Quote (d3sgtd @ Mar 15 2026 06:31pm)

Long Forgotten D2/D2R Trivia

Minimum damage indeed is way more important than maximum (or even average damage).

This is due to the way how the game calculates the damage you deal to enemies.

It is not entirely random, but dependend on your minimum damage output and attack rating.

This game mechanic is and still vastly underrated and greatly influences your effective damage output.

Quote (SpanielArmada @ Mar 16 2026 11:12pm)

What happens if your min damage is higher than your max damage?

Quote (LeetThrust @ Mar 16 2026 10:08pm)

I think whats more important than the oneshot probability is the fact that for leaching purposes, sometimes it's necessary to do high dmg to basically refill that life, for instance against ubers. For an extreme example, if your damage is like 1-10k, and you roll 1 twice, you can get deleted without significant life leach as you get hit the second or third time. If your damage is like 4999-5001, even for the same avg damage, we can all see how that allows you to consistent leach your life back between hits from an uber