Polearm Mastery

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Barbarian Skill Levels Combat Skills Combat Masteries Warcries 1 2 Sword Mastery (LoD) / Blade Mastery (D2R) Axe Mastery 3 4 Mace Mastery Pole Mastery 5 6 Throw Mastery Spear Mastery 7 8 Stamina Iron Skin 9 10 Increased Speed Natural Resistance

Type Offensive passive Tier 2 Required level 6 Required skills None Requirements Polearm class weapon Left button No In town No Mana cost None Attack no mana No Weapon damage No Synergy skills None

Level01 6 12 18 24 30

Members of the Crane Tribe value distance, grace and a single overwhelming blow over the close grappling form advocated by the Bear Tribe. Though the two clans were wary of one another for many generations, recently the nomadic peoples have commingled and now share their powerful techniques with all that would learn. Crane warriors evolved their pole arm technique from dealing with mounted raiders and fighting in the shallow river waters found in the steppe. A master of the pole arm avoids physical contact with his opponent until he can land a single killing blow.

Detail

Stat	Value
+% Attack Rating	22 + (8*slvl) (LoD) 36 + (8*slvl) (D2R)
+% Damage	23 + (5*slvl)
% Chance of critical strike	min( [35 * [ (110*slvl) / (slvl+6) ] / 100] , 35)

• When equipping a polearm class weapon, enhances attack damage and attack rating with chance of critical strike doubling physical attack damage. Since conversion of physical damage to another damage type occurs after it is applied, it can also double the converted damage of Berserk (both the skill itself and its synergy bonus to Concentrate).
• Overlay normally displayed when successful may be obscured by others (which gave rise to the myth that poison damage prevents it from being applied).

Target overlay when critical damage is applied.

• Mastery critical strike does not apply when using Sacrifice charges.
• Mastery critical strike is mutually exclusive with Critical Strike and Deadly Strike: if one is successful then the others aren't applied. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage is as follows:

Two sources	100 - ( (100-CS) * (100-MCS) / 100)
	100 - ( (100-DS) * (100-MCS) / 100)
Three sources	100 - ( (100-CS) * (100-DS) * (100-MCS) / 10000) [1]

Source

Skill bonus

• +(1-3) Polearm Mastery (Barbarian Only) can spawn on ilvl <37 primal helms.

Levels 1-60 (LoD)

Stat	Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
+% Attack Rating	30	38	46	54	62	70	78	86	94	102	110	118	126	134	142	150	158	166	174	182
+% Damage	28	33	38	43	48	53	58	63	68	73	78	83	88	93	98	103	108	113	118	123
% Chance of critical strike	5	9	12	15	17	19	20	21	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29

Stat	Level
	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
+% Attack Rating	190	198	206	214	222	230	238	246	254	262	270	278	286	294	302	310	318	326	334	342
+% Damage	128	133	138	143	148	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203	208	213	218	223
% Chance of critical strike	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33

Stat	Level
	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
+% Attack Rating	350	358	366	374	382	390	398	406	414	422	430	438	446	454	462	470	478	486	494	502
+% Damage	228	233	238	243	248	253	258	263	268	273	278	283	288	293	298	303	308	313	318	323
% Chance of critical strike	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35

Levels 1-60 (D2R)

Stat	Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
+% Attack Rating	44	52	60	68	76	84	92	100	108	116	124	132	140	148	156	164	172	180	188	196
+% Damage	28	33	38	43	48	53	58	63	68	73	78	83	88	93	98	103	108	113	118	123
% Chance of critical strike	5	9	12	15	17	19	20	21	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29

Stat	Level
	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
+% Attack Rating	204	212	220	228	236	244	252	260	268	276	284	292	300	308	316	324	332	340	348	356
+% Damage	128	133	138	143	148	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203	208	213	218	223
% Chance of critical strike	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33

Stat	Level
	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
+% Attack Rating	364	372	380	388	396	404	412	420	428	436	444	452	460	468	476	484	492	500	508	516
+% Damage	228	233	238	243	248	253	258	263	268	273	278	283	288	293	298	303	308	313	318	323
% Chance of critical strike	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35

Reference

• Combat Masteries (Arreat Summit)
• Question about "Critical Strike" on Insight (D2 Technical)