Strength

[ldb88]

I know a higher strength means you hit harder, but do it only affect the max hit or does it increase the likelyhood of hitting 6s instead of 1s? Am I making any sense?

[firestrike]

No strength only affects your maximum hit, however attack would increase your likelyhood of hitting your max hit. So really a higher strength means you have the ability to hit much higher, however you have less chance of doing this. Whilst higher attack would hit more often but not as high

[Serpent_Arc]

With a higher max hit, however, you're lowest hits tend to be not so low any longer.

 

 

 

Correct?

 

 

 

I mean, my max hit is (only) like... 23. And I hit 1-9's very little.

[chenw]

you hit 1-9's very little because at 23 damage, they are only like 10/23 chance of landing that number, which is less than a half. Its more of a psychology factor i think.

 

 

 

Also don't forget, some 0's are considered as a hit (proof? mage spells can hit zero's as well as splashes, and I am assuming that a splash is a miss, which is safe assumption because i have seen ahrim's head looping around my body when a 0 was landed, yep, its magic 'damage' -_-)

[ldb88]

So does attack affect it or is it just random?

[lavirylime]

I don't think Jagex ever gave a concise explanation because they say it being "something we'd only keep to the development team" or something.

[meol]

This is what I understand, although it might be awfully wrong:

 

 

 

You roll a die. The first one, plus your attack (+att bonus), opposed to the opponent's def (+def bonus). If your roll is higher, you hit (thus, higher attack means less zeros).

 

 

 

If you hit, then you roll a second die. Strength levels (and str bonuses) raise the max hit you have (thus lowering the chances of getting 1's or 2's).

 

 

 

(Yes, I've played D&D :oops: )