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What is Kill Percentage & Hitting Efficiency?

Kill % is kills divided by attempts; hitting efficiency adjusts for errors.

Kill percentage = kills ÷ total attack attempts. Hitting efficiency is more complete: (kills − errors) ÷ attempts. A player with 45% kills but 20% errors has much lower efficiency than one with 40% kills and 5% errors. Hitting efficiency of .250+ is good at competitive level; .350+ is elite. Because errors are costly, efficient attacking without errors is generally preferred over high-risk power hitting.

Key points
  • Kill % = kills ÷ attempts
  • Efficiency = (kills − errors) ÷ attempts
  • Errors heavily drag efficiency
  • 0.250+ good, 0.350+ elite

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