Quote (Rugzy @ 30 Dec 2009 22:14)
If you build a well balanced barb with 6.4k life with gg dmg and lets say 34.5kdef with 21.5k ar... against the 23kar with 38kdef and 5.5klife... you are looking at hitting ~36% (for max dmg balanced barb) vs. 40% (for mastery ed build). So your chance to hit with that much ar and hit avoidance with the high def buys you ~4% of additional hit chance...
It is mathematically improbable that this build can win in the long run given all things equal. Now add CB, OW (gives the advantage to barbs with more life), crit strike which are all multipliers of dmg ... it gives even more advantage when these strike... more so to the balanced dmg barb over the ed barb with lower dmg and lower life.
Very nice Jim.
Only thing is, 4% is NOT methmatically negligible.
Think this - each ww = 4 hits, and every duel at this level exchange at least 60, sometimes even 100 attempted hits.
4% chance in 50 attempted hits = 2 more hits.
Also, CB actually will work against Vita build, cuz more life you have, more dmg you will get.
That was my thinking behind it.
ofc, there is the biggest factor called LUCK as well.
This post was edited by sunglicious on Dec 31 2009 12:41am