Combat: Difference between revisions

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Combat stats — viewable from the combat page — are affected by the player's combat skills and any [[Equipment]] worn. The combat skills are {{Skill|Attack}}, {{Skill|Strength}}, {{Skill|Defence}}, {{Skill|Hitpoints}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, {{Skill|Magic}}, {{Skill|Prayer}}, and {{Skill|Slayer}}. These skills are factored in when calculating the player's combat level, which is an approximation of the player's power. Players start at combat level 3 and can reach a maximum of combat level 126 ({{TotH}} 153), while [[monsters]] range from combat level [[Chicken (monster)|1]] to [[Bane, Instrument of Fear|1300]].

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Where 'Standard Skill Level' is the player's skill level as seen in the left-hand navigation bar (up to a maximum of 99, or 120 with {{TotH}}), while 'Hidden Skill Level' is the sum of any hidden skill level bonuses, such as those granted by {{Skill|Astrology}}, some [[Pets]] or items like the {{ItemIcon|Silver Ruby Necklace}}.

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-->For [[Special Attacks]] the minimum hit varies depending on the attack. Otherwise, for normal attacks the base minimum hit starts at 1. To this base value, both modifiers for "+X% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit" as well as increased flat minimum hit damage are applied. In addition, if a spell from the [[Standard Magic|standard]] or [[Archaic Magicks|Archaic spellbook]] is being used then element specific modifiers granting flat minimum hit damage for the same element as the spell being used are also included. The minimum hit is at least 1, and no more than the max hit.

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Damage Reduction (often abbreviated as 'DR') is a stat that does exactly what it suggests: It reduces the amount of damage taken by a player or monster. Unlike other combat numbers that are complex calculations, a player's damage reduction is determined by simply adding together all damage reduction bonuses the player has, whether from equipment or something else like a {{ItemIcon|Damage Reduction Potion}} or {{PetIcon|Defence}}.

Many of the [[monsters]] in the game have natural damage reduction, with boss monsters typically having higher damage reduction than other monsters around the same combat level. Some monsters also have [[Special Attack#Monster Special Attacks|special attacks]] or passive effect which temporarily grant additional damage reduction, such as Stone Wall used by {{MonsterIcon|Terran}}.

The player's damage reduction while engaged in combat can be calculated as their damage reduction % outside of combat ('Base Damage Reduction'), less any penalties that apply when in combat (such as the Intimidation passive effect present on many {{TotH}} [[monsters]]), all multiplied by the [[Combat Triangle]] damage reduction modifier. Damage reduction has a maximum value of 95% and a minimum of 0%, where the in-combat damage reduction can be calculated as:

<math>\text{Damage Reduction %} = \min \Big( \max \Big( \Big\lfloor \left ( \text{Base Damage Reduction %} - \text{In-Combat Penalties} \right ) \times \text{Combat Triangle Modifier} \Big\rfloor , 0 \Big), 95 \Big)</math>

Whenever a player or monster with Damage Reduction greater than 0% would receive damage, the damage taken is reduced. This reduced damage can be calculated as follows:

 

<math>\small{\text{Effective Level} = \left \lfloor 0.3 \times \text{Effective Defence Level} + 0.7 \times \text{Effective Magic Level} \right \rfloor}</math>