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| − | + | A '''critical hit''' ('''crit''') is a much more powerful version of a regular hit, with a potential to apply status effects to the target. | |
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| − | Critical | + | Critical hits are governed by several closely related values: the chance to trigger one ("critical chance"), a base roll ("critical roll") and its multiplier ("critical power"), each with a separate resistance, and a cooldown-like limiter ("critical rate"). They have multiple tiers ("critical tiers") based on the final value of the critical roll that use predefined values ("critical tables") to determine the final amount of bonus damage ("critical damage") and special effects ("critical effects") that will amplify the force of the critical hit. |
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| − | Critical | + | === Critical chance === |
| − | + | Critical chance is the probability that a successful hit is upgraded to a critical hit. It is capped at 100%. | |
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| − | + | Various modifiers can affect critical chance: | |
| − | = | + | {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" |
| − | + | | Critical chance modifiers | |
| − | *Armor | + | |- |
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| − | * | + | *[[Armor#Body_armor|Body armor]] and [[Armor#Headgear|helmets]] modify attackers' critical hit chance. The higher their tier, the better the protection they offer. |
| − | * | + | *[[Drugs#PID_GUM|After Burner Gum]] (drug) grants +10% critical chance, but reduces Luck by 5 |
| − | * | + | *[[Rad-X]] (drug) reduces your critical chance by 5% |
| − | + | *[[Radiated Heart]] (Cannibal drug) grants +8% critical chance | |
| − | + | *[[Even More Criticals]] (level perk) grants +10% to critical hit chance and +1% additional critical hit chance for every critical hit chance bonus that currently applies to your character | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[More Critical]] (level perk) grants +6% critical hit chance, and +1% additional critical hit chance for aimed attacks per point of Luck |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Spray and Pray]] (level perk) removes your critical chance cap |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Marksman]] (perk synergy) grants +3% additional critical chance for [[#Aimed attacks|aimed attacks]] per point of Luck |
| − | *[[ | + | *CC (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +5% crit chance |
| − | *[[ | + | *S.CRT (T2 [[WE stat]]) grants +5% crit chance |
| − | *[[ | + | *Finesse (trait) grants +15% critical chance, and an additional +10% critical chance vs. NPCs |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Dragon Module]] (combat implant) tiers 1-3 grant +5% critical chance each |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Dragon Module]] (combat implant) tiers 1-3 combined with the [[Warlord Enhancement]] relic implant grant +8% critical chance each |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Critical Shell]] (armor perk) increases your critical chance by up to 15% (or up to 20% for Hubologists) |
| + | *[[Bonus Critical Chance]] (weapon perk) increases critical chance by up to +20% (or up to 40% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Critical Master]] (legendary weapon perk) grants bonus critical chance vs. NPCs at various ranks (F: +5%, D: +5%, S: +10%) | ||
| + | *[[Assassin]] (class perk) gets +1% critical chance per point of [[Perception]], +25% critical chance vs. NPCs | ||
| + | *[[Assassin]]'s favorite weapon type ([[Range Pistols]]) grants +1% critical chance for each hex away from the target (can exceed 100%, ignores target's critical chance resistance) | ||
| + | *[[Clone]] (class perk) loses 1% critical chance per point of Endurance | ||
| + | *[[Deathclaw]] (class perk) gets +1% critical chance per point of Endurance, Intelligence, and Agility | ||
| + | *[[Leader]] (class perk)'s power flag grants +CHA/2 crit chance | ||
| + | *[[Random Boy]] (class perk)'s lucky rolls can grant +10% critical chance while unlucky rolls can result in -3% critical chance | ||
| + | *[[Scout]]'s favorite weapon type ([[Sniper Rifles]]) grants +25% critical chance | ||
| + | *[[Soldier]] (class perk) gets +1 critical chance | ||
| + | *[[Plasma Converter]] (Alien-exclusive weapon perk, rank C) sets your critical chance to 100% | ||
| + | *Finesse ([[Regulator]] trait) doubles your critical chance | ||
