Chance to hit with spells

[TheWesson]

Good to see Spell Hit remains the most misunderstood statistic.

First thing to understand is there are TWO types of resist. The first is based on level difference between you and your target, and is a binary hit or miss. This is the resist that Spell Hit affects.

The second is resistance based upon the Spell Resistance stat of your target. These resists can be 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the damage resisted for normal spells (fireball, shadowbolt), or for binary spells (frostbolt) it either hits for full, or resists 100%. -Resist gear (aka Spell Penetration) affects this type of resist.

I often see people say "+hit is better for binary spells", or similar. This is not true. 1% Spell Hit has the same effect whether you are casting Frostbolt or Fireball.
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I'm sure level difference causes spell misses.

But, this URL:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basi...ances.html
seems to clearly indicate that magical resistance can cause a direct-damage spell to be resisted entirely (besides some possibility of causing 0% damage.)

So you're saying that +%to-hit doesn't affect the 'resist-altogether' possibility of a spell? That 'resist-spell' is NOT what we're calling a 'spell miss'?

Because, you see, it sure looks like magical resistance can bring about a binary 'miss', from the above URL....