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ワザに必要なエネルギーよりも多く「水」エネルギーがついている時、多い「水」エネルギー1つにつき、10ダメージを追加する。

I'm having trouble understanding よりも多くand 多い, Is it literally saying 'more
than many needed to use' and 'many energy'?
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translation usage
How to use many
1. 私は **多く** の本を持っている。 _I have many books_.
  2. 私はあなた **よりも多く** の本を持っている。 _I have more books than you_.
  3. 私はあなた **より多く** の本を持っている。 _I have more books than you_.

1 and 2 are apparently different from each other.  
However, although the nuance is slightly different between 2 and 3, they are
the same when translated into English using "google translation".

I examined [here](http://www.kotonoha.gr.jp/shonagon/search_result) whether
"よりも多く" and "より多く" are interchangeable. According to my brief examination I
can see that in most cases they are not interchangeable. So what is the
difference? I will investigate the difference further in order to explain it
clearly. The answer will be made after the survey is over.
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Your understanding of the first 多く is correct, "more than necessary for
(using) the ワザ". The second 多い is indeed tricky, but in this context it
obviously means "surplus/excess".

> ワザに必要なエネルギーよりも多く「水」エネルギーがついている時、  
>  When [it] has more water energy than what is necessary for the ワザ,
>
> 多い「水」エネルギー1つにつき、10ダメージを追加する。  
>  Inflicts additional 10 damage per 1 surplus water energy.

You can think ワザに必要なエネルギーよりも is omitted before the second 多い. In other words,
this `多い「水」エネルギー` is not simple "much energy" but "more-than-necessary-to-use-
the-ワザ energy". It can be understood in the context, but 余剰の or 余った would've
been more concise.

> 余剰の「水」エネルギー1つにつき、10ダメージを追加する。
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