Physical damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by Armour, rather than by a Resistance.

Most physical damage comes from Weapon Attacks, but some Spells and other skills deal physical damage as well. Physical damage over time can be inflicted with Bleeding.

Attacks are skills that directly damage enemies, usually using your equipped Martial Weapon. Spells are not Attacks.

The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your Martial Weapon's stats unless the skill says otherwise.

Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type.

Dual Wielding refers to using two Martial Weapons, one in each hand.

You are considered Unarmed while you have no equipped Martial or Caster Weapon.

Unarmed Attacks are Attacks which are performed while Unarmed and use your character's base Unarmed Damage where other Attacks would use the base Damage from a Martial Weapon.

Attacks which can be performed while Unarmed but draw their base damage from other sources, such as skills which use a Shield to attack, are not considered Unarmed Attacks.

Adds an Augment Socket to a Martial Weapon or Armour

Quality grants small bonuses to an item depending on the type of item, up to a default maximum of 20%.

Martial Weapons gain 1% more Physical damage per Quality.
Armours gain 1% more Armour, Evasion, Energy Shield and Runic Ward per Quality.
Rings and Amulets have a number of possible quality types that provide bonuses to specific modifiers on the item.
Flasks gain 1% more Life and Mana recovery per Quality.
Charms gain 1% increased duration per Quality.
Skill Gems or equipment that grant Skills grant a specific bonus to their Skill based on their Quality.

25% more Skill Speed while Off Hand is empty and you have a One-Handed Martial Weapon equipped in your Main Hand.

Default Attacks are the innate Attack skills provided by Martial Weapons, and the innate Unarmed Attack skill "Punch".

The skill level of your Default Attacks is determined by your character level, and in turn determines the Attack Damage scaling of the skill, which is the percentage of your Weapon's damage the Default Attack deals.

Default Attacks never have any cost.

Your Default Attack Damage is the expected damage of a Default Attack, and is determined by the damage of your Weapon and an Attack Damage scaling value based on your character level.

Your Default Attacks will always deal Default Attack Damage unless modifiers are applied to change their damage or skill level.

Some Attack skills provided by Support Gems do not determine their Attack Damage scaling from skill level, but instead deal a percentage of Default Attack Damage.

This refers to the base amount of time to perform an Attack Skill, accounting only for the Attacks per Second value of the relevant Weapon and the percentage of Base Attack Speed listed on the Attack gem.

An item's Base Type refers to the specific variety of item it is, and grants it inherent properties such as damage on Martial Weapons, defensive bonuses on Armour, or Life recovery on Life Flasks. It is also often responsible for the Level and/or Attribute Requirements to equip an item.

For example:
• Wrapped Quarterstaff and Long Quarterstaff are both Quarterstaff Base Types
• Stocky Mitts and Linen Wraps are both Gloves Base Types
• Lesser Mana Flask and Greater Mana Flask are both Mana Flask Base Types