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{{Infobox zone
  
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|faction=Horde
  
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|name=Kezan
  
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|level=1 - 5
  
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|ss=Kezan.PNG
  
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|pop=40,000
  
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|capital=[[The Undermine]] (20,000)
  
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|races={{Race|Goblin}} (28,400)<br />{{Race|Forest troll}} (6,000)<br />{{Race|Human}} (2,000)<br />{{Race|Gnome}} (800)<br />{{Race|Jungle troll}} (800)<br />{{Race|Highelf}} (400)<br />{{Race|Ironforge dwarf}} (400)<br />{{Race|Nightelf}} (400)<br />{{Race|Orc}} (400)<br />{{Race|Tauren}} (400)<br /> [[Hobgoblin]]
  
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|loc=Mid [[South Seas]]
  
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|major=[[Bilgewater Port]] (14,000)<br />[[Edj]] (4,000)<br />[[Voodress Village]] (1,000)
  
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|minor=Several
  
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|rulers=The [[goblin]] [[trade princes]]
  
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|government=Corporate
  
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|affiliation=[[Independent]]
  
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|source=''[[Lands of Mystery]]'' pg. 74
  
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}}
  
   
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{{distinguish|Spell hit}}
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The isle of '''Kezan''' is the tropical island homeland of the [[goblin]]s. It was once inhabited by the trolls. The [[Undermine]] is located beneath the island.
 
   
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'''Hit''' refers to physical damage that occurs as a result of an attack made with melee or ranged weapons. The chance to hit increases by 1% per 30.7548 points of hit rating at level 80, 14.7905 hit rating at level 70, and 9.3793 hit rating at level 60. The base chance to miss against an opponent of equal level is 5% for single wield and 24% for [[dual wield]]. Both hit and [[spell hit]] use the same basic hit rating attribute within the [[combat rating system]], although the similarity largely ends there—they are effectively distinct attributes derived from the same rating.
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The playable goblin race will experience a phased instance of Kezan in their earliest levels before being set loose in the [[Lost Isles]].<ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/faq/</ref>
  
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[[File:Hit axe to tree.png|350px|right]]
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== Calculating Miss Rate ==
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If the difference between the mob's level and your level is less than or equal to 2, then the formula for calculating your base miss rate against that mob is:
   
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* with single-wielding: 5% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 0.5%
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== Introduction ==
  
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* with dual-wielding: 24% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 0.5%
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Goblins are in charge on the Isle of Kezan, making the whole place a swarming cesspool of corruption, chaos, scheming and invention. Several cities exist on Kezan, including the nefarious Undermine, the de facto capital of the goblins’ trade empire. Kezan is a tropical island, and palm trees and other greenery appear in profusion. Kezan’s many ports bustle day and night as merchant ships approach and depart, carrying goods of all sorts to places of all sorts for people of all sorts. Kezan is a valuable way station between the eastern and western lands, and almost all travelers stop here, whether traveling by ship or gryphon or more esoteric means. The island is the heart of the goblins’ mercantile efforts, pumping trade throughout Azeroth.
  
   
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If the difference between the mob's level and your level is greater than 2, then the formula for calculating your base miss rate against that mob is:
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Kezan is the largest and southernmost of the South Seas islands, and, despite the goblin presence, the safest. Unlike the surrounding islands, Kezan’s inhabitants won’t try to kill you on sight; rather, they first attempt to take your money and all your worldly possessions, then leave you to die on the rain-soaked cobblestone streets. Kezan’s ports are valuable neutral areas for both the Alliance and the Horde, and if not for the goblins trade would grind to a standstill and there wouldn't be adventurer shops in places like Stranglethorn Vale.{{Cite|LoM|74}}
  
   
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* with single-wielding: 2% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 2%
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== History ==
  
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* with dual-wielding: 21% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 2%
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Kezan was originally home to the goblins and a group of [[jungle troll]]s. The goblins were enslaved by the jungle trolls and forced to mine minerals. After discovering [[kaja'mite]] the goblins gained a massive increase in intelligence and were able to fight off the jungle troll and claim Kezan for themselves. Afterward, the goblins declared [[Undermine]] as their capital city.<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', pg. 114</ref> Since that time, they’ve ranged out and allowed people of all races to buy silly merchandise at exorbitant prices. They allied themselves to the Horde in the Second War (because the orcs paid and/or intimidated them), but in the Third War they were a neutral force, making money off every side.<ref>''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', pg. 79</ref>
  
   
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Applying these formulas gives the following base miss rate for a Level 80 character:
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== People and culture ==
  
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Goblins are short and green and they don't laugh; they cackle. They wear leather clothing, often cut into aprons to protect themselves from the caustic fluids they handle. Their entire culture is focused on mercantile enterprises, and they work hard to expand their markets in any way possible. Most goblins seem friendly but insane. Goblins can be cutthroat merchants, and this ruthlessness is more prevalent on Kezan than anywhere else — probably because the goblins are competing against their own kind. While goblins answer to no king or other such titular head, a collection of trade princes rules their merchant empire, which is called the [[Trade Coalition]].
  
