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Originally Posted by TytosOfEight
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The relationship between AC and minimum hits is not immediately clear. While minimum hits generally increase with AC, there is noticeable fluctuation between AC 217 and 411. But this variability may stem from limited data points rather than a lack of underlying effects (i.e., a lack of statistical power).
In contrast, the trend in damage reduction is more straightforward. Eyeballing the data suggests no meaningful difference between AC 217 and 386. However, there is possibly a significant difference between AC 200 and 217, and again between AC 386 and 411 (when a shield is used).
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What was tested in the ranger thread is you have D20 distribution, D1 being min hits and D2 max hits. The more AC you have the more Max hits get sent into the Min hit bucket, while D2 to D19 is mostly flat around 4-5%. When Max hits are flattened to around 4-5% too, that is when you reached the "soft cap" and you won't go any lower. So far DSM found it seems the only way to go below the 4-5% floor is adding a shield and you can potentially bring that floor to near zero depending on RNG and the mob you're facing.