When Struck

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale All Skills Fire Skills Skill bonus Oskill Aura Equipped Charges Charged suffix Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When Struck When You Die Kill an Enemy Level-up Chance to Cast When Struck gives a percentage chance to use a skill whenever the equipping player character, mercenary or pet is hit by a melee attack (excluding charging Claw Vipers and Reanimated Horde), a missile attack applying weapon or monster damage, persistent traps or fires, or exploding barrels. It is not applied by missiles which only apply their own damage or skill damage. Most of the applicable missile attacks are intuitive (the user is hit by a visible arrow, bolt, dart, javelin, quill or throwing weapon), but others are less obvious: Tainted lightning orbs Skeleton Mage bolts Lightning Spire bolts Willowisp lightning bolts Demon Imp fire bolts Claw Viper missiles Succubus and Stygian Fury bolts It is not applied by returned damage or death explosions of any kind. Skills are cast in a variety of ways: User User location User to attacker Attacker location Fade Venom Cyclone Armor Bone Armor Blaze Enchant Teleport Chilling Armor Delirium Slow Missiles Howl Poison Nova Static Field Frost Nova Nova Twister Tornado Bone Spirit Holy Bolt Charged Bolt Chain Lightning Glacial Spike Mind Blast Curses Bone Prison Fist of the Heavens Fire Wall Meteor Blizzard Hydra Amazon skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Slow Missiles 5 4 Peace body armor 29 No Assassin skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Fade 8 5 Spirit Ward Ward 68 No 11 6 Last Wish axe/sword/hammer 65 Yes (LoD only) 15 5 Treachery body armor 43 No Mind Blast 14 6 Delirium helm 51 No Venom 18 20 Dragon body armor/shield 61 Yes (LoD only) Barbarian skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Howl 1 3 Myth body armor 25 No Druid skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Cyclone Armor 15 5 Rain body armor 49 No Twister 1 7 Zephyr missile weapon 21 No Tornado 5 4 Stormchaser Scutum 35 No Necromancer skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Amplify Damage 14 35 Brand missile weapon 65 Yes (LoD only) Bone Armor 10 15 Bone body armor 47 No Dim Vision 3 6 Darksight Helm Basinet 38 No 3 15 Gloom body armor 47 No Weaken 5 4 Blackoak Shield Luna 61 No Iron Maiden 1 5 The Gavel of Pain Martel de Fer 45 No 2 6 Corpsemourn Ornate Plate 55 No 2 10 Saracen's Chance Amulet 47 No 6 8 Steel Carapace Shadow Plate 66 No Terror 3 15 Boneflame Succubus Skull 72 No 13 14 Delirium helm 51 No Confuse 15 10 Dream helm/shield 65 Yes (LoD only) Bone Prison 2 10 Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand 36 No Lower Resist 7 10 Medusa's Gaze Aegis 76 No 12 20 Plague sword/claw/dagger 67 No (D2R only) Poison Nova 5 5 Radament's Sphere Ancient Shield 50 No 6 9 Pus Spitter Siege Crossbow 36 No 10 10 Carrion Wind Ring 60 No 15 15 Andariel's Visage Demonhead 83 Yes (LoD only) Bone Spirit 10 5 Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand 36 No Paladin skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Holy Bolt 12-20 50 Boneslayer Blade Gothic Axe 1 42 No Fist of the Heavens 7 5 Thundergod's Vigor War Belt 47 No 1 As detailed on the Chance to Cast page, the skill level is not chosen at random from the specified range. Sorceress skill When Struck suffixes can spawn on magic, rare and crafted items. When Struck suffixes are in the same affix group as on Attack, on Striking and charged suffixes. Suffix Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl of Charged Bolt 3 10 Armor Amulet Ring 4 6 4 12 12 16 5 14 19 26 of Frost Shield 3 5 Armor Amulet 9 12 of Nova Shield 3 10 Armor Ring 13 18 4 12 21 28 5 14 28 38 of Hydra Shield 3 10 Amulet 30 40 Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Charged Bolt 3 25 Stormspike Stiletto 41 No 4 12 Immortal King's Forge War Gauntlets 30 No 5 15 Stormrider Tabar 41 No 20 2 Stormspire Giant Thresher 70 No Static Field 3 10 Hwanin's Refuge Tigulated Mail 30 No 5 25 Cow King's Leathers (Full) 25 No Frost Nova 4 5 Hit Power item 13 No 5 10 Coldkill Hatchet 36 No 9 5 Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield 38 No Blaze 8 5 Infernostride Demonhide Boots 29 No 15 5 Enlightenment body armor 45 No Nova 3 25 Dark Adherent Dusk Shroud 49 No 7 5 Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield 38 No Fire Wall 17 25 Pride polearm 67 Yes (LoD only) Enchant 5 5 Immortal King's Soul Cage Sacred Armor 76 No Chain Lightning 5 5 Stormspire Giant Thresher 70 No 5 12 Naj's Circlet Circlet 28 No 5 18 Cow King's Hide Studded Leather 18 No Teleport 1 25 The Oculus Swirling Crystal 42 No Glacial Spike 3 10 M'avina's Embrace Kraken Shell 70 No Meteor 13-19 2 The Rising Sun Amulet 2 65 No Blizzard 6 4 Stormchaser Scutum 35 No 7-19 5 Snowclash Battle Belt 2 42 No Chilling Armor 15 20 Fortitude body armor/weapon 59 Yes (LoD only) Hydra 6 3 Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield 38 No 2 As detailed on the Chance to Cast page, the skill level is not chosen at random from the specified range. Other skill Skill Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder Delirium 50 1 Delirium helm 51 No Reference onderduiker, Chance to Cast and curse tests (D2 Technical)