   
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:* v. Level 80 mob: 5.0% / dual-wield: 24%
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Officially, five trade princes exist, though one or two may be lurking about in the shadows. The goblins don't elect their trade princes, nor are the positions hereditary; the trade princes killed, blackmailed and schemed their way to the top. Together, these five goblins make the mercantile machine run, organizing the extensive and complex [[Trade Fleets]]. The Trade Coalition is huge, far-reaching and massively complicated. In addition, numerous other, smaller goblin companies, created and run by entrepreneurs called moguls, operate throughout Azeroth. Perhaps the most famous of these smaller
  
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:* v. Level 81 mob: 5.5% / dual-wield: 24.5%
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businesses is the [[Venture Company]], founded and ruled by [[Mogul Razdunk]].
  
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:* v. Level 82 mob: 6.0% / dual-wield: 25% (level of most heroic bosses)
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:* v. Level 83 mob: 8.0% / dual-wield: 27% (level of raid bosses)
   
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:* 30.75 hit rating reduces your chance to miss by 1%
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Goblins engage in any activity that earns them a profit. They traffic in legitimate dealings, including food, spices and textiles, as well as more esoteric and questionable wares, such as magic items and arms dealing. Goblins have no respect for nature and engage in deforestation and mining on vast scales (the Venture Company is particularly notorious for such activities). In addition, goblins run morally corrupt businesses such as smuggling and slave trading. While the Trade Coalition condones all such activities, goblin smugglers and slavers prefer to maintain low profiles — for obvious reasons. Goblins are mad but brilliant. Their technology is just as ingenious, if usually more volatile, than gnomish inventions. Goblins are also the best alchemists around, with the possible exception of the Forsaken. Goblin tinkers and alchemists are found throughout Kezan.
  
   
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Thus, if you are a Level 80 character with no talents increasing your chance to hit, you need a Hit Rating of 247 (8.03%) to never miss a shot against a Level 83 boss (or skull mob) with a special attack or single-wield auto-attack (see [[#Hit_rating_cap|hit rating cap below]]).
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As chaotic as it is, goblin society does have some order to it. Goblin barons serve as magistrates to run the trade princes' lands and holdings, and goblin captains command vessels for the Trade Fleets or for private merchants. Every city on the island is a bit like Ratchet on a larger scale.{{Cite|LoM|74-75}}
  
   
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Melee attacks divide into two categories: auto-attacks (white attack/damage) and special attacks (yellow attack/damage). Attacking a mob from behind removes parry and block from both tables, provided the attack is more than 0.5 yards away (measured from center to center rather than with the [[hitbox]]).
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== Cataclysm ==
  
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[[File:Mount Kajaro.PNG|thumb|Mount Kajaro]]
  
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Kezan will be the initial start zone for the [[goblin (playable)|goblins]] in ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''. The goblin player begins as a mid-level executive on Kezan, possessing great riches and power. [[Deathwing]] causes [[Mount Kajaro]] to erupt, forcing the evacuation of Kezan. Fleeing across the Great Sea, the goblins become shipwrecked on the [[Lost Isles]] after getting caught in an Alliance-Horde crossfire.<ref>[[Forum:Cataclysm in PC Gamer UK (Nov 09)]]</ref>
  
   
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== Hit rating cap ==
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===Future of Kezan===
  
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In the context of stats, the term "cap" refers to the point at which equipping more of a particular stat will have no additional value. For hit rating the cap usually discussed is in regards to raid bosses. For example, once you reach or surpass the hit cap, you will ''never miss an attack'' against a raid boss unless you are under the effect of some debuff that reduces your hit chance (for example, [[Archavon the Stone Watcher]]'s gas cloud).
   
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As shown above, your base chance to miss a raid boss while dual wielding is 27% with auto-attack on both hands. Your base chance to miss a special attack is 8%. For each 14.79 hit rating at level 70 or 30.75 hit rating at level 80, you reduce your chance to miss by 1%. Thus we can calculate hit caps for auto-attack and special attacks:
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At Blizzcon 2010, [[Alex Afrasiabi]] said that the goblin starting zone is only "'a small segment of the actual whole' of Kezan", and that the goblins "do want to go back to Undermine and the other goblin land holdings, just a question of when." [http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/blizzcon-2010-quests-and-lore-panel-liveblog/]
  
   
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A "soft" cap is the point at which your yellow attacks will always hit and more hit rating has no effect on them. A "hard" cap is the point at which your autoattacks will always hit and more hit rating does absolutely nothing for you.
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=== Video ===
  
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<youtube>DW2wb_pnJ-c</youtube>
  
   
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:'''Note:''' For DPS ''exclusively'' doing heroics and not planning on raiding at all, the hit cap is lower, since heroic bosses are never higher than 82 (see "Calculating Miss Rate", above).
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== Geography ==
  
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Kezan is a tropical island, and the associated flora and fauna appear in the wilderness between cities. Palm trees are everywhere, and in the wild places tasty fruits and flowers can be found. Many tropical animals, including tigers and lots of bugs can also be found. Kezan has several natural bays, and the goblins have constructed at least small port towns in most of them. To the south, the elevation rises. Southern Kezan is volcanic, and several volcanoes constantly ooze lava into the ocean. Lava tubes and other geological tunnels and caves riddle the island.
  
