Melee isn't random. It's all mathematical. Most people don't bother to calculate total damage plus modifiers, break that down into how many hits it takes on average to kill an opponent at a certain average damage per second vs a certain life base, and then run that through block and chance to hit. You will find if you do that mathematically, an imperfect character might be equivalent to a perfect character in terms of number of hits tankable vs a specific average damage, and number of hits needed to kill an opponent.

it's random in tourneys/ladders/etc lol. most of rich people use that method and usually fail badly. i dont know why. in single duels it's differnt story cuz one duel cannot demand ur outcome of your zeal. if was wolf or something else then you gotta use math, it usually turn out well in pub duels but in tourneys it won't work well at all. i know that for a fact.

This post was edited by Neko on Aug 19 2011 01:18am

I have never heard of a tournament that decides duels based on a single duel. Usually it's first to 6 win by 2, which gives a large range for mathematical averaging to occur.

in pub duels, yeah not really theres tourney only does ft6 no win by 2 which is hard to say because u can loose that person that round then next week u face person and u beat him something is up lol with same gear and etc.

It is highly unlikely for budget chars to win vs "perf" geared chars however it does happen. Melee is based off of numbers but you still do rely on chance for those numbers to work in your favor.

reminds me long time ago..when sirsteve beat me badly everytime when he's gear was welfare and i have high end gear. but seems like we were even

You had high end gear?

uhm..consider my ladder zeal had mostly p gear with 320s and etc etc lol.

Was jk. What I really meant was you should don8

i just lost like 60k+ fg worth of gear, im poor lol.