| + | *Kamikaze ([[Regulator]] trait) sets your critical chance to 0 | ||
| + | *Mr. Handy ([[Robot]]'s transformation) loses 10% critical chance | ||
| + | *[[Luck]] grants +1% critical chance per point | ||
| + | *[[Luck]] grants +4% bonus critical chance for [[#Aimed attacks|aimed attacks]] per point | ||
| + | **[[Ear]] (Cannibal drug) grants +3 Luck | ||
| + | **[[Voodoo]] (drug) grants +3 Luck | ||
| + | **LK (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +1 Luck | ||
| + | **[[Probability Calculator]] (SPECIAL implant) grants +1 Luck | ||
| + | *Absorbing [[radiation]] reduces your critical chance by 10% once you're above 720 rads; if you're above 1350 rads and still alive, your critical chance is set to 1% | ||
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| + | === Critical rate === | ||
| + | Critical rate is the frequency with which you can land fully effective critical hits. | ||
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| + | By default, if you score more than one critical hit within a 2-second (2000ms) window, those additional critical hits' critical rolls are performed at a penalty of -0.1 for each millisecond remaining in that window. | ||
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| + | Alternatively, you can think of it as a penalty that starts at -200 and then decays by 0.1 every millisecond until it completely goes away 2 seconds (2000ms) later. | ||
| + | Whenever you see a perk that improves/reduces "critical rate" by some number of milliseconds, the thing actually being modified is the minimum period of time that must elapse between two "fully charged" criticals. | ||
| − | + | Modifiers that affect critical rate: | |
| + | *[[Marksman]] (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 200ms | ||
| + | *[[Ranger]] (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 200ms | ||
| + | *[[Slayer]] (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 500ms | ||
| + | *[[Combat Focus]] (armor perk) can improve your critical rate by up to 200ms (or 500ms for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Suppression]] (armor perk) modifies your attackers' critical rate by anywhere from -100ms to +1000ms (or +200ms to +3000ms for Hubologists) | ||
| − | + | === Critical roll === | |
| + | Whenever you score a crit, the game generates a value called the critical roll (capped at 750). Your base critical roll depends on your class. | ||
| − | + | {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" | |
| − | + | | Base critical roll values | |
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| − | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| − | + | |+ Base critical roll by class | |
| − | + | ! Class !! Base crit roll | |
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| + | | No class || 0–5 | ||
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| + | | Alien || 0–10 | ||
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| + | | Assassin || 0–90 | ||
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| + | | Bounty Hunter || 0–75 | ||
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| + | | Chosen One || 0–45 | ||
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| + | | Clone || 0–50 | ||
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| + | | Combat Master || 0–80 | ||
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| + | | Cyborg || 0–65 | ||
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| + | | Deathclaw || 0–55 | ||
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| + | | Grenadier || ??–?? | ||
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| + | | Hubologist || 10–20 | ||
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| + | | Infantry || 0–60 | ||
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| + | | Killer || 0–95 | ||
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| + | | Leader || 0–35 | ||
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| + | | Paramedic || 0–30 | ||
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| + | | Priest || 0–20 | ||
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| + | | Random Boy || 0–100 | ||
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| + | | Raider || 5–25 | ||
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| + | | Regulator || 10–40 | ||
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| + | | Robot || 40–80 | ||
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| + | | Scout || 0–105 | ||
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| + | | Sniper || 0–85 | ||
