Deadly Strike
- % Deadly Strike gives a chance to double physical attack damage when successful, even when barehanded.
- 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)
- Does not apply to the following:
- 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 don't apply. Combined % 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-CS)*(100-DS)*(100-MCS)/10000 [1] |
- Non-player units like a Barbarian hireling, 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-CS)*(100-DS)/100 - 0.05*(100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)/100) |
- % Chance of quadruple physical attack damage is as follows:
| Two sources | 0.05*DS |
|---|---|
| Three sources | 0.05*(100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)/100) |
|}
Helm
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|(5-10)%
!align=left|Blood Helm/Casque/Armet
|13
|No
|-
|15%
!align=left|Guillaume's Face Winged Helm
|34
|No
|}
Amulet
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|(0.375*lvl)%
!align=left|Highlord's Wrath Amulet
|65
|No
|}
Weapon
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Lo Rune in weapon socket
|59
|No
|-
|20%
|align=left|Fortitude weapon
|59
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Phoenix weapon
|65
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Hand of Justice weapon
|67
|No
|}
Melee weapon
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|25%
|align=left|Honor melee weapon
|27
|No
|-
|33%
|align=left|Fury melee weapon
|65
|No
|}
Missile weapon
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Brand missile weapon
|65
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Ice missile weapon
|65
!Yes
|-
|25%
!align=left|Leadcrow Light Crossbow
|9
|No
|-
|30%
!align=left|Rogue's Bow Composite Bow
|20
|No
|-
|33%
!align=left|Widowmaker Ward Bow
|65
!Yes
|-
|(lvl)%
!align=left|Witchwild String Short Siege Bow
|39
|No
|}
Axe
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Grief axe
|59
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Doom axe
|67
|No
|-
|35%
!align=left|Butcher's Pupil Cleaver
|39
|No
|-
|(0.5*lvl)%
|align=left|Death axe
|55
!Yes
|-
|50%
!align=left|Razor's Edge Tomahawk
|67
|No
|-
|66%
!align=left|Death Cleaver Berserker Axe
|70
!Yes
|}
Club
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
!align=left|Fleshrender Barbed Club
|38
|No
|}
Dagger
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|33%
!align=left|Fleshripper Fanged Knife
|68
|No
|-
|35%
!align=left|Heart Carver Rondel
|36
|No
|-
|40%
!align=left|Deathbit Battle Dart
|44
|No
|-
|50%
!align=left|Warshrike Winged Knife
|75
!Yes
|}
Hammer
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Doom hammer
|67
|No
|}
Polearm
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Destruction polearm
|65
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Doom polearm
|67
|No
|-
|20%
|align=left|Pride polearm
|67
!Yes
|-
|30%
!align=left|Steelgoad Voulge
|14
|No
|-
|33%
!align=left|The Reaper's Toll Thresher
|75
!Yes
|-
|55%
!align=left|Pierre Tombale Couant Partizan
|43
|No
|-
|100%
!align=left|The Grim Reaper War Scythe
|29
|No
|}
Spear
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|50%
!align=left|Arioc's Needle Hyperion Spear
|81
|No
|}
Staff
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|25%
!align=left|Arcanna's Deathwand War Staff
|15
|No
|}
Sword
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
|align=left|Grief sword
|59
!Yes
|-
|20%
|align=left|Destruction sword
|65
!Yes
|-
|(0.5*lvl)%
|align=left|Death sword
|55
!Yes
|-
|50%
!align=left|Cleglaw's Tooth Long Sword
|4
|No
|-
|50%
!align=left|Coldsteel Eye Cutlass
|31
|No
|-
|(1.5*lvl)%
!align=left|Headstriker Battle Sword
|39
|No
|}
Throwing weapon
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|40%
!align=left|Deathbit Battle Dart
|44
|No
|-
|50%
!align=left|Warshrike Winged Knife
|75
!Yes
|}
Shield
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|20%
!align=left|Lance Guard Barbed Shield
|35
|No
|}
Boots
Template:D2 Skill bonus
|-
|15%
!align=left|Gore Rider War Boots
|47
|No
|}
Reference
- Special Magic Effects (Arreat Summit)
- Question about "Critical Strike" on Insight (Technical Discussion)