Damage Empowerment??

[pepper22]

My question is, how does damage empowering actually work? WHat I mean is, does the + to damage add in after the attack or straight into the skills damage. For example if I empower a skill that does 10-20 damage and the empowerment adds 2 damage, then is is my damage 10-22 or 10-20 +2 damage(after the fact)??

[A_Forever]

Have you put your cursor over the skill in game after empowering it? It tells you in yellow what was added to the skill or taken away from the skill.

[pepper22]

Have you put your cursor over the skill in game after empowering it? It tells you in yellow what was added to the skill or taken away from the skill.

No no, that is not what I am asking. I know it says how much the empowerment adds if you put your cursor over it. What I am asking is when that value is added into the damage. Is it added to the skills damage equation or added as a lump sum after you use the skill(like the bonus STR is, that bypasses defence).