The Blocking System.

[The Coder]

With all but a few exceptions, the blocking system follows a regular pattern.

Exceptions

The blocking odds of hitting a ward will never change. No matter how often you attack them with melee attacks, they will always miss, unless paralyzed or in focus. Units like the enchantress and the wisp, ones without blocking percentages will always hit and never change. Units in focus or paralyzed units can be hit no matter what, even if they are a ward.

Every other unit* + or - odds will change in the following manner.

If its a hit, the blocking odds go up by 100 - % chance of hitting. Therefore, with a knight that has +- 0%, and you hit it, its odds will go up 80%. Likewise, if you miss it, the odds of it hitting go down by 20% (100-80% = 20%)

In between turns, the + or - number will go down by 10%.

There is also this

More fun stuff: every unit can go as low as -199 and no lower, and as high as +199 (maybe 198 from rounding?) and no higher, from a 99% chance-to-hit side block and a 1% chance-to-hit side hit respectively. Assuming the blocking system doesn't glitch up as some people claim to have seen.

EDITED thanks to ChainHeart helping me realize a flaw in my logic.

[BrownGuy]

OH i get it thanks for the help really needed it.

[Punishment]

With all but a few exceptions, the blocking system follows a regular pattern.

Exceptions

The blocking odds of hitting a ward will never change. No matter how often you attack them with melee attacks, they will always miss, unless paralyzed or in focus. Units like the enchantress and the wisp, ones without blocking percentages will always hit and never change. Units in focus or paralyzed units can be hit no matter what, even if they are a ward.

Every other unit* + or - odds will change in the following manner.

If its a hit, the blocking odds go up by 100 - % chance of hitting. Therefore, with a knight that has +- 0%, and you hit it, its odds will go up 80%. Likewise, if you miss it, the odds of it hitting go down by 20% (100-80% = 20%)

In between turns, the + or - number will go down by 10%.

*Pyromancer excluded. Its odds go down 167 if blocks from side, instead of just 67


Hmm,. coder

if you attack a pyromancer, it has a 83.3 chance to hit from the side. It doubles, so goes to -166.66 which goes to 167...

YTou have a 60% chance to hit a knight form the side. If it misses, the knight goes to 120 (doubling the 60.)

Pyro's aren't an exception to the rule...

[The Coder]

Hmm,. coder

if you attack a pyromancer, it has a 83.3 chance to hit from the side. It doubles, so goes to -166.66 which goes to 167...

YTou have a 60% chance to hit a knight form the side. If it misses, the knight goes to 120 (doubling the 60.)

Pyro's aren't an exception to the rule...

Damn. Your right. I was thinking 66 normal blocking, and 33 from side.

/edit

[plusminus]

The side is * 2 on everything.

http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27907

[shatterstar]

Damn. Your right. I was thinking 66 normal blocking, and 33 from side.


thats correct.

[The Coder]

thats correct.

No, it isn't. Thats the odds of hitting, though.

[plusminus]

More fun stuff: every unit can go as low as -199 and no lower, and as high as +199 (maybe 198 from rounding?) and no higher, from a 99% chance-to-hit side block and a 1% chance-to-hit side hit respectively. Assuming the blocking system doesn't glitch up as some people claim to have seen.

EDITED thanks to ChainHeart helping me realize a flaw in my logic.

[ChainHeart]

blocking + can go over 100

the blocking system is really weird :-/ they should sticky the discription or something

[lthlinjction]

Don't we have enough threads for the blocking?

[plusminus]

blocking + can go over 100
Hm, you're right. A knight at +99 would still have a 10% chance or so of getting hit from the side, putting him up another 80. Edited other post..

[shatterstar]

No, it isn't. Thats the odds of hitting, though.

tell that to the pyro that blocked 4 out of 5 of my hits today. ;)

[plusminus]

Your pyro abuses steriods, and has a small wang as a result.

[The Coder]

Your pyro abuses steriods, and has a small wang as a result.

Hey man, My pyro's suspisious levels of testosterone are natural.

[Sluff]

Don't we have enough threads for the blocking?

Apparently not. :)

[Mephisto]

this is quite useful. thanks.