Does manipulation affect melee?

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[Emmote]

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Melee_Hit_Chance

Note that as of A16, Manipulation does not effect Melee hit chance

[liosalpha]

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Manipulation
Short anwers, no.

you need some conciensness and sight to have a melee hit change.
https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Melee_Hit_Chance

[BlackSmokeDMax]

It does. To find out the info, click on the info (lower case i ) button while your pawn is selected. Scroll down to the combat section and then click on the Melee DPS and it will show you the way it is calculated.

Here is a current pawn in a game I just started to test this:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/947338743639134574/1952AE0E01CA3762CC2BD52A650FEB0D9B4B73A2/