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| + | | Soldier || 0–70 | ||
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| + | | Super Mutant || 0–25 | ||
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| + | | Wrecker || 0–40 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" | ||
| + | | Critical roll modifiers | ||
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| + | Critical roll modifiers: | ||
| − | + | *[[Voodoo]] (drug) increases your critical rolls by 10 | |
| − | + | *[[Radiated Heart]] (Cannibal drug) increases your critical rolls by 5 | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Slayer]] (perk synergy) increases your critical rolls by 40 |
| − | *[[ | + | *CP (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +8 to crit roll |
| + | *S.CRT (T2 [[WE stat]]) grants +8 to crit roll | ||
| + | *[[Bonus Critical Power]] (weapon perk) can increase your critical roll by up to 13 (or 23 for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Aggressive Module]] (combat implant) tier 3 grants +3 to base critical roll for each point of Charisma | ||
| + | *[[Bounty Hunter]]'s critical rolls receive +2 per point of BH's base crit chance and another +2 per point of BH's target's base crit chance | ||
| + | *[[Leader]] (class perk)'s power flag grants +CHA/3 to critical roll | ||
| + | *[[Random Boy]] (class perk)'s lucky rolls can grant +80 to critical rolls while unlucky rolls can result in a critical roll penalty of -30 | ||
| + | *[[Scout]]'s favorite weapon type ([[Sniper Rifles]]) grants +25 to critical roll | ||
| + | *[[Plasma Converter]] (Alien weapon perk, Rank B) grants +50 to critical roll | ||
| + | *Each [[HP|hit point]] above 150 reduces your critical roll by 2 | ||
| + | **[[Heart]] (Cannibal drug) raises that threshold by 100 points | ||
| + | **[[Robobrain]] ([[Robot]] transformation) ignores the HP-based critical roll penalty | ||
| + | *[[SPECIAL|Perception Mastery]] grants +20 to critical roll | ||
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| + | === Critical power === | ||
| + | After the critical roll is calculated, the value is multiplied by the attacker's critical power. Base critical power is always 100%. | ||
| − | + | There are several mechanics that interact with your critical power: | |
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| − | + | | Critical power modifiers | |
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| − | *[[ | + | *Luck grants +1% critical power per point (capped at 20) |
| − | + | *[[Armor#Body_armor|Body armor]] and [[Armor#Headgear|helmets]] modify critical power of incoming critical hits. The higher their tier, the better the protection they offer. | |
| − | * | + | *[[Better Criticals]] (level perk) grants +25% critical power |
| − | * | + | *[[Better HtH Criticals]] (level perk) grants +33% critical power when using melee weapons |
| − | * | + | *[[Phantom Presence]] (level perks) allows your unaimed attacks to gain +30% critical power while you're sneaking |
| − | * | + | *[[Marksman]] (perk synergy) grants 150% critical power when the target is less than 30 hexes away |
| − | * | + | *CE (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +8% crit power |
| − | * | + | *S.CRT (T2 [[WE stat]]) grants +8% crit power |
| − | * | + | *Fast Shot (trait) caps your critical power at 149% |
| − | * | + | *[[Bonus Critical Power]] (weapon perk) can increase your critical power by up to 10% (or 20% for Hubologists) |
| − | * | + | *[[Bounty Hunter]] (class perk) suffers a -3% critical power penalty per point of Endurance |
| − | * | + | *[[Combat Master]] (class perk) gets +1% critical power per point of Strength, plus +6% more per Fury stack |
| − | + | *[[Cyborg]] (class perk) gets +1% critical power per point of Luck | |
| − | + | *[[Sniper]] (class perk) receives +2% critical power per point of Perception, +10% critical power vs. NPCs; +1% critical power for each hex of distance away from their target (aimed shots only) which goes up to +2% per hex if their weapon has the [[Long Range]] weapon perk | |
| − | * | + | *[[Soldier]] (class perk) gets +1 critical power |
| − | * | + | *[[Random Boy]] (class perk)'s lucky rolls can grant +40% critical power while unlucky rolls can result in -20% critical power |
| − | + | *[[Leader]] (class perk)'s power flag grants +CHA/3 critical power | |
| + | *[[Bounty Hunter]] (class perk)'s favorite weapon type ([[Plasma Weapons]]) grant +10% critical power plus +1% critical power extra per 10 points of [[sight]] range | ||