   
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=== All level 85 physical DPS ===
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Goblins control just about everything on Kezan. Non-goblins always leave the island with less gold than they had when they came.{{Cite|LoM|75-76}}
  
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* Dual-wield auto-attack: 3 243 hit rating
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* Special DW attack or any type of Single-wield attack (auto/special) or any type of ranged physical attack (auto/special): 961 hit rating
   
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; width:23em"
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=== Maps and subregions ===
  
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|+ Hit Rating Required Per 1%
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[[File:Kezan Layout.jpg|thumb|Minimap layout of Kezan]]
  
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|-
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[[File:WorldMap-Kezan.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Kezan map]]
  
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! Level 60
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! Level 70
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! Level 80
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! Level 85
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|-
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| 9.38
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| 14.79
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| 30.75
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| 120.109
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|}
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=== Hit rating chart ===
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; width:23em"
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|+Required Hit Rating
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Level
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! colspan="6" | Special&nbsp;attack, Single-wield, Ranged&nbsp;weapon
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! colspan="6" | Dual-wield
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|-
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! 3% !! 4% !! 5% !! 6% !! 7% !! 8%
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! 22% !! 23% !! 24% !! 25% !! 26% !! 27%
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|-
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| 70 || 44.37 || 59.16 || 73.95 || 88.74 || 103.53 || 118.23
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| 325.39 || 340.18 || 354.97 || 369.76 || 384.55 || 399.34
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|-
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| 80 || 92.26 || 123.02 || 153.77 || 184.53 || 215.28 || 246.04
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| 676.61 || 707.36 || 738.12 || 768.87 || 799.62 || 830.38
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|-
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| 85 || 360.33 || 480.44 || 600.54 || 720.65 || 840.76 || 960.87 || 2642.4 || 2762.51 || 2882.62 || 3002.72 || 3122.83 || 3242.94
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|}
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Note: for practical purpose, since hit rating is always integer, you need to round up the above numbers to ensure true hit-cap.
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=== Six Sigma Miss per Hit Opportunities ===
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{| class="darktable zebra" style="left; text-align: center; width:23em"
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Level 85
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|-
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! Hit Rating !! Additional Hit % !! Miss per 10,000 Hits !! Miss %
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|-
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| 961||8.001%||0||0.00%
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|-
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| 960||7.993%||1||0.01%
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|-
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| 949||7.901%||10||0.10%
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|-
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| 937||7.801%||20||0.20%
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|-
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| 925||7.701%||30||0.30%
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|-
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| 913||7.601%||40||0.40%
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|-
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| 901||7.502%||50||0.50%
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|-
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| 889||7.402%||60||0.60%
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|-
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| 877||7.302%||70||0.70%
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|-
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| 865||7.202%||80||0.80%
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|-
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| 853||7.102%||90||0.90%
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|-
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| 841||7.002%||100||1.00%
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|-
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| 781||6.502%||150||1.50%
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|-
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| 721||6.003%||200||2.00%
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|-
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| 661||5.503%||250||2.50%
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|-
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| 601||5.004%||300||3.00%
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|}
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{| class="darktable zebra" style="right; text-align: center; width:23em"
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Level 80
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|-
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! Hit Rating !! Additional Hit % !! Miss per 10,000 Hits !! Miss %
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|-
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| 246 || 8.000% || 0 || 0.00%
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|-
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| 245 || 7.997% || 3 || 0.03%
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|-
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| 243 || 7.902% || 10 || 0.10%
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|-
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| 240 || 7.805% || 20 || 0.20%
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|-
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| 237 || 7.707% || 29 || 0.29%
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|-
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| 234 || 7.610% || 39 || 0.39%
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|-
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| 231 || 7.512% || 49 || 0.49%
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|-
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| 228 || 7.415% || 59 || 0.59%
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|-
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| 225 || 7.317% || 68 || 0.68%
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|-
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| 222 || 7.220% || 78 || 0.78%
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|-
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| 219 || 7.122% || 88 || 0.88%
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|-
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| 216 || 7.024% || 98 || 0.98%
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|-
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| 200 || 6.504% || 150 || 1.50%
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|-
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| 185 || 6.016% || 198 || 1.98%
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|-
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| 169 || 5.496% || 250 || 2.50%
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|-
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| 154 || 5.008% || 299 || 2.99%
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|}
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=== Special attack hit cap (soft) ===
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{| class="darktable zebra" style="text-align:center;"
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|+ Hit Rating Needed to Cap Special Attacks ( vs Raid Bosses )
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Increased Hit Chance
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! colspan="3" | Rating Needed at Level
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! rowspan="2" | Needed by
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|-
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! 70
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! 80
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! 85
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|-
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| 1%
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| 14.79
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| 30.75
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| 120.109
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| style="text-align:left;" | Draenei ([[Heroic Presence]]) Enhancement Shamans
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|
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|-
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| 2%
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| 29.58
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| 61.51
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| 240.218
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| style="text-align:left;" | Rogues with 3/3 [[Precision (rogue talent)|Precision]]<br />Enhancement Shamans
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|
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|-
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| 3%
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| 44.37
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| 92.26
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| 360.327
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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|
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|-
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| 4%
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| 59.16
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| 123.02
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| 480.436
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| style="text-align:left;" | Draenei ([[Heroic Presence]]) Death Knights dual-wielding one handed weapons and 3/3 [[Nerves of Cold Steel]]<br />Draenei ([[Heroic Presence]]) Fury Warriors<br />
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|
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|-
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| 5%
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| 73.95
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| 153.77
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| 600.545
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| style="text-align:left;" | Death Knights dual-wielding one handed weapons and 3/3 [[Nerves of Cold Steel]]<br />Fury Warriors<br />
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|-
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| 6%
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| 88.74
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| 184.53
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| 720.654
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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|-
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| 7%
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| 103.53
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| 215.28
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| 840.763
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|
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|-
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| 8%
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| 118.32
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| 246.04
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| 960.872
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| style="text-align:left;" | '''All special attacks not affected by talents which modify chance to hit'''
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|-
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|}
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== Heroic Presence ==
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[[Heroic Presence]] is a draenei passive ability that gives that draenei a 1% reduction in hit rating requirement.
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== Auto attacks ==
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Each melee auto attack made by characters against mobs will result in one of the following (in order of precedence):
   
