What is Effective Crit Chance ?

What is Effective Crit Chance ?

Im looking at 2 builds and:

Build 1:
Crit Chance: 94.37%
Effective Crit Chance: 83%

Build 2:
Crit Chance: 68.76%
Effective Crit Chance: 88.40%

What is effective crit chance and how come a build with +-25% less crit chance have effective crit chance higher ?

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petitcrabe1 a écrit :

What is Effective Crit Chance ?

Some builds require high Accuracy. If a critical strike would happen, the game performs another accuracy check. If this fails, it is a regular hit instead. A build with low accuracy may not land as many critical strikes as it would first appear. A build which generates many power charges - which increase critical strike chance - could land more than you'd first expect.

(Accuracy only applies if your build uses it to determine whether the hit would land in the first place. For example: it doesn't affect Flameblast, but it does affect Infernal Blow.)

If you're looking at PoB, effective crit chance takes into account two things that your normal crit chance does not: diamond flasks and accuracy. The former is fairly obvious, the latter less known - for attacks only, a second accuracy roll is made for crits. If that roll fails, the hit still deal damage but won't crit.

Edit: boooo Sarno! I'll take my payback for the other day =P

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Sarno a écrit :

If a critical strike would happen, the game performs another accuracy check. If this fails, it is a regular hit instead.

Ok but

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Sarno a écrit :

A build with low accuracy may not land as many critical strikes as it would first appear. A build which generates many power charges - which increase critical strike chance - could land more than you'd first expect.

How would the power charge help with the low accuracy ?

(builds from post 1 with hit chance)

Build 1:
Hit Chance 83%
Crit Chance: 94.37%
Effective Crit Chance: 83% <--- Im trying to raise this 90%+

Build 2:
Hit Chance 93%
Crit Chance: 68.76%
Effective Crit Chance: 88.40%

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petitcrabe1 a écrit :

How would the power charge help with the low accuracy ?

They're unrelated, but both affect the likelihood of a critical strike chance.

So basically, the only thing I can do is raise accuracy?
Cause from what I seem to understand, if I have

Hit Chance 83%
Crit Chance: 94.37%
Effective Crit Chance: 83%

Power charges would do nothing. Am I correct ?

Yes accuracy is the best way to go here.

With a hit chance of only 83%, you shouldn't even think about prioritising crit chance over accuracy.

Thank you everyone! :)