Evasion

Not to be confused with Dodge.

Evasion is the first layer of defence that increases a character's chance to evade incoming attacks. Evasion is opposed by the attacker's accuracy. Along with armour and energy shield, evasion is one of the three defence types that can implicitly appear on equipment.

All classes start with Template:SMW character query base evasion rating and gain additional evasion per level. The first level is included in this, so a level 1 character will have base evasion. This gives a base of evasion at level 100.

Dexterity also grants bonuses to evasion. Every 5 points of dexterity provide 1% increased Evasion Rating. Non-multiples of 5 will be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5 (e.g. 142 dexterity will be rounded to 145).

Mechanics

Evading an attack prevents all damage and other harmful effects including status ailments and stun. Only melee and ranged attacks can be evaded; spells will automatically hit. The chance to evade an attack is based on the defenders evasion rating verses the attacker's accuracy.

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Chance to evade hits as a function of attacker's accuracy and defender's evasion rating.

Chance to evade can never be lower than 5%, nor higher than 95%. The exception to this is the modifier Cannot Evade enemy Attacks from for example the Unwavering Stance keystone or Ezomyte PeakEzomyte Peak
Iron HatArmour: (84-113)(15-20)% increased Area of Effect
+(75-100) to Armour
+(25-50) to maximum Life
Unwavering StanceCenturies of servitude, a day
of glory, an eternity of death.; this completely removes the character's chance to evade. As an opposite, hits with Hits can't be evaded modifier do not take target's chance to evade into account.

Evasion also gives an implicit chance to not receive critical strikes from attacks. Critical strikes from spells can't be evaded. If an incoming critical strike succeeds its hit roll, a second independent hit roll is performed to determine if the critical is evaded or not. If this roll succeeds, a critical strike is scored. If it fails, the attack still hits, but only for regular damage.

Evasion is not purely based on chance in the sense that each hit is independent. Instead, it uses a system of "entropy" to ensure that enemies won't get long strings of hits or misses by chance. To summarize, these are the calculation steps in each attack:

1. If it is first time an entity is attacked or if the time between the last attack and this one is larger than 6 seconds, randomise the entropy from 0–99.
2. Calculate chance to hit of the attacker using the above formula, and add this integer to the entropy counter.
3. If this is 100 or greater, the check counts as a hit. Subtract 100 from the entropy counter. Otherwise it is a miss and the entropy counter doesn't change.
4. A critical hit is evaded on a separate random roll and will not affect this entropy value.

This system is designed to evenly spread out hits and misses such that players always evade an average number of times according to their ‘chance’ to evade. It is still based on chance because of the entropy counter's randomization in the first step. Note that if multiple mobs are attacking one character, all of the mobs' attacks share the same entropy counter. Also note that the chance to evade calculation on the character page is based on the average accuracy of a monster at the player's level.

Interaction with Dodge

Chance to Dodge bonuses granted by sources like Acrobatics function similar to evasion, but are rolled separately and are true random rather than entropy-based. Phase Acrobatics grants a chance to dodge spells.

Assuming a character has a 40% chance to evade and a 20% chance to dodge, a character has a 52% chance to prevent receiving a hit.

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Modifiers to chance to Hit and chance to Evade

Certain modifiers can be directly applied to the Chance to Hit and Chance to Evade stats, such as blind, and Arrow Dancing. The order in which these take effect are as follows; chance to hit is determined based on the attacker's accuracy and the defender's evasion, then modifiers to the attacker's chance to hit get applied, after which modifiers to the defender's chance to evade are applied to get the final chance to evade/hit.

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Example 1

A player is fighting three monsters, one (A) with a 70% chance to hit and two (B, C) with a 45% chance to hit.

• A attacks. The player's entropy is a random number between 0-99, in this case 37.
• A adds 70 to the counter, raising it to 100 or greater, and hits. 100 is subtracted and the counter is now 7.
• B attacks, adding 45. 52
• C attacks, adding 45. 97
• A attacks, adding 70. This hits and the counter becomes 67. It happens to be a critical strike, which means it has a 70% chance to do bonus damage. This roll is independent and doesn't affect entropy.
• The player runs away for >6 seconds, so a new entropy value will be rolled on the next attack.

Example 2

A player has 5000 evasion, and gets 20% more Chance to Evade from Shade Form, and is attacked by a monster with 500 accuracy who is blinded.

• Chance to Hit = 500 / ( 500 + (5000/4)^0.8 ) = 62% Chance to Hit.
• Blind lowers the chance to hit by 50% to 31%, meaning the player has a 69% chance to evade.
• Shade Form's 20% more Chance to Evade causes the final chance to Evade to be 69% * 1.2 = 82%.

Active skill gems

Main page: List of evasion related skill gems

Related base stats

The following skill gems have stats related to evasion:

Gem
GraceGraceAura, Spell, AoE Level: (1-20) Reservation: 50% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants evasion to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius You and nearby allies gain (227-2575) additional Evasion Rating You and nearby allies gain (20-29)% more Evasion rating Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	24	N/A		N/A
Spectral Shield ThrowSpectral Shield ThrowAttack, Projectile, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-10) Mana Attack Time: 0.65 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.Shard Projectiles Deal 50% less Damage (47-203) to (70-304) Base Off Hand Physical Damage (3-5) to (4-7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield Fires 3 additional Projectiles Primary Projectile Chains +3 Times Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires (0.1-2) additional ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	28			N/A
Spectral Shield Throw of ShatteringSpectral Shield Throw of ShatteringAttack, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Attack Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the evasion of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.Shard Projectiles Deal 25% less Damage (57-248) to (86-372) Base Off Hand Cold Damage (4-7) to (5-9) Added Cold Damage per 15 Evasion Rating on Shield Fires (6-12) additional Projectiles Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% more Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	28			N/A
Defiance BannerDefiance BannerAoE, Spell, Duration, Aura, Physical Level: (1-20) Reservation: 10% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Casting once reserves mana to carry a banner which increases the armour and evasion of nearby allies, and reduces the critical strike chance of nearby enemies. Gains stages over time while carrying the banner near enemies. Casting the skill again places the banner, ending the mana reservation. Once placed, it becomes more powerful for each stage gained. You cannot have multiple banners at the same time.You and nearby Allies have (15-24)% increased Armour and Evasion Rating Nearby Enemies have (30-40)% reduced Critical Strike Chance Gain 1 Stage every 0.2 seconds while an Enemy is Nearby Taunt nearby Enemies for 0.15 seconds per Stage on Placing the Banner Enemies Taunted this way deal 15% less Damage Base Duration of 10.00 seconds after being Placed +1 second to Base Placed Banner Duration per Stage When placed, 8% increased Area of Effect per Stage When placed, 1% increased Aura effect per Stage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% increased effect of AuraPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	16			N/A
Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Attack Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% AoE Radius: 8 / 16Requires Level 10Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.(12-134) to (18-200) Base Off Hand Physical Damage (3-5) to (4-7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield 75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance 100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance (90-109)% increased Movement Speed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	10		N/A	N/A
Shield CrushShield CrushAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 8 Mana Attack Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap.(4-172) to (6-258) Base Off Hand Physical Damage (3-5) to (4-7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield +(0-0.6) metres to radius Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Deals up to (0.5-10)% more Damage with Hits to closer targetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	1		N/A	N/A

Related quality stats

The following skill gems have stats from quality related to evasion:

There are no skill gems that have stats from quality related to evasion.

Support skill gems

Main page: List of evasion related skill gems

Related base stats

The following support gems have stats related to evasion:

There are no support gems that have stats related to evasion.

Related quality stats

The following support gems have stats from quality related to evasion:

There are no support gems that have stats from quality related to evasion.

Mechanics Scaled by Evasion Rating

The following items provide some bonuses that scale with evasion rating.

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Related items

Flasks

Item		Duration	Usage	Capacity	Buff Effects	Stats

Unique items

See also: List of unique armours granting evasion

Notable Evasion Rating

Unique items that can potentially grant upwards of 1,000 Evasion rating.

Global Evasion increases

Unique items that grant increased global Evasion rating.

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Global flat Evasion

Unique items that grant a flat bonus to global Evasion rating.

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Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant evasion bonuses.

Evasion rating

These passive skills grant increased evasion rating or additional base evasion rating.

Evasion rating per frenzy charge

These passive skills grant increased evasion rating based on the number of frenzy charges the character has.

Evasion rating while Onslaught

These passive skills grant increased evasion rating while you have onslaught.

Miscellany

These passive skills are related to evasion, but do not fit into any other category.