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{| class="darktable"
  
{| class="darktable"
 
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!width=50px|Order of precedence!!Result
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|[[Bilgewater Port]] • [[Drudgetown]] • [[First Bank of Kezan]] • [[Gallywix's Villa]]
 
 
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|1||Miss
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|[[Gallywix's Yacht]] • [[Kaja'mine]] • [[Kajaro Field]] • [[KTC Headquarters]]
  
 
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|2||Dodge
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|[[The Slick]] • [[South Seas]] • [[Swindle Street]] • [[The Pipe]]
  
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|-
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|3||Parry
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|-
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|4||Glancing blow
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|-
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|5||Block
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|-
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|6||Critical strike
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|-
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|7||Hit
 
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Hit chance doesn't work by increasing the amount of "Hit" on these tables. Instead, it works by decreasing the amount of miss.
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=== Old maps and subregions ===
  
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[[File:Undermine.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Kezan as seen on the World of Warcraft Behind the Scenes DVD]]
  
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The Isle of Kezan had been in the planning stages long before Cataclysm. This section details its previous, unused incarnations.
  
   
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;Example #1
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Other than the [[Undermine]], notable locations include [[Mount Kajaro]], an active volcano in the southern part of the island, [[Bilgewater Port]] on the northwestern coast, [[Edj]] on the northeastern coast, and [[Voodress Village]], inhabited by [[troll]]s.
  
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Critical strike chance "fills in" the hit chance portion of this table. Crit is "capped" when the crit chance exceeds the amount of hit chance on the table. Until we reach that cap, hit chance has NO effect on crit chance. For example: maximum dual wielding weapon skill, chance to hit 0% and chance to critical strike 50%. Dual wield auto-attacking a raid boss from behind results in a loss of 8.6% critical strike:
   
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{| class="darktable"
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The island of Kezan is located directly south of the [[Maelstrom]], southwest of [[Zandalar]]. It cannot be seen on maps in the World of Warcraft but shows up in other maps in the Warcraft RPG.
  
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|-
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! Result !! Chance
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|-
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| Miss || align="right" | 28%
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|-
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| Dodge || align="right" | 5.6%
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|-
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| Glancing blow || align="right" | 25%
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|-
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|Critical strike || align="right" | 41.4%
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|-
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| Hit || align="right" | 0%
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|}
   
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;Example #2
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On the World of Warcraft Behind the Scenes DVD there was a map of the Isle of Kezan, which is above the Undermine, visible on a whiteboard. It shows:
  
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Increase chance to hit to 10% and decrease chance to critical strike to 45% results in no loss of critical strike:
   
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{| class="darktable"
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* Three transportation paths to: [[Booty Bay]] (by boat), [[Kul Tiras]] (by boat), and [[Ratchet]] (by zeppelin). [[Valgarde]] is also somehow connected.
  
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|-
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* What seems to be a lake in the center of the island, with rivers connecting it to both ports and Mount Kajaro.
  
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! Result !! Chance
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* Four coastal zones: "Resort Beach", "Savage Beach", "Black Beach", and "Rain Forest"
  
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|-
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* "Naga Gate" off the western coast.
  
