles because you are out-damaged, this will help.  Less obviously, if you have slow units, this will help a little more of them survive to make their attacks.  And since you'll be losing less units, you'll be able to make a more attacks before ending your run.
  
Because the reduction is a percent of <b>base</b> damage, this has less impact against units such as [[Treants]] that are normally massively boosted by other effects.  Conversely, it is very powerful when combined with AP reducing effects like [[Bard]] [[Song]].  Here is an example of two attacks made against the same mage, one a minute before obtaining [[Pan's Flute]], and one a minute after.  Note that in the second attack it exactly negates [[Lucifer]]'s favor, so all units except [[Treant]], [[Mandrake]], and [[Griffon]] have their normal [[AP]] and [[Counter]].
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Because the reduction is a percent of <b>base</b> damage, this has less impact against units such as [[Treant]]s that are normally massively boosted by other effects.  Conversely, it is very powerful when combined with AP reducing effects like [[Bard]] [[Song]].  Here is an example of two attacks made against the same mage, one a minute before obtaining [[Pan's Flute]], and one a minute after.  Note that in the second attack it exactly negates [[God Favor|Lucifer]]'s favor, so all units except [[Treant]], [[Mandrake]], and [[Griffon]] have their normal [[AP]] and [[Counter]].
 
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==Typical sale price==
 
==Typical sale price==
I paid 310M for it just 10 days into the reset on Solo.  You should expect to pay much more than that in most circumstances.  [[User:Carltsai|Carltsai]] 02:05, 4 October 2008 (CEST)
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I paid 310M for it just 10 days into the reset on Solo.  You should expect to pay much more than that in most circumstances.  [[User:Carltsai|Carltsai]] 4 October 2008
  
 
[[Category:Items]] [[Category:Unique Items]]
 
[[Category:Items]] [[Category:Unique Items]]

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Effects

All enemy stacks have their AP and Counter reduced by 10% of their base value.

Extra attacks appear to be unaffected (this makes sense because almost nothing directly modifies extra attack power).

There is no effect on your own units.

There appears to be no upkeep or hidden upkeep.

Usage Notes

Obviously, Pan's Flute will make you take less damage on defense, and thus every mage will benefit from it.

On offense, if you sometimes lose battles because you are out-damaged, this will help. Less obviously, if you have slow units, this will help a little more of them survive to make their attacks. And since you'll be losing less units, you'll be able to make a more attacks before ending your run.

Because the reduction is a percent of base damage, this has less impact against units such as Treants that are normally massively boosted by other effects. Conversely, it is very powerful when combined with AP reducing effects like Bard Song. Here is an example of two attacks made against the same mage, one a minute before obtaining Pan's Flute, and one a minute after. Note that in the second attack it exactly negates Lucifer's favor, so all units except Treant, Mandrake, and Griffon have their normal AP and Counter. before after

Typical sale price

I paid 310M for it just 10 days into the reset on Solo. You should expect to pay much more than that in most circumstances. Carltsai 4 October 2008