Deadly Strike

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Crushing Blow Deadly Strike Enhanced Minimum Maximum Adds Damage Damage + % Damage to Demons to Undead Magic Fire Lightning Cold Poison Skill Damage ATD/ATLD DR/MDR Resistance Maximum Enemy Resist Sunder Immune Absorb Target overlay when critical damage is applied. % Deadly Strike gives a chance to double physical attack damage when successful, even when barehanded. Overlay normally displayed when successful may be obscured by others (which gave rise to the myth that poison damage prevents it from being applied). Since conversion of physical damage to another damage type occurs after it is applied, it can also double the converted damage of the following: Magic Arrow Fire Arrow Cold Arrow Lightning Bolt Fists of Fire Berserk (both the skill itself and its synergy to Concentrate and Frenzy) It does not apply to the following: Impale Dragon Talon Dragon Tail Dragon Flight Sacrifice Smite Percentages from multiple sources are summed, although when two weapons are equipped only that of the attacking weapon is added (that of the other weapon is ignored). >100% is redundant. Mutually exclusive with Critical Strike and weapon Mastery or Claw Mastery critical strike: if one is successful then the others do not apply. Combined percentage chance of double physical attack damage is as follows: Two sources 100 - (100 - DS)*(100 - CS)/100 100 - (100 - DS)*(100 - MCS)/100 Three sources 100 - (100 - DS)*(100 - CS)*(100 - MCS)/10000 [1] Non-player units like a Barbarian mercenary, Valkyrie and Iron Golem have 5% chance of applying critical damage, doubling all attack damage types. This is calculated independently of other sources, so there is a chance of applying quadruple physical damage. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage only is as follows: Two sources 5+(0.9*DS) Three sources 100 - 0.95*(100 - DS)*(100 - CS)/100 - 0.05*(100 - (100 - DS)*(100 - CS)/100) % Chance of quadruple physical attack damage is as follows: Two sources 0.05*DS Three sources 0.05*(100 - (100-DS)*(100-CS)/100) Percentage increase to average physical attack damage of a higher chance of critical damage is 100 * (higher chance - lower chance) / (100 + lower chance). For example, increasing Deadly Strike from 80% to 100% increases average physical attack damage from 180% to 200%, or by ~11% (100 * (100-80) / (100+80) ). Item Helm Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder (5-10)% Blood helm 14 No 15% Guillaume's Face Winged Helm 34 No Amulet Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder (0.375*lvl)% Highlord's Wrath Amulet 65 No Weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Lo Rune in socket 59 No 20% Fortitude weapon 59 Yes 20% Phoenix weapon 65 Yes 20% Hand of Justice weapon 67 No Melee weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 25% Honor melee weapon 27 No 33% Fury melee weapon 65 No Axe Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Grief axe 59 Yes 20% Doom axe 67 No 35% Butcher's Pupil Cleaver 39 No (0.5*lvl)% Death axe 55 Yes 50% Razor's Edge Tomahawk 67 No 66% Death Cleaver Berserker Axe 70 Yes Club Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Fleshrender Barbed Club 38 No Dagger Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 33% Fleshripper Fanged Knife 68 No 35% Heart Carver Rondel 36 No 40% Deathbit Battle Dart 44 No 50% Warshrike Winged Knife 75 Yes Hammer Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Doom hammer 67 No Polearm Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Destruction polearm 65 Yes 20% Doom polearm 67 No 20% Pride polearm 67 Yes 30% Steelgoad Voulge 14 No 33% The Reaper's Toll Thresher 75 Yes 55% Pierre Tombale Couant Partizan 43 No 100% The Grim Reaper War Scythe 29 No Spear Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 50% Arioc's Needle Hyperion Spear 81 No Staff Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 25% Arcanna's Deathwand War Staff 15 No Sword Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Grief sword 59 Yes 20% Destruction sword 65 Yes (0.5*lvl)% Death sword 55 Yes 50% Cleglaw's Tooth Long Sword 4 No 50% Coldsteel Eye Cutlass 31 No (1.5*lvl)% Headstriker Battle Sword 39 No Missile weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Brand missile weapon 65 Yes 20% Ice missile weapon 65 Yes 25% Leadcrow Light Crossbow 9 No 30% Rogue's Bow Composite Bow 20 No 33% Widowmaker Ward Bow 65 Yes (lvl)% Witchwild String Short Siege Bow 39 No Throwing weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 40% Deathbit Battle Dart 44 No 50% Warshrike Winged Knife 75 Yes Shield Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 20% Lance Guard Barbed Shield 35 No Boots Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder 15% Gore Rider War Boots 47 No Reference Special Magic Effects (Arreat Summit) Question about "Critical Strike" on Insight (Technical Discussion)