Question about Hit Rating for pvp in classic

I have 5% hit on my char and abilities are still “missing” against other players. I’ve heard from multiple sources that 5% is the cap to avoid “miss”, so I’d please like clarification.

I’ve also read that players can’t dodge from behind. I’ve had multiple situations where I have been behind and attacking someone who was afk, and had my abilities dodged. For example, I’d Ambush then I’d hemo but my hemo would be dodged.

Lastly, with 5% hit I’ve had players who are level 30-40 actually dodge my attack as well as hit me through evasion. I have 75% chance to dodge with evasion up and they’re 30 levels lower than me, so how are they able to hit me?

Is this just a bug going on or is there a higher hit cap for pvp? This is a genuine question because I didn’t get the opportunity to play classic. All of my knowledge comes from other people’s memory or google searches.

You’ll get more meaningful responses from Classic General Discussion. No one from Blizzard will answer that question, since it would be considered “game hints”. You’ll have to get your answers from the community consensus, and that’s over where my link points.

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ah thank you.

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The miss rate is higher when you’re dual-wielding.

See:
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Dual_wield


Miss chance

Dual wielding adds a 19% miss penalty to both main and offhand weapons. The base miss rate for all characters is 5%, so each weapon by itself has a 24% chance to miss (19% + 5%).

[…]

Note that the +19% miss chance for dual-wielding only applies to ordinary auto-attack melee attacks. […] So, with 9% +hit from gear/talents a dual-wielder will never miss with an instant attack (although the attack can still be dodged, parried, or blocked – see the [Attack table] article).


Also, not sure how relevant it is anymore, but:
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Attack_table
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Miss

Anyway, a question better fielded to the rogue or Classic forums. I just remember studying miss rates quite a bit back in the day :stuck_out_tongue:

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