Melee Hit Chance

Melee Hit Chance is a stat: Chance to hit a target in melee. The target can still dodge even if we would've hit. Its minimum allowed value is 0%. Its default value is 0%.^[1]

Calculation[edit]

Base score[edit]

The base score starts at 0 and is affected by the following things:

Melee skill: +1 per level. For pawns without skills (e.g. animals): +4
Sight: 12x importance, no allowed defect. 150% limit
- offset = 12 x ((IF sight < 150% THEN sight ELSE 150%) - 100%) e.g. +6 at 150% sight.
Manipulation: 12x importance, no allowed defect. 150% limit
- offset = 12 x ((IF manipulation < 150% THEN manipulation ELSE 150%) - 100%) e.g. +3 at 125% manipulation.
Brawler trait: +4
Melee specialist role : +7
Melee specialist's Beserk Trance : +8
Leader's Combat Command : +3
Mechlord suit : −0.5
Mechlord helmet : −0.5

Post-processing curve[edit]

The melee hit chance is then calculated with the following post-processing curve. As you can see increasing the base score has diminishing returns.

Base score to Melee hit chance

External offset[edit]

The combat in darkness precept offsets the melee hit chance based on the light level of the targeted pawn (not the attacking pawn!) by −10 (lit) to +10 (dark)^{[Details needed]}. Other than that the light level has no effect on the melee hit chance.

Examples[edit]

Melee skill and brawlers[edit]

Assuming no other offsets to the base score, the melee skill and the brawler trait results in the following melee hit chance:

Melee hit chance
Skill Level	Standard	Brawler	Skill Level	Standard	Brawler
0	50%	62%	-	-	-
1	53%	65%	11	81%	85%
2	56%	68%	12	82%	86%
3	59%	59%	13	83%	87%
4	62%	74%	14	84%	88%
5	65%	77%	15	85%	89%
6	68%	80%	16	86%	90%
7	71%	81%	17	87%	90.3%
8	74%	82%	18	88%	90.6%
9	77%	83%	19	89%	90.9%
10	80%	84%	20	90%	91.2%

Detailed post-processing curve[edit]

Base score	Post-Processed Melee Hit Chance	Increase From Previous Value
-20	5%	-
-19	5.5%	0.5%
-18	6%	0.5%
-17	6.5%	0.5%
-16	7%	0.5%
-15	7.5%	0.5%
-14	8%	0.5%
-13	8.5%	0.5%
-12	9%	0.5%
-11	9.5%	0.5%
-10	10%	0.5%
-9	14%	4%
-8	18%	4%
-7	22%	4%
-6	26%	4%
-5	30%	4%
-4	34%	4%
-3	38%	4%
-2	42%	4%
-1	46%	4%
0	50%	4%
1	53%	3%
2	56%	3%
3	59%	3%
4	62%	3%
5	65%	3%
6	68%	3%
7	71%	3%
8	74%	3%
9	77%	3%
10	80%	3%
11	81%	1%
12	82%	1%
13	83%	1%
14	84%	1%
15	85%	1%
16	86%	1%
17	87%	1%
18	88%	1%
19	89%	1%
20	90%	1%
21	90.3%	0.3%
22	90.6%	0.3%
23	90.9%	0.3%
24	91.2%	0.3%
25	91.5%	0.3%
26	91.8%	0.3%
27	92.1%	0.3%
28	92.4%	0.3%
29	92.7%	0.3%
30	93%	0.3%
31	93.3%	0.3%
32	93.6%	0.3%
33	93.9%	0.3%
34	94.2%	0.3%
35	94.5%	0.3%
36	94.8%	0.3%
37	95.1%	0.3%
38	95.4%	0.3%
39	95.7%	0.3%
40	96%	0.3%
41	96.1%	0.1%
42	96.2%	0.1%
43	96.3%	0.1%
44	96.4%	0.1%
45	96.5%	0.1%
46	96.6%	0.1%
47	96.7%	0.1%
48	96.8%	0.1%
49	96.9%	0.1%
50	97%	0.1%
51	97.1%	0.1%
52	97.2%	0.1%
53	97.3%	0.1%
54	97.4%	0.1%
55	97.5%	0.1%
56	97.6%	0.1%
57	97.7%	0.1%
58	97.8%	0.1%
59	97.9%	0.1%
60	98%	0.1%

Version history[edit]

0.17.1546 - Removed post-process curve from melee hit chance so it uses the simple level-by-level tuning. It’ll be much harder to hit things now at low melee skills. Note: Default hit chance is 0.6 for pawns without skills. This equals the chance of a pawn with melee skill 6. (This has been reverted again at some point.)