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Splash Damage (also called Area Damage) is a 20% chance of all attacks dealing X% damage to nearby enemies. This means that every time a character hits an enemy, all nearby enemies have a 20% chance of taking some % of the base attack damage.

The likelihood of Splash Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash. This can be raised up to 50% (1% per point) by Paragon Points, and by 5-20% per item affix. Splash Damage affixes can be found on many items, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]).

==Splash Damage Utility==

This property seems appealing to many players, but it's not considered very valuable by those with experience using it. It's not useless and it triggers very often; characters with fast attacks against large groups of enemies will score thousands of Splash Damage procs in even a short game, and all that damage will add up to a perceptible impact. Every hit checks Splash Damage against everything in range, thus a single attack that hit 10 enemies in a cluster would deal the normal hit damage to all of them, and also (in theory) run a Splash Damage check from each against all the other. That's 10 x 9 = 900 splash damage checks, and at 20% hit rate that's approximately 180 Splash Damage hits.

The limiting factor is that critical damage is not incorporated into the Splash Damage, thus all splashes are fairly small amounts of damage, compared to the +300% and higher critical hit damage most end game characters are dealing. As currently utilized, Splash Damage is not considered powerful enough to base character strategy around.

For a hypothetical example, a skill like [[Sweeping Wind]] that deals 20% damage 100% of the time is equivalent in damage output to 100% Splash Damage that hits 20% of the time, and:
# Achieving 100% Splash Damage requires a lot of gear + Paragon Points
# Sweeping Wind and other such skills Crit damage, boosting the damage 4x or 5x.

That said, some players are fans of the property and swear by it. It's possible that builds or play styles will be found that utilize high Splash Damage very effectively, especially if uncommon Reaper of Souls legendary items add unknown bonuses to the property.

[[category:Loot 2.0]]
[[category:Paragon]]
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 ==References==
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/splash-damage-in-reaper-of-souls-boom-or-bust Reaper of Souls beta Area Damage testing/.
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/splash-damage-in-reaper-of-souls-boom-or-bust Reaper of Souls beta Area Damage testing/.]
 * [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12032383478?page=3 Comprehensive Diablo 3 Area Damage guide].

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	Despite what sounds like high potential, AD is not highly-valued by players. It underperforms due to bugs[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/area-damage-bugged-and-underperforming], and also due to the proc rate being less than 100%. Furthermore, it is of no use against single targets such as [[Guardians]], which many [[buiilds]] find the most challenging.		Despite what sounds like high potential, AD is not highly-valued by players. It underperforms due to bugs[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/area-damage-bugged-and-underperforming], and also due to the proc rate being less than 100%. Furthermore, it is of no use against single targets such as [[Guardians]], which many [[buiilds]] find the most challenging.

−	* ~~As of [[Patch 2~~.~~0.4]]~~ There are no class skills that boost Area Damage, either by frequency or output.	+	* In early 2015 the developers mentioned Area Damage as a property they'd like to buff and rework in the future, but no specific details are yet available.
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		+	* There are no class skills or passives that boost Area Damage, either by frequency or damage output.

