Durchest's Devastating Melee Attack is not a "devastate" by the usual lotro definition. If you look through your combat log, you'll NEVER see the word "devastate" ANYWHERE other than a boss fight - not even if you devastate with Heartseeker for 14,000 damage. The reason for this is that critical/devastate damage is not labeled in our combat logs. All you will see is "you wound such-and-such with Heartseeker for 14,000 points of Whatever damage". The same is true for all damage received - there is no designation of whether or not the boss "crit" an attack on you.
In other words, Devastating Melee Attack will be called as such in your combat log if it hits you for 1 damage or 10,000 damage. It is not because Durchest has a 100% devastate chance, it's simply the name of the skill.
You know, while that seems logical, some of the way things are, ah, put together in this game have left me to always be skeptical.
Originally Posted by UF001
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