Master of the Flow

[hellowhatsgoingon]

How does Master of the Flow work, exactly?

[Meph]

I think it rolls before it's determined if the attack hits or misses. So it goes:

You attack.
20% chance attack will miss.
Attack doesn't miss? OK, subtract defense from attacker's to-hit, roll actual attack.


In other words, if someone with an 85% to-hit attacks you 5 times, they'll miss once, and then have a 47% chance to hit with each of the remaining 4 attacks (hitting, on average, 1.88 times... 1.88/5 = 37.6% to-hit averaged across the 5 attacks)

It's actually a very useful skill, because it hurts most attackers that have the highest to-hit.

And it affects pets, too. All attacks. I'm not sure if it applies to auto-hit spells. I think it does.
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[hellowhatsgoingon]

hm. So:
I'm standing out in a forest, getting attacked by wandering zombies. Flow is activated = 20% chance attack will miss, 80% chance attack will land; in 93 attacks:
(0.8)93 = 74.4 attacks don't miss

Zombies have 45% to hit, I have 38% defense = zombies have a 7% chance to hit me

(0.07)74.4 = 5.208 attacks hit me

Hypothetically speaking, out of 93 attacks, ~5-6 attacks should be hitting me if I've got 38% innate defense and have activated Master of the Flow, then? So I think I ran the numbers right

[hellowhatsgoingon]

lel this is a terrible skill or it doesn't work this way, or it's not working the way it's supposed to

attacked 130 times by wandering zombies
theoretically:
130 attacks x(0.8) = 104 attacks hit
45-38 = 7% chance to hit
104x(0.07) = 7.28

>Theoretically: in 130 attacks, ~7-8 attacks should hit [~6.15%]
>in Practice: in 130 attacks, 23 attacks hit [~17.7%]

[AuXAuV]

I believe Shambling Zombies have a 75% chance to hit, or in that range.
Shambling Zombies are not the same as a Lich's pet Zombie.

Master of the Flow is a wonderful skill, with a specific role.
20% flat miss chance means that if a normal attack roll succeeds (not sure on order, but the end result is the same) then there is a further and flat 20% chance that the attack will miss.
This means that the flat-miss chance is more effective against autohits (20% of them miss, as opposed to 1% without) and other attacks with high accuracy (examples: Maeval, active and accuracy buffed combat classes, etc.)
However, when paired with dodge against attacks, it's a separate defence and not as efficient (but still better than without).
Example: 40% dodge against 50% to-hit is 10% accuracy, and 20% of those attacks will miss due to master of the flow for an equivalent of 8% (I believe?) accuracy. (2% dodge increase)

Actually, I should summarise it with eloquence:
The higher adversarial accuracy, the more effectively Flow Mastery performs; from 1% up to 20% increase in dodging whilst other defences falter.
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