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| Miss || align="right" | 18%
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|-
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| Dodge || align="right" | 5.6%
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|-
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| Glancing blow || align="right" | 25%
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|-
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| Critical strike || align="right" | 45%
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|-
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| Hit || align="right" | 6.4%
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|}
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It is actually quite difficult to be crit capped without trying. This is one reason why it's important to maintain a balance of stats, and not to "stack" any one stat indiscriminately.
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== Special attacks ==
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Each melee special attack made by characters against mobs will result in one of the following (in order of precedence):
   
 
{| class="darktable"
  
{| class="darktable"
 
|-
  
|-
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!width=50px|Order of precedence!!Result
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|[[Bilgewater Port]]{{·}} [[Edj]]{{·}} [[Mount Kajaro]]{{·}} [[Undermine]]{{·}} [[Voodress Village]]
  
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|-
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|1||Miss
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|-
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|2||Dodge
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|-
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|3||Parry
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|-
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|4||Block
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|-
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|5||Hit
 
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<gallery widths="120px">
  
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File:Kezan.JPG|Kezan from the old WoW Townhall<ref>http://eu.blizzard.com/en/wow/townhall/worldmap.html</ref>
  
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File:Kezan2.PNG|Another map of Kezan
  
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File:goblin area situated on the map.jpg|On the World of Warcraft Behind the Scenes DVD
  
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File:Kazan.JPG|Kezan as 'Kazan'
  
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File:WorldMap-TheMaelstromContinent.jpg|Kezan in the "Maelstrom Continent" of Cataclysm
  
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</gallery>
  
   
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The system is exactly the same as normal attacks, except the miss chance is reduced to 8%, whether dual-wielding or not.
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== Notable characters ==
  
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The [[Trade Princes]] reside here, as does [[Mogul Razdunk]], the founder and ruler of the [[Venture Trading Company]], and [[Director Riddlevox]], the leader of the goblin [[Tinkers' Union]].
  
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== Enhancers ==
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=== Enchantments ===
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*{{loot|rare|Biznicks 247x128 Accurascope}} - Ranged only.
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*{{loot|uncommon|Titanium Weapon Chain}} {{wotlk-inline}}
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*[[Enchant Weapon - Accuracy]] {{wotlk-inline}}
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*[[Enchant Gloves - Precision]] {{wotlk-inline}}
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*{{loot|uncommon|Arcanum of Ferocity}} {{bc-inline}}
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*[[Enchant Gloves - Precise Strikes]] {{bc-inline}} - Enchant learned from {{loot|uncommon|Formula: Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike}}.
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*{{loot|uncommon|Arcanum of Power}} {{bc-inline}}
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*[[Enchant Boots - Icewalker]] {{wotlk-inline}}
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*{{loot|rare|Falcon's Call}}
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{{loot|common|Snapper Extreme}} and {{loot|common|Worg Tartare}} add 40 Hit rating for 1 hour.
   
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Some players ignore hit, when hit rating is the most valuable stat for most DPS classes. This is because for the same amount of item points, hit rating usually gives a higher increase in overall damage output than other stats. Therefore, it is advisable for most DPS to stack hit rating until hit-capped.
   
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It is also common to see people over-value the benefit of hit rating. Some players stack hit rating indiscriminately without realizing that their hit is over-capped by a large amount. Any hit rating above the hit cap is useless. One should adjust the hit rating so that they are not over the cap by too much.
   
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Another common misconception is that some people over value hit rating, to such an extent that they choose gear of a lower quality with hit rating over other gear that has a higher quality but no hit rating. They forget why one wants hit rating: to maximize the damage output. For example, imagine there are two helms with similar stats except that one has 20 more hit rating, while the other has 40 more critical strike rating (or other stats for classes that value crit less). Although 1 hit rating is better than 1 critical strike rating usually, 40 critical strike rating can be better than 20 hit rating. Therefore, one should still choose the second helm even this means he/she will be further away from being hit-capped. '''In general, we should choose the piece of gear that provides higher improvement in damage output, regardless of whether it has hit rating or not.'''
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Another point some raiders do not consider is that many fights in ICC are 'adds' fights. The spell hit rating requirement for a level 83 raid boss is 17%. For a level 82 add, it is 6%. Assuming the Gunship adds, Saurfang blood beasts, and Dreamwalker adds are level 82s, it can be said that many casters are over hit for those fights. Each raider should decide if killing the adds is more important than dpsing a raid boss, and what amount of hit rating gives the raid the most benefit. Gear can be swapped on a boss by boss basis. One set can have 17% hit, and the other set can drop hit for something contributing to higher dps. [[Maghia's Misguided Quill]] can be used for bosses but swapped out for 'adds' fights.
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Revision as of 21:25, 20 June 2011


Not to be confused with Spell hit.

