10-14-2003, 05:29 PM
Deadly strike deals double damage. Crushing blow (in theory) takes off half of the enemy's current hit points. In practice, crushing blow has been neutered several times -- it doesn't affect bosses, is affected by physical resistance (including the 50% blanket in 1.09), doesn't scale with number of players in a game, and works at lowered effectiveness on bows, etc. Both, up through 1.09, are useless if you're a barb or 'sin, as the weapon masteries give 100% chance of deady strike instead of the listed chance they're supposed to have, and crushing blow and deadly strike cannot both hit on the same blow.
gekko
gekko
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