I’ve been doing some testing with my Shield Throw Void Knight & the idol that gives you a % chance to proc Smite on hit from a throwing attack & I’m not sure it’s working quite properly.
So I equipped a single idol with 5% chance & used Shield Throw with the AoE node, so that counts as 2 hits & I have 100% chance for hits to proc future strikes for 4 hits from a single Shield Throw, though they may not all count as “throwing attacks” as far as the idol proccing smite is concerned. For testing I’m waiting for the shield to return before throwing again so as to not confuse multiple procs in a short time.
So while Shield Throwing the training dummy at the end of time, on 25 procs of smite I was counting the number of throws required to proc & I got an average of 8.7 throws per proc. Therefore, if it’s a 5% chance per hit I would expect an average of 20 hits to proc smite (though my statistical understanding is a bit ropey). Now, since I’m getting anywhere up to 4 hits per throw, an average of 8.7 throws per proc (over a sample size of 25 procs) would be reasonable if each throw of Shield Throw was counting the actual shield hit plus the AoE from the Eruption node as both “hits” for proccing smite, as that would be 2 hits per throw & therefore the 20 hits would be 10 throws. This is born out by the fact that on one throw I saw 2 smites proc. That would only be possible if each throw was hitting more than once (shield hit + AoE, possibly plus the future strikes from both).
When I equipped a second idol with +6% (for a total of +11% chance), my average throws to proc was 5.4, but there were also 3 double procs.
However, that’s all against a single target. As my Shield Throw is spec’d for +4 additional ricochets & the no-cooldown 1/2 additional targets, I should be hitting a total of 1 (target) + 3 additional targets (base (2 + 4) / 2) plus however many are also hit by each AoE from the Eruption node. Therefore on a group of 4 mobs 1 throw would hit all 4 with a shield & anywhere up to all 4 mobs 4 times from the AoE for a total of 20 hits. Therefore I should be seeing a Smite proc on most throws (depending on whether I’m being screwed by RNG). However it doesn’t feel like that, even on large groups, it still feels like I’m getting a smite on every ~5 or so throws (though I’m not keeping a rigorous count so my perception could be off). But I’m not keeping the attack speed buff from Smite up all the time on mobs.
I’d appreciate it if someone who’s statistics skills are a bit more mad than mine to run the numbers…