Hit refers to physical damage that occurs as a result of an attack made with melee or ranged weapons. The chance to hit increases by 1% per 30.7548 points of hit rating at level 80, 14.7905 hit rating at level 70, and 9.3793 hit rating at level 60. The base chance to miss against an opponent of equal level is 5% for single wield and 24% for dual wield. Both hit and spell hit use the same basic hit rating attribute within the combat rating system, although the similarity largely ends there—they are effectively distinct attributes derived from the same rating.

Hit axe to tree

Calculating Miss Rate

If the difference between the mob's level and your level is less than or equal to 2, then the formula for calculating your base miss rate against that mob is:

  • with single-wielding: 5% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 0.5%
  • with dual-wielding: 24% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 0.5%

If the difference between the mob's level and your level is greater than 2, then the formula for calculating your base miss rate against that mob is:

  • with single-wielding: 2% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 2%
  • with dual-wielding: 21% + (Mob Level - Your Level) * 2%

Applying these formulas gives the following base miss rate for a Level 80 character:

  • v. Level 80 mob: 5.0% / dual-wield: 24%
  • v. Level 81 mob: 5.5% / dual-wield: 24.5%
  • v. Level 82 mob: 6.0% / dual-wield: 25% (level of most heroic bosses)
  • v. Level 83 mob: 8.0% / dual-wield: 27% (level of raid bosses)
  • 30.75 hit rating reduces your chance to miss by 1%

Thus, if you are a Level 80 character with no talents increasing your chance to hit, you need a Hit Rating of 247 (8.03%) to never miss a shot against a Level 83 boss (or skull mob) with a special attack or single-wield auto-attack (see hit rating cap below).

Melee attacks divide into two categories: auto-attacks (white attack/damage) and special attacks (yellow attack/damage). Attacking a mob from behind removes parry and block from both tables, provided the attack is more than 0.5 yards away (measured from center to center rather than with the hitbox).

Hit rating cap

In the context of stats, the term "cap" refers to the point at which equipping more of a particular stat will have no additional value. For hit rating the cap usually discussed is in regards to raid bosses. For example, once you reach or surpass the hit cap, you will never miss an attack against a raid boss unless you are under the effect of some debuff that reduces your hit chance (for example, Archavon the Stone Watcher's gas cloud).

As shown above, your base chance to miss a raid boss while dual wielding is 27% with auto-attack on both hands. Your base chance to miss a special attack is 8%. For each 14.79 hit rating at level 70 or 30.75 hit rating at level 80, you reduce your chance to miss by 1%. Thus we can calculate hit caps for auto-attack and special attacks:

A "soft" cap is the point at which your yellow attacks will always hit and more hit rating has no effect on them. A "hard" cap is the point at which your autoattacks will always hit and more hit rating does absolutely nothing for you.

Note: For DPS exclusively doing heroics and not planning on raiding at all, the hit cap is lower, since heroic bosses are never higher than 82 (see "Calculating Miss Rate", above).

All level 85 physical DPS

  • Dual-wield auto-attack: 3 243 hit rating
  • Special DW attack or any type of Single-wield attack (auto/special) or any type of ranged physical attack (auto/special): 961 hit rating
Hit Rating Required Per 1%
Level 60 Level 70 Level 80 Level 85
9.38 14.79 30.75 120.109

Hit rating chart

Required Hit Rating
Level Special attack, Single-wield, Ranged weapon Dual-wield
3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 22% 23% 24% 25% 26% 27%
70 44.37 59.16 73.95 88.74 103.53 118.23 325.39 340.18 354.97 369.76 384.55 399.34
80 92.26 123.02 153.77 184.53 215.28 246.04 676.61 707.36 738.12 768.87 799.62 830.38
85 360.33 480.44 600.54 720.65 840.76 960.87 2642.4 2762.51 2882.62 3002.72 3122.83 3242.94

Note: for practical purpose, since hit rating is always integer, you need to round up the above numbers to ensure true hit-cap.

Six Sigma Miss per Hit Opportunities

Level 85
Hit Rating Additional Hit % Miss per 10,000 Hits Miss %
961 8.001% 0 0.00%
960 7.993% 1 0.01%
949 7.901% 10 0.10%
937 7.801% 20 0.20%
925 7.701% 30 0.30%
913 7.601% 40 0.40%
901 7.502% 50 0.50%
889 7.402% 60 0.60%
877 7.302% 70 0.70%
865 7.202% 80 0.80%
853 7.102% 90 0.90%
841 7.002% 100 1.00%
781 6.502% 150 1.50%
721 6.003% 200 2.00%
661 5.503% 250 2.50%
601 5.004% 300 3.00%
Level 80
Hit Rating Additional Hit % Miss per 10,000 Hits Miss %
246 8.000% 0 0.00%
245 7.997% 3 0.03%
243 7.902% 10 0.10%
240 7.805% 20 0.20%
237 7.707% 29 0.29%
234 7.610% 39 0.39%
231 7.512% 49 0.49%
228 7.415% 59 0.59%
225 7.317% 68 0.68%
222 7.220% 78 0.78%
219 7.122% 88 0.88%
216 7.024% 98 0.98%
200 6.504% 150 1.50%
185 6.016% 198 1.98%
169 5.496% 250 2.50%
154 5.008% 299 2.99%

