# German card Solingen Steel doesn't buff 50%?

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**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/german-card-solingen-steel-doesnt-buff-50/251198 "2024-03-21T10:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrCrispyButt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mrcrispybutt/32/27868_2.png) [@MrCrispyButt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/MrCrispyButt)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/german-card-solingen-steel-doesnt-buff-50/251198/1 "2024-03-21T10:23:39Z")

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How does the card **Solingen Steel** work? It says 50% hp and damage increase, however when I sent it my attack went from 33 to 43 only, not 49 or 50. Is this a bug or is it calculated from base stats or non-veteran stats or what? If it goes off of base stats, then that means I shouldn’t send the age3 card because I’ll end up to close to the same attack either way. Note that I did send the dopp upgrade 15% hitpoints and damage card in age 3. So they were guard dopps with that upgrade card when I sent Solingen Steel. I attached a game recording (might be a fun game to watch, 1v1 ranked non-stop action all game), you can see it happen at the end.  
[GermansDoppsDontUpVsBrits.age3Yrec](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/short-url/t7DXvxR3uHwglnAM0BRiIUXEYWV.age3Yrec) (7.9 MB)

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**Author:** ![Moonshadow7475](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Moonshadow7475](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Moonshadow7475)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/german-card-solingen-steel-doesnt-buff-50/251198/2 "2024-03-21T10:47:38Z")

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All cards affecting age2 units will work on base stats. This is the expected behaviour.

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**Author:** ![MrCrispyButt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mrcrispybutt/32/27868_2.png) [@MrCrispyButt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/MrCrispyButt)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/german-card-solingen-steel-doesnt-buff-50/251198/3 "2024-03-21T11:04:47Z")

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Even if it is the stats of the base guard dopp, it still doesn’t explain why the end number is 43. I don’t understand how/why a guard dopp with Solingen Steel + 15% hit/points damage card is only 43.

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**Author:** ![Opdepov](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/opdepov/32/126390_2.png) [@Opdepov](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Opdepov)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/german-card-solingen-steel-doesnt-buff-50/251198/4 "2024-03-21T12:38:52Z")

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Its base damage is 20, so a card that increases it by 50% will add 10.