Quote Originally Posted by blubbergott View Post
Depends on how it's coded i guess, but I would assume, the client doesn't have any info on things like that (at least it really shouldn't). Usually all data like that would just be saved on the server side, player sends the command, I used skill X -> server does all the calculations and sends back the result. Also the reason why you get the "connecting" every time you use a skill/attack, it's waiting for the server response with all calculations, then it starts the animations on the client side.
While logical, Jap coding skills tend to be something entirely different.
... just based on PC ports of just about any Jap company...

"Why spend our server resources calculating stuff when the players can do it for us?" is the other possible route.