Special attack hit cap (soft)

Hit Rating Needed to Cap Special Attacks ( vs Raid Bosses )
Increased Hit Chance Rating Needed at Level Needed by
70 80 85
1% 14.79 30.75 120.109 Draenei (Inv helmet 21 [Heroic Presence]) Enhancement Shamans
2% 29.58 61.51 240.218 Rogues with 3/3 Precision
Enhancement Shamans
3% 44.37 92.26 360.327
4% 59.16 123.02 480.436 Draenei (Inv helmet 21 [Heroic Presence]) Death Knights dual-wielding one handed weapons and 3/3 Ability dualwield [Nerves of Cold Steel]
Draenei (Inv helmet 21 [Heroic Presence]) Fury Warriors
5% 73.95 153.77 600.545 Death Knights dual-wielding one handed weapons and 3/3 Ability dualwield [Nerves of Cold Steel]
Fury Warriors
6% 88.74 184.53 720.654
7% 103.53 215.28 840.763
8% 118.32 246.04 960.872 All special attacks not affected by talents which modify chance to hit

Heroic Presence

Inv helmet 21 [Heroic Presence] is a draenei passive ability that gives that draenei a 1% reduction in hit rating requirement.

Auto attacks

Each melee auto attack made by characters against mobs will result in one of the following (in order of precedence):

Order of precedence Result
1 Miss
2 Dodge
3 Parry
4 Glancing blow
5 Block
6 Critical strike
7 Hit

Hit chance doesn't work by increasing the amount of "Hit" on these tables. Instead, it works by decreasing the amount of miss.

Example #1

Critical strike chance "fills in" the hit chance portion of this table. Crit is "capped" when the crit chance exceeds the amount of hit chance on the table. Until we reach that cap, hit chance has NO effect on crit chance. For example: maximum dual wielding weapon skill, chance to hit 0% and chance to critical strike 50%. Dual wield auto-attacking a raid boss from behind results in a loss of 8.6% critical strike:

Result Chance
Miss 28%
Dodge 5.6%
Glancing blow 25%
Critical strike 41.4%
Hit 0%
Example #2

Increase chance to hit to 10% and decrease chance to critical strike to 45% results in no loss of critical strike:

Result Chance
Miss 18%
Dodge 5.6%
Glancing blow 25%
Critical strike 45%
Hit 6.4%

It is actually quite difficult to be crit capped without trying. This is one reason why it's important to maintain a balance of stats, and not to "stack" any one stat indiscriminately.

Special attacks

Each melee special attack made by characters against mobs will result in one of the following (in order of precedence):

Order of precedence Result
1 Miss
2 Dodge
3 Parry
4 Block
5 Hit

The system is exactly the same as normal attacks, except the miss chance is reduced to 8%, whether dual-wielding or not.

Enhancers

Enchantments

Gems

Northrend

Color Name Effect(s)
UI-EmptySocket-Blue Blue [Rigid Dragon's Eye] +34 Hit Rating
[Rigid Majestic Zircon] +20 Hit Rating
[Rigid Sky Sapphire] +16 Hit Rating
[Perfect Rigid Chalcedony] +14 Hit Rating
[Rigid Chalcedony] +12 Hit Rating
UI-EmptySocket-RedUI-EmptySocket-Blue Purple [Veiled Dreadstone] +10 Hit Rating +10 Intellect
[Veiled Twilight Opal] +8 Hit Rating +8 Intellect
[Perfect Veiled Shadow Crystal] +7 Hit Rating +7 Intellect
[Veiled Shadow Crystal] +6 Hit Rating +6 Intellect
[Glinting Dreadstone] +10 Hit Rating +10 Agility
[Glinting Twilight Opal] +8 Hit Rating +8 Agility
[Perfect Glinting Shadow Crystal] +7 Hit Rating +7 Agility
[Glinting Shadow Crystal] +6 Hit Rating +6 Agility
[Etched Dreadstone] +10 Hit Rating +10 Strength
[Etched Twilight Opal] +8 Hit Rating +8 Strength
[Perfect Etched Shadow Crystal] +7 Hit Rating +7 Strength
[Etched Shadow Crystal] +6 Hit Rating +6 Strength
[Accurate Dreadstone] +10 Hit Rating +10 Expertise Rating
[Accurate Twilight Opal] +8 Hit Rating +8 Expertise Rating
[Perfect Accurate Shadow Crystal] +7 Hit Rating +7 Expertise Rating
[Accurate Shadow Crystal] +6 Hit Rating +6 Expertise Rating
UI-EmptySocket-YellowUI-EmptySocket-Blue Green [Lambent Eye of Zul] +10 Hit Rating +5 Mana every 5 Seconds
[Lambent Forest Emerald] +8 Hit Rating +3 Mana every 5 Seconds
[Perfect Lambent Dark Jade] +7 Hit Rating +3 Mana every 5 Seconds
[Lambent Dark Jade] +6 Hit Rating +2 Mana every 5 Seconds
[Vivid Eye of Zul] +10 Hit Rating +10 Dodge Rating
[Vivid Forest Emerald] +8 Hit Rating +8 Dodge Rating
[Perfect Vivid Dark Jade] +7 Hit Rating +7 Dodge Rating
[Vivid Dark Jade] +6 Hit Rating +6 Dodge Rating
[Tense Eye of Zul] +10 Hit Rating +13 Spell Penetration
[Tense Forest Emerald] +8 Hit Rating +10 Spell Penetration
[Perfect Tense Dark Jade] +6 Hit Rating +9 Spell Penetration
[Tense Dark Jade] +6 Hit Rating +8 Spell Penetration
[Shining Eye of Zul] +10 Hit Rating +10 Haste Rating
[Shining Forest Emerald] +8 Hit Rating +8 Haste Rating
[Perfect Shining Dark Jade] +7 Hit Rating +7 Haste Rating
[Shining Dark Jade] +6 Hit Rating +6 Haste Rating

