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'''Burst''' refers to, in the realm of gaming, [[damage]] output that isn't reliable. By that, it is meant that burst damage comes out in precisely that--a burst. There will be times when the damage output of a character is very high--exceeding the baseline--and other times when it is low, and is below the baseline.

This term has evolved from online [[RPG]]s and [[MMO]]s mostly due to the profluence of [[critical]] hits in gaming. In general terms, a critical hit will double the damage of an attack. So an attack that hits for 5 damage will end up dealing 10 damage. Many games also let the player augment the base damage of an attack, so that the damage from a critical becomes magnitudes larger. When one of these criticals actually hits, it is a very damaging attack, and is known as a burst of damage.

A "bursty" character, however, isn't limited solely to critical hits. In a game like [[Diablo II]], a bursty character can also be one who has a large amount of the {{iw|Crushing_blow crushing blow}} modifier, for instance. Bursty characters often rely on either a low-percentage attack that isn't guaranteed to hit, or a [[proc]] from an item or skill.

==Other Uses==

In some other rare cases, "burst" can also refer to the behavior of a [[monster]] or [[NPC]]. In Diablo III, for example, the [[Grotesque]] monster will burst upon death and release a large number of lampreys that will attack the player. Sometimes this type of monster is also known as a "burster" or "bursty".

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