Editing Melee Dodge Chance

{{Stat
| default base value = 1
| min value = 0
| max value = 0.8
| to string style = PercentZero
| description = Chance to dodge a melee attack that would've otherwise hit. Characters will not dodge while aiming or firing a ranged weapon.
}}

==Base score==
First, a base score, which we'll call M, is computed by adding up Melee skill and a few other modifiers:
* [[Skill::Melee| ]][[Skills#Melee|Melee]]: skill level (0 to 20)
* [[Moving]]: [[Moving Importance::18|1800%]] importance. [[Moving Limit::-|No]] Max.
** For example, each [[bionic leg]] gives +12.5% or +0.125 Moving, which at 18x yields +2.25.
* [[Sight]]: [[Sight Importance::8|800%]] importance, [[Sight Limit::1.4|140%]] limit
** For example, one [[bionic eye]] and one normal eye gives 118.75% Sight, and 0.1875 x 8 yields +1.5.
* Traits
** [[Nimble]]: +15.0
** [[Brawler]] does not have any direct effect.
* [[Ideoligion#Melee specialist|Melee specialist role]]{{IdeologyIcon}}: +8.0
* [[Ideoligion#Melee specialist|Melee specialist's Beserk Trance]]{{IdeologyIcon}}: +8.0

==Post-processing curve==
<div style="text-align:center">
{{graph:Chart|width=300|height=300|xAxisTitle=Base Score|yAxisTitle=Dodge Chance|type=line|x=0,5,20,60|y=0,0,0.3,0.5|yAxisFormat=%}}
</div>
The above graph shows how your base score M corresponds to the final Dodge Chance.
* From a base score of M ≤ 5, Dodge Chance is 0%
* From a base score of 5 < M ≤ 20, Dodge Chance increases by 2% per increase in base score.
* From a base score of 20 < M ≤ 60, Dodge Chance increases by 0.5% per increase in base score.
* Beyond a base score of 60, there is no increase in Dodge Chance (will be capped at 50%).

In other words, there are diminishing returns beyond 20 dodge chance base score (30% dodge chance): each point exceeding that yields 1/4 the benefit. For a normal pawn with melee 5, replacing a leg with an [[archotech leg]] would yield +4.5 base score and +9% dodge chance; but if it had melee 20, then the new leg would yield only +2.25% dodge chance.

A maxed-out pawn with two [[archotech eye]]s (150% Sight, capped at 140% -> +3.2 base chance), two [[archotech leg]]s and a [[bionic heart]] (158% Moving -> +10.44 base chance), the Nimble trait (+15), and level 20 melee has a base dodge chance of M=48.64 and a resulting Melee Dodge Chance of 44.32%.  [[go-juice|Go-juice]] raises it to 49%.  Adding in [[luciferium]], [[wake-up]], and [[fibrous mechanites]] yields M=73.5, which would translate into a 56.75% dodge chance if not for the hard cap at 50%.

==Chance to dodge==
{| {{STDT| c_12 text-center}}
!Skill Level
!Standard
!Nimble
!Skill Level
!Standard
!Nimble
|-
!0
|0%
|20%
! -
| -
| -
|-
!1
|0%
|22%
!11
|12%
|33%
|-
!2
|0%
|24%
!12
|14%
|33.5%
|-
!3
|0%
|26%
!13
|16%
|34%
|-
!4
|0%
|28%
!14
|18%
|34.5%
|-
!5
|0%
|30%
!15
|20%
|35%
|-
!6
|2%
|30.5%
!16
|22%
|35.5%
|-
!7
|4%
|31%
!17
|24%
|36%
|-
!8
|6%
|31.5%
!18
|26%
|36.5%
|-
!9
|8%
|32%
!19
|28%
|37%
|-
!10
|10%
|32.5%
!20
|30%
|37.5%
|}

== Version history ==
* [[Version/0.17.1546|0.17.1546]] - Added.

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