Outland

Color Name Effect(s)
UI-EmptySocket-Blue Blue [Rigid Empyrean Sapphire] +10 Hit Rating
[Rigid Star of Elune] +8 Hit Rating
[Rigid Azure Moonstone] +6 Hit Rating
[Rigid Zircon] +4 Hit Rating
UI-EmptySocket-RedUI-EmptySocket-Blue Purple [Etched Tanzanite] +4 Hit Rating +5 Strength
[Glinting Shadowsong Amethyst] +5 Hit Rating +5 Agility
[Glinting Tanzanite] +4 Hit Rating +5 Agility
[Glinting Nightseye] +4 Hit Rating +4 Agility
[Glinting Shadow Draenite] +3 Hit Rating +3 Agility
[Veiled Shadowsong Amethyst] +5 Hit Rating +5 Intellect
[Veiled Tanzanite] +4 Hit Rating +5 Intellect
[Veiled Nightseye] +4 Hit Rating +4 Intellect
[Veiled Shadow Draenite] +3 Hit Rating +3 Intellect
UI-EmptySocket-YellowUI-EmptySocket-Blue Green [Lightning Chrysoprase] +5 Hit Rating +4 Haste Rating
[Nimble Chrysoprase] +4 Hit Rating +5 Dodge Rating
[Vivid Chrysoprase] +5 Hit Rating +6 Stamina

Cooking

[Spicy Hot Talbuk] adds 20 Hit rating for 30 minutes.
[Snapper Extreme] and [Worg Tartare] add 40 Hit rating for 1 hour.

Common misunderstandings

Some players ignore hit, when hit rating is the most valuable stat for most DPS classes. This is because for the same amount of item points, hit rating usually gives a higher increase in overall damage output than other stats. Therefore, it is advisable for most DPS to stack hit rating until hit-capped.

It is also common to see people over-value the benefit of hit rating. Some players stack hit rating indiscriminately without realizing that their hit is over-capped by a large amount. Any hit rating above the hit cap is useless. One should adjust the hit rating so that they are not over the cap by too much.

Another common misconception is that some people over value hit rating, to such an extent that they choose gear of a lower quality with hit rating over other gear that has a higher quality but no hit rating. They forget why one wants hit rating: to maximize the damage output. For example, imagine there are two helms with similar stats except that one has 20 more hit rating, while the other has 40 more critical strike rating (or other stats for classes that value crit less). Although 1 hit rating is better than 1 critical strike rating usually, 40 critical strike rating can be better than 20 hit rating. Therefore, one should still choose the second helm even this means he/she will be further away from being hit-capped. In general, we should choose the piece of gear that provides higher improvement in damage output, regardless of whether it has hit rating or not.

Another point some raiders do not consider is that many fights in ICC are 'adds' fights. The spell hit rating requirement for a level 83 raid boss is 17%. For a level 82 add, it is 6%. Assuming the Gunship adds, Saurfang blood beasts, and Dreamwalker adds are level 82s, it can be said that many casters are over hit for those fights. Each raider should decide if killing the adds is more important than dpsing a raid boss, and what amount of hit rating gives the raid the most benefit. Gear can be swapped on a boss by boss basis. One set can have 17% hit, and the other set can drop hit for something contributing to higher dps. Inv jewelry trinket 02 [Maghia's Misguided Quill] can be used for bosses but swapped out for 'adds' fights.

Patch changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Heroic Presence no longer affects party members. It is now a self-only buff.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Hit rating per 1% hit reduced from 32.79 to 30.75 at level 80.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Hit rating now affects spells.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Items which provide +hit chance will now be allowed to counteract the increased miss chance penalty of dual-wielding.

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