What is Attack Rating?

[Leord]

What is Attack Rating?

When working on the Diablo II skills, I have come across many little concepts that would be awesome to have explained in further detail, and easier to find out what it is.

I know that basically every single thing in Diablo II is added to the wiki, but it's sometimes hard to find WHERE exactly, at least in the Diablo II one.

Basically, could any expert here please help me to explain what [D2W]Attack_Rating[/D2W] does?

Like, what is it used for, how does it react to stats etc etc

It's probably already in there on a big page with all stats, but I have a problem finding it, so a dedicated page is probably a good idea...

 

[DoomBoy]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

That's easy.

When you scroll over it on your character display, it tells you the chance of hitting something.

The more AR you have, the better you hit stuff. And some weapons have "ignore target's defense," which is pretty awesome since it's giving you 100% chance to hit monsters that aren't bosses or uniques. The runeword Grief is an example.

Some skills don't require AR, like smite or charged strike. A good thing to pay attention to, if you want to tweak your toons to the last point (like some players do).

You can also socket weapons with the rune 'eth,' which is some times better than ITD, since it works on bosses, uniques, and other players as well.

 

[Leord]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

That's a great start, could you add that to the article?

And if people know formulas etc, that will be useful too!

 

[Are]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

And some weapons have "ignore target's defense," which is pretty awesome since it's giving you 100% chance to hit monsters that aren't bosses or uniques.

It does not give you a 100% chance to hit. It just means you use a 0 in place of the monster's own Defense rating in the To-Hit Formula. Your level compared to the monster's level could still make it troublesome to hit:


100 * AR / (AR + DR) * 2 * alvl / (alvl + dlvl)

AR = Attacker's attack rating
DR = Defender's defense rating
alvl = Attacker's level
dlvl = Defender's level

This is further capped at no less than 5% chance to hit and no more than 95% chance to hit.

 

[mwhighlander]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

So how much AR would I need to hit a level 90 pally wearing an exile to give him 30,000 def?

I hate pallies.

 

[cralz]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

So how much AR would I need to hit a level 90 pally wearing an exile to give him 30,000 def?

I hate pallies.

Well, to figure that out you need to know your own level and what hit % you want. If we can assume that your own level is 90 and you want at least 85% chance to hit, then the equation looks like this:


100 * AR / (AR + 30000) * 2 * 90 / (90 + 90) = 85
or
.85 = AR / (AR + 30000)

Now you have to rearrange for AR:

AR = .85 * (AR + 30000)
.15 * AR = 25500
AR = 170000

So you'd need quite a hefty AR to hit him 85% of the time.

 

[DoomBoy]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

Well, you can always try throwing a flaming fireball at his face. No AR needed.

 

[flubbucket1]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

Well, you can always try throwing a flaming fireball at his face. No AR needed.

Which can also be very cathertic when trying to work out our "daddy issues"...

 

[Leord]

Re: What is Attack Rating?

Flux was kind enough to update the [D2W]Attack Rating[/D2W] page a bit. I am clueless with formulas etc, could someone help and add that info as well? Perhaps also a little example?