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Many skills gain less benefit with additional points, after some level. This is known as "diminishing returns" and it effectively caps those skills at some point. The Amazon skill [[Amazon_Passive_and_Magic_Skills#Critical_Strike|Critical Strike]] starts out at a 16% chance to deal double damage, but each point in the skill adds less than the previous. It's worth 42% at level 5, 55% at level 10, but gains barely 1% per point after that, reaching 68% at level 20, then crawling to 76% by level 40. Some skills are so valuable that they're worth boosting even with diminishing returns, but this depends on the equipment, the play style, and the build. | Many skills gain less benefit with additional points, after some level. This is known as "diminishing returns" and it effectively caps those skills at some point. The Amazon skill [[Amazon_Passive_and_Magic_Skills#Critical_Strike|Critical Strike]] starts out at a 16% chance to deal double damage, but each point in the skill adds less than the previous. It's worth 42% at level 5, 55% at level 10, but gains barely 1% per point after that, reaching 68% at level 20, then crawling to 76% by level 40. Some skills are so valuable that they're worth boosting even with diminishing returns, but this depends on the equipment, the play style, and the build. | ||
Finally, only skill points spent in a skill count for the [[#Skill_Synergies|synergy]] bonuses, +skill equipment does not synergize. | Finally, only skill points spent in a skill count for the [[#Skill_Synergies|synergy]] bonuses, +skill equipment does not synergize, with the exception of summoned creatures like the Necromancer's Skeletons & Druid's Wolves who do get synergies from +skill equipment. | ||
==Skill Allocation== | ==Skill Allocation== | ||