Still A Newb (in New players)

Alright I am still new to this, and proud of it.

Im looking at my home screen under magic missle and have realized I am confused by what it says.


It says
Magic Missile: 95,158 (37,779)

Now what does this mean exactly?
The 95,158 I thought was amount of XP invested but have learned I am wrong.
What is the other thing?

Spells are always written as:
Spell name: level (effect)
or:
Spell name: effective_level/trained_level (effect)

where the level is related to the XP you've trained into it and the effect shows how effective the spell is. Effect has a different meaning for each spell. For Direct Damage spells such as Magic Missile it is what the eventual damage it does is based on.

So hypothetically if someone has no armor or anything to stop my MM he would do 37,779 damage?

there is also randomness to consider, but yes, the number in parentheses is your maximum potential damage. with FB and CoC, multiply it by 5 for max damage, but keep in mind that as it concentrates, the spell takes a penalty from its max potential, and the odds of running into a 5 minion team with no AC on any of them, no AMF, protection, or endurance, and then getting the randomness to swing in your direction 5 times in a single round are absurd...