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 [[File:Area-damage1.png|
 thumb|300px|Area Damage via Paragon points.]]
-Area Damage or '''AD '''(initially called Splash Damage) is a 20% chance of all attacks dealing X% damage to nearby enemies. This means that every time a character hits an enemy, all enemies within 10 yards have a 20% chance of taking some % of the base attack damage.
+Area Damage, '''AD''', (originally called "Splash Damage") is a 20% chance of all attacks dealing X% damage to other enemies within 10 [[yards]]. It's basically free damage dealt to other nearby targets, and it can add up to considerable damage, since it [[procs]] from every target.  For instance, an attack that hits five enemies in close proximity means that all 5 will Area Damage check on each of the other four, potentially adding up to more damage than was dealt by the initial attack.
-The likelihood of Area Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  A variety of item slots can grant up to 20% Area Damage each, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]), for a total possible value of well over 100%. (See maximum values below.)
+The likelihood of Area Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  A variety of item slots can grant up to 20% Area Damage each, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]), for a total possible value of well over 100%. (See maximum values below.) [[Paragon Points]] can be used to add 1% Area Damage per point, up to a maximum of 50%. This figure adds to the AD% value from items.
-[[Paragon Points]] can be used to add 1% Area Damage per point, up to a maximum of 50%. This figure adds to the AD% value from items.
+Despite what sounds like high potential, AD is not highly-valued by players. It underperforms due to bugs[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/area-damage-bugged-and-underperforming], and also due to the proc rate being less than 100%. Furthermore, it is of no use against single targets such as [[Guardians]], which many [[buiilds]] find the most challenging.
 * As of [[Patch 2.0.4]] There are no class skills that boost Area Damage, either by frequency or output.
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 AD is devastating against large groups, especially with procing with AoE attacks, since the chances for it to work increase dramatically. For instance, if an attack hits 10 enemies in a bunch, all 10 will proc AD against the other 9. Thus a single attack that hits 10 enemies would generate 90 AD checks (10 enemies x 9 AD checks each), potentially creating a much larger total amount of AD damage than the initial attack itself generated.
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 **** For example, take a character with 50% AD who hit 5 enemies with a single splash attack. All 5 targets would proc AD on each other. If all 4 procs (20% chance from each) were successful on a single enemy, it would take 200% AD, double the damage of the initial hit.)
-Maximizing AD is not generally a wise strategy, as in many item slots (especially weapons, gloves, and jewelry) other affixes (such as [[ChD]], [[ChC]], or [[mainstat]]) will deliver a better damage increase. After all, AD only triggers 20% of the time, and its damage is derived from the normal damage. But a good amount of AD can be quite useful, especially when fighting large groups of enemies.
+Maximizing AD is not generally a wise strategy, as in many item slots (especially weapons, gloves, and jewelry) other affixes (such as [[ChD]], [[ChC]], [[CDR]], or [[mainstat]]) will deliver a better damage increase. After all, AD only triggers 20% of the time, and its damage is derived from the normal damage. But a good amount of AD can be quite useful, especially when fighting large groups of enemies.

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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/splash-damage-in-reaper-of-souls-boom-or-bust Reaper of Souls beta Area Damage testing/.
 * [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12032383478?page=3 Comprehensive Diablo 3 Area Damage guide].
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-[[File:Area-damage-paragon1.jpg|thumb|300px|Area Damage via Paragon points.]]
+[[File:Area-damage1.png|
-Area Damage (also called Splash Damage) is a 20% chance of all attacks dealing X% damage to nearby enemies. This means that every time a character hits an enemy, all nearby enemies have a 20% chance of taking some % of the base attack damage.
+thumb|300px|Area Damage via Paragon points.]]
-The likelihood of Area Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  This can be raised up to 50% (1% per point) by Paragon Points, and by 5-20% per item affix. Area Damage affixes can be found on many items, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]).
+The likelihood of Area Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  A variety of item slots can grant up to 20% Area Damage each, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]), for a total possible value of well over 100%. (See maximum values below.)
-==Splash Damage Utility==
+* As of [[Patch 2.0.4]] There are no class skills that boost Area Damage, either by frequency or output.
-The limiting factor is that critical damage is not incorporated into the Splash Damage, thus all splashes are fairly small amounts of damage, compared to the +300% and higher critical hit damage most end game characters are dealing. As currently utilized, Splash Damage is not considered powerful enough to base character strategy around.
+==Area Damage Function and Utility==
-For a hypothetical example, a skill like [[Sweeping Wind]] that deals 20% damage 100% of the time is equivalent in damage output to 100% Splash Damage that hits 20% of the time, and:
+This property was not very useful when first tested[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/splash-damage-in-reaper-of-souls-boom-or-bust] during the [[Reaper of Souls]] Beta test, since [[critical hit damage]] was not included. At that point the AD only [[proced]] from the base damage, which made it inadequate.
-That said, some players are fans of the property and swear by it.  It's possible that builds or play styles will be found that utilize high Splash Damage very effectively, especially if uncommon Reaper of Souls legendary items add unknown bonuses to the property.
+This changed during testing, and when the modifier went live in [[D3v2]] and in [[RoS]] it included critical hit damage.  Thus a character with 50% Area Damage who dealt 1,000,000 damage with a crit would deal 500,000k damage to every nearby target that successfully proced the 20% chance to take AD.
-[[File:Area-damage-tooltip1.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Area Damage display.]]
+AD is devastating against large groups, especially with procing with AoE attacks, since the chances for it to work increase dramatically. For instance, if an attack hits 10 enemies in a bunch, all 10 will proc AD against the other 9. Thus a single attack that hits 10 enemies would generate 90 AD checks (10 enemies x 9 AD checks each), potentially creating a much larger total amount of AD damage than the initial attack itself generated.
 [[category:Loot 2.0]]
 [[category:Paragon]]
 [[category:Strategy]]
 [[category:items]]
 [[category:affixes]]

