Chance to Hit with Spells & Spell Hit Rating

by Wikkjaz | 29/09/2007 14:01:25
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Wikkjaz

1. Base chance to hit with spells is affected by the opponent’s level.

        Base Chance to Hit with Spell
        vs +5 lvl       61%
        vs +4 lvl       72%
        vs +3 lvl       83%
        vs +2 lvl       94%
        vs +1 lvl       95%
        vs +0 lvl       96%
        vs -1 lvl       97%
        vs -2 lvl       98%
        vs -3 lvl       99%

2. Chance to hit with spells is capped at 99%. There is always at least 1% chance to miss.

3. Chance to hit with spells can be increased by talents.
• The warlock suppression talent increases the chance to hit with affliction spells by 2% (1pt), up to a maximum of 10% (5pts).

4. Chance to hit with spells can be increased by spell hit rating.
• Spell hit rating is a combat attribute found on gear items. A spell hit rating value will change the chance to hit with spells by a percentage. This percentage varies with the level of the player. A level 70 caster gains 1% chance to spell hit for every 12.6 rating points . Table below shows exact spell hit rating values and the increase in chance to hit with spells for a level 70 caster.

     SH Rating@70	+%
	
             0.00 	+0%
            12.62 	+1%
            25.23 	+2%
            37.85 	+3%
            50.46 	+4%
            63.08 	+5%
            75.69 	+6%
            88.31 	+7%
           100.92 	+8%
           113.54 	+9%
           126.15 	+10%
           138.77 	+11%
           151.38 	+12%
           164.00 	+13%
           176.62 	+14%
           189.23 	+15%
           201.85 	+16%

5. Chance to hit with spells can be increased by external conditions. (List may not be exhaustive today.)
• Dranei casters give an additional 1% chance to spell hit to their group (Inspiring presence).
• Totem of Wrath increases the chance to hit and critically hit with spells by 3% to all party members if they are within 20 yards.

6. For PvE (TBC), raid bosses are considered to be 3 levels higher than a level 70 player.

7. A level 70 warlock attacking a raid boss will have 83% base chance to hit with spells, implying an increment of +16% is required to reach the maximum chance of 99%. The optimal spell hit rating for fighting raid bosses is therefore 202. A higher spell hit rating is useless for raiding.

8. Against raid trash (<lvl 73) - and assuming mixed level mob groups including lvl 72 mobs - the optimal spell hit rating is 64 (base 94% for lvl 72 + 5% from hit rating).

An example:
An affliction lock with 5/5 points in suppression (+10% hit for affliction spells) and a spell hit rating of 76 (+6% hit for all spells) will land 99% of his shadow DOTs on a raid boss. His shadow bolts (or his destruction spells) only hit for 89% however. All his spells will hit maximally (99%) against mobs of level 72 and lower.

Article is part of: Tuning Warlock Spell Hit
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=1015913291&postId
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[ Post edited by Wikkjaz ]

by Salthem | 02/10/2007 07:47:10
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Salthem

A handy reference.
I have added this to the Mechanics section of the Informative and useful Warlock threads sticky:
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