| + | *[[Plasma Converter]] (Alien weapon perk, rank A) grants +50% critical power | ||
| + | *[[Robobrain]] gets +25% critical power | ||
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| − | == Critical | + | === Critical resistances === |
| − | + | Defenders can mitigate critical hits through three types of resistance: | |
| − | Critical | + | *Critical chance resistance, which reduces the attacker's capped critical chance |
| + | *Critical roll resistance, which reduces the attacker's critical roll before multiplication | ||
| + | *Critical power resistance, which reduces the attacker's critical power | ||
| + | Various modifiers can affect these resistances: | ||
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| + | | Critical resistance modifiers | ||
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| + | *[[Cigarettes]] (drug) grant +5 critical chance resistance | ||
| + | *[[Ear]] (Cannibal drug) reduces your critical chance resistance by 33% | ||
| + | *[[Radiated Eye]] (Cannibal drug) reduces your critical power resistance by 20% | ||
| + | *[[Man of Steel]] (level perk) grants +25% critical chance resistance and +50% critical power resistance | ||
| + | *[[Unbreakable]] (level perk) increases critical damage resistance by 20% and prevents you from being critically hit twice in a row | ||
| + | *[[Iron Man]] (perk synergy) grants +30% critical chance resistance and +30% critical roll resistance | ||
| + | *HR (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +8% critical power resistance | ||
| + | *CR (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +5% critical chance resistance | ||
| + | *S.SHD (T2 [[WE stat]]) grants +8% critical power resistance and +5% critical chance resistance; taking hits also boosts critical resistances against NPCs | ||
| + | *Bonehead (trait) reduces the attacker's critical chance by 25% and critical roll by 50% when you are hit in the head; it also grants +30% critical chance resistance against NPCs | ||
| + | *[[Fill The Gaps]] (armor perk) grants critical chance resistance (up to +43%, or +75% for Hubologists) and reduces attacker critical damage (up to -100%, or -200% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Heavy]] (armor perk) grants critical roll resistance (up to +50, or +100 for Hubologists) and critical power resistance (up to +24%, or +45% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Great Shield]] (legendary armor perk)'s rank E grants +10% critical chance resistance against NPCs; rank C grants critical power resistance equal to your critical chance resistance against NPCs; rank S makes NPCs lose their critical chance resistance penetration | ||
| + | *[[Dermal Module]] (combat implant) tier 3 reduces the enemy's critical roll by 1 per point of Charisma | ||
| + | *[[Phoenix Module]] (combat implant) tier 3 reduces the enemy's critical power by 10% for every 5 points of Charisma | ||
| + | *[[Aggressive Module]] (combat implant) tiers 1-3 reduce the target's critical resistance by 15% per tier; with the [[Warlord Enhancement]] relic implant, this becomes 24% per tier | ||
| + | *[[Deathclaw]] (class perk) gets +5% critical chance resistance, +(10 + movement-only APs)% critical power resistance, and critical roll resistance equal to its movement speed modifiers | ||
| + | *[[Leader]] (class perk) gets +40% critical chance resistance | ||
| + | *Semi-tanks ([[class]] role) receive a 20% penalty to critical damage resistance | ||
| + | *Bonehead ([[Regulator]] trait) grants +75% critical chance resistance | ||
| + | *Unity flag ([[Leader]] flag) grants +CHA/2 critical chance resistance, +CHA/3 critical power resistance, and +CHA/2 critical effect resistance | ||
| + | *Strength grants +1 critical power resistance per point | ||
| + | *[[SPECIAL|Strength Mastery]] grants +35% critical chance resistance | ||
| + | *[[Luck]] grants +1% critical power resistance (capped at 20%) per point if you have more implants than your opponent | ||
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| + | ==== Critical resistance penetration ==== | ||
| + | Critical resistances can be penetrated (reduced) by a number of effects. | ||
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| − | + | *[[Mentats]] (drug) grant +15% critical chance resistance penetration | |
| − | + | *[[Better HtH Criticals]] (level perk) grants +20% critical chance resistance penetration when using melee weapons | |
| − | + | *[[Right between the Eyes]] (level perk) reduces your target's helmet's critical modifiers by 90% | |
