Critical hit

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A critical hit

Every time you make an attack you have a chance of scoring a critical hit. A critical hit deals more damage than a normal attack and can also give other bonuses depending on skills and profession. Critical hits are especially important to assassins as several of their skills and their primary attribute, Critical Strikes, increase the chance of critical hits and/or benefits from a successful critical hit.

A critical hit is indicated by a bigger visual hit effect and a distinct hit sound.

1 Scoring a critical hit
2 Damage
3 Related skills

[edit] Scoring a critical hit

The chance of scoring a critical hit depends on the target's level compared to the attacker's level. For martial weapons, the attacker's rank in the weapon's attribute is also a significant factor. There are also several skills, as well as the assassin attribute Critical Strikes, that influences the chance of scoring a critical hit. The critical hit rate of animal companions is influenced by the Ranger's rank in Beast Mastery, but is not affected by Critical Strikes.

If you strike a fleeing foe in the back you will always score a critical hit.

[edit] Damage

The damage from a critical hit with a weapon is based on weapon's maximum damage, making weapons with high maximum damage like axes, hammers and especially scythes very effective if you manage to score a critical hit. The exact damage of a critical hit is based on a simple formula: The weapon's maximum damage multiplied by the square root of 2 (1.414...). The damage for an animal companion's critical hits is not based on the pet's maximum damage, instead applying the multpiler to the pet's normal damage range.