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-Splash Damage (also called Area Damage) is a 20% chance of all attacks dealing X% damage to nearby enemies. This means that every time a character hits an enemy, all nearby enemies have a 20% chance of taking some % of the base attack damage.
+[[File:Area-damage-tooltip1.jpg|thumb|300px|Area Damage display.]]
-The likelihood of Splash Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  This can be raised up to 50% (1% per point) by Paragon Points, and by 5-20% per item affix. Splash Damage affixes can be found on many items, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]).
+The likelihood of Area Damage can not be increased above 20%. What can be boosted, by Paragon Points and by item affixes, is the % of damage dealt per splash.  This can be raised up to 50% (1% per point) by Paragon Points, and by 5-20% per item affix. Area Damage affixes can be found on many items, including [[weapons]], [[rings]], [[amulets]], [[gloves]], [[shoulders]], and off-hand items ([[quivers]], [[mojos]], [[sources]]).
 ==Splash Damage Utility==
-This property seems appealing to many players, but it's not considered very valuable by those with experience using it. It's not useless and it triggers very often; characters with fast attacks against large groups of enemies will score thousands of Splash Damage procs in even a short game, and all that damage will add up to a perceptible impact. Every hit checks Splash Damage against everything in range, thus a single attack that hit 10 enemies in a cluster would deal the normal hit damage to all of them, and also (in theory) run a Splash Damage check from each against all the other. That's 10 x 9 = 900 splash damage checks, and at 20% hit rate that's approximately 180 Splash Damage hits.
+This property seems appealing to many players, but it's not considered very valuable by those with experience using it. It's not useless and it triggers very often; characters with fast attacks against large groups of enemies will score thousands of Area Damage [[procs]] in even a short game, and all that damage will add up to a perceptible impact. Every hit checks Splash Damage against everything in range, thus a single attack that hit 10 enemies in a cluster would deal the normal hit damage to all of them, and also (in theory) run a Area Damage check from each against all the other. That's 10 x 9 = 900 Area Damage checks, and at 20% hit rate that's approximately 180 Splash Damage hits.
 The limiting factor is that critical damage is not incorporated into the Splash Damage, thus all splashes are fairly small amounts of damage, compared to the +300% and higher critical hit damage most end game characters are dealing. As currently utilized, Splash Damage is not considered powerful enough to base character strategy around.
 For a hypothetical example, a skill like [[Sweeping Wind]] that deals 20% damage 100% of the time is equivalent in damage output to 100% Splash Damage that hits 20% of the time, and:
-# Achieving 100% Splash Damage requires a lot of gear + Paragon Points
+# Achieving 100% Area Damage requires a lot of gear + Paragon Points
-# Sweeping Wind and other such skills Crit damage, boosting the damage 4x or 5x.
+# Sweeping Wind and other such skills Crit damage, boosting the damage 4x or 5x for well-geared characters.
 That said, some players are fans of the property and swear by it.  It's possible that builds or play styles will be found that utilize high Splash Damage very effectively, especially if uncommon Reaper of Souls legendary items add unknown bonuses to the property.