| − | | | + | *[[Hit the Gaps]] (level perk) reduces your target's body armor's critical modifiers by 80% |
| − | | | + | *[[Ranger]] (perk synergy) grants +50% critical chance resistance penetration and +50% critical power resistance penetration when the target is 60+ hexes away |
| − | + | *[[Slayer]] (perk synergy) reduces the target's armor's critical roll protection by 80% | |
| + | *[[Chip Shot]] (weapon perk) grants critical chance resistance penetration (up to 60%, or 100% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Critical Beast]] (Alien weapon perk)'s rank F ignores 50% of target's critical chance resistance; rank D ignores 50% of target's critical roll resistance; rank C ignores 50% of target's critical power resistance; rank S ignores 50% of target's critical damage resistance | ||
| + | *[[Random Boy]] (class perk)'s lucky rolls can grant +15% critical power resistance penetration while unlucky rolls can result in -5% critical power resistance penetration | ||
| + | *[[Bounty Hunter]] (class perk) ignores the target's critical chance/power resistance if they have 66+ bounty stacks | ||
| + | *[[Combat Master]] (class perk)'s Rage allows them to ignore all critical resistances for 10 seconds | ||
| + | *[[Scout]]'s favorite weapon type ([[Sniper Rifles]]) grants +25% critical power resistance penetration | ||
| + | *[[Leader]] (class perk)'s Aggression flag allows bursts to ignore critical resistances | ||
| + | *[[Plasma]] damage ignores critical chance/power resistance | ||
| + | *[[Fast Shot]] (trait) disables plasma damage's ability to ignore critical chance/power resistance | ||
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| + | === Critical tables === | ||
| + | <code>The Final Critical Roll Value</code> used to look up the outcome on the critical table is a random value between 1 and <code>(Total Critical Roll - Critical Roll Resistance) x (Total Critical Power - Critical Power Resistance)</code>. | ||
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| + | The cell of the critical table your critical hit gets placed in will always lie at the intersection of your weapon type (melee, 1‑handed ranged, 2‑handed ranged), the body part you critically hit (eyes, head, groin, hands, legs, torso), and the final value of your crit roll. | ||
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| + | ==== Melee attacks ==== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| + | ! Tier (roll range) !! Eyes !! Head !! Groin !! Hands !! Legs !! Unaimed/Torso | ||
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| − | | | + | | 0 (0–25) || 50%–70% DMG || 45%–65% DMG || 40%–60% DMG || 35%–55% DMG || 30%–50% DMG || 5%–20% DMG |
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| − | | | + | | 1 (26–60) || 75%–100% DMG + Confusion || 70%–95% DMG + Confusion || 65%–90% DMG + Confusion || 60%–85% DMG + Confusion || 55%–80% DMG + Confusion || 25%–40% DMG |
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| − | | | + | | 2 (61–90) || 105%–135% DMG + Taunt || 100%–130% DMG + Taunt || 95%–125% DMG + Taunt || 90%–120% DMG + Taunt || 85%–115% DMG + Taunt || 45%–60% DMG + Taunt |
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| − | | | + | | 3 (91–115) || 140%–175% DMG + Knockdown || 135%–170% DMG + Knockdown || 130%–165% DMG + Knockdown || 125%–160% DMG + AP Drain || 120%–155% DMG + Knockdown || 55%–70% DMG + Slow |
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| − | | | + | | 4 (116–150) || 180%–220% DMG + Bewilderment || 175%–215% DMG + Bewilderment || 170%–210% DMG + Bewilderment || 165%–205% DMG + Bewilderment || 160%–200% DMG + Bewilderment || 75%–90% DMG + Bewilderment |
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| − | | | + | | 5 (151–199) || 225%–270% DMG + Bleed || 220%–265% DMG + Bleed || 215%–260% DMG + Knockout || 210%–255% DMG + Weapon Drop || 205%–250% DMG + Crippled Leg || 95%–110% DMG + Confusion |
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| + | | 6 (200+) || 75%–125% + CR DMG || 70%–120% + CR DMG || 65%–115% + CR DMG || 60%–110% + CR DMG || 55%–105% + CR DMG || 100%–115% DMG | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | ==== 1‑handed ranged weapons ==== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| + | ! Tier (roll range) !! Eyes !! Head !! Groin !! Hands !! Legs !! Unaimed/Torso | ||
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| + | | 0 (0–25) || 80%–125% DMG || 70%–110% DMG || 95%–125% DMG || 45%–160% DMG || 50%–150% DMG || 10%–35% DMG | ||
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| + | | 1 (26–60) || 110%–160% DMG + Slow || 115%–150% DMG + Taunt || 120%–160% DMG + Taunt || 80%–190% DMG + Weakness || 75%–200% DMG + Slow || 30%–50% DMG + Weakness | ||
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| + | | 2 (61–90) || 145%–195% DMG + Mark || 145%–195% DMG + Shock || 145%–195% DMG + Bewilderment || 120%–235% DMG + AP Drain || 100%–260% DMG + Knockdown || 50%–75% DMG + Slow | ||
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| + | | 3 (91–115) || 160%–230% DMG + Confusion || 155%–210% DMG + Confusion || 170%–230% DMG + Confusion || 150%–280% DMG + Weapon Drop || 125%–310% DMG + Confusion || 60%–85% DMG + Knockdown | ||
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| + | | 4 (116–150) || 185%–265% DMG + Blind || 180%–255% DMG + Bypass || 195%–265% DMG + Death || 200%–325% DMG + Crippled Arm || 150%–350% DMG + Crippled Leg || 80%–105% DMG | ||
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| + | | 5 (151–199) || 220%–300% DMG + Death || 215%–290% DMG + Bleed || 230%–300% DMG + Bleed || 230%–370% DMG + Paralysis || 175%–400% DMG + Bleed || 100%–130% DMG + Weapon Destroyed | ||
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| + | | 6 (200+) || 35%–135% + CR DMG + Bypass || 30%–125% + CR DMG + Death || 45%–135% + CR DMG + Bypass || 0%–190% + CR DMG + Knockout || 0%–300% + CR DMG + Knockout || 105%–140% DMG + Bypass | ||
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| − | + | ==== 2‑handed ranged weapons ==== | |
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| − | + | ! Tier (roll range) !! Eyes !! Head !! Groin !! Hands !! Legs !! Unaimed/Torso | |
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| − | | | + | | 0 (0–25) || 125%–150% DMG || 95%–125% DMG || 95%–125% DMG || 60%–90% DMG || 65%–95% DMG || 5%–25% DMG |
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| − | | | + | | 1 (26–60) || 160%–195% DMG + Slow || 130%–170% DMG + Taunt || 120%–160% DMG + Taunt || 85%–125% DMG + Weakness || 90%–130% DMG + Slow || 25%–45% DMG + Weakness |
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| − | | | + | | 2 (61–90) || 195%–240% DMG + Mark || 165%–215% DMG + Confusion || 145%–195% DMG + Bewilderment || 110%–160% DMG + AP Drain || 115%–165% DMG + Knockdown || 45%–65% DMG + Slow |
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| − | | | + | | 3 (91–115) || 230%–285% DMG + Confusion || 200%–260% DMG + Shock || 170%–230% DMG + Confusion || 135%–195% DMG + Weapon Drop || 140%–200% DMG + Confusion || 55%–75% DMG + Knockdown |
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| − | | | + | | 4 (116–150) || 265%–330% DMG + Blind || 235%–305% DMG + Bypass || 195%–265% DMG + Death || 160%–230% DMG + Crippled Arm || 165%–235% DMG + Crippled Leg || 75%–95% DMG |
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| − | | | + | | 5 (151–199) || 300%–375% DMG + Knockout || 270%–350% DMG + Lost Turn || 230%–300% DMG + Bleed || 195%–265% DMG + Paralysis || 200%–270% DMG + Bleed || 95%–120% DMG + AP Drain |
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| + | | 6 (200+) || 130%–220% + CR DMG + Bypass || 105%–195% + CR DMG + Death || 45%–135% + CR DMG + Knockout || 10%–100% + CR DMG + Weapon Destroyed || 15%–105% + CR DMG + Bypass || 100%–150% DMG + Death | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | '''Note:''' "+ CR" means an additional 1% damage multiplier per point of critical roll | ||
| + | |||
| + | Several modifiers affect the attacker's critical tier directly: | ||
| + | *[[Ear]] (Cannibal drug) unlocks the last two critical tiers | ||
| + | *[[Voodoo]] (drug) unlocks the last two critical tiers | ||
| + | *[[Tiger Module]] (combat implant) tier 3 upgrades melee critical hits by 1 tier | ||
| + | *[[Nemean Module]] (combat implant) tier 3 downgrades your critical hits by 1 tier for every 5 points of Charisma | ||
| + | *[[Critical Beast]] (Alien weapon perk)'s rank B increases the critical bracket by 1 and rank A increases it by 1 (stacks with B) | ||
| + | *[[Combat Master]] (class perk) uses the superior 2‑handed weapon critical table for melee attacks | ||
| + | *Bonehead ([[Regulator]] trait) downgrades opponents' criticals by 1 tier | ||
| + | *Heavy Handed ([[Regulator]] trait) downgrades your own critical hits to the lowest tier | ||
| + | *[[Critical Master]] (legendary weapon perk)'s rank B upgrades critical hits against NPCs by 1 bracket; rank S+ sets the minimum critical tier against NPCs to 