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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 6917772" data-attributes="member: 59057">You know that the turning point changes when the average damage you deal increases? Your turning point is only correct for a certain assumed average damage value. And still that turning point may net you an average damage increase and still be a bad idea. It would generally better to advise only using the -5/+10 only when  you would hit on a 5. As I said: even advantage does not help you a lot if you still only hit with a 13. It may well prolong a fight if you miss. Since you don't generally know how much hp an enemy has and you have allies that might do a better job hitting, you may have better just attacked normally.The net worth of attacking with -5/+10 increases when you do more attacks and attack with advantage so you have a good chance of connecting once at least. If you do, you have done your job well and every extra hit is a bonus.A barbarian level 5 should use -5/+10 quite frequently. Your turning point seems well there.Your chance to connect at least once is 1-(1-0.4)^4=0.874. Your chance to hit twice is 40%A single attack with advantage connects with 64% chance, which is worth a gamble. 2 Attacks without advantage is not always worth it, since your chance to hit twice is only 16% and it is generally better to deal damage reliably in smaller chunks. On the other hand your chance to hit twice when you need an 8 to hit is also only 35% so the gamble may still be worth it if you are sure the enemy has still a lot of hp.</blockquote>

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