Accuracy & ToHit

Until recently, I was under the impression they were the same thing. I was curious if some of the "experts" could explain what the difference is between the two.

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They are two variables in the maths used to judge if you hit something you use a power against.

For complex mechanics like this, you head to the Godfather of CoH info...
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Attack_Mechanics

Essentially for all the layman needs to know (like myself), ToHit bonuses are more powerful (unit for unit) than Accuracy bonuses.

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Thanks.

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Also, it's important to realize that your final to-hit is basically (in simplified form) equal to your base to-hit (depends on mob level, it's 75% for +0 and 48% for +3 for example) plus any to-hit bonuses, multiplied by your accuracy. (Assuming you aren't debuffed)

That means that accuracy effectively enhances to-hit bonuses since you add the to-hit up before multiplying by accuracy. If you want to hit really hard targets like +4s or high defense foes the best thing you can do is get to-hit buffs and significant accuracy bonuses.

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Also: every single debuff you encounter in the game is a Tohit debuff, regardless of what the text is telling you. The game doesn't have Accuracy debuffs anywhere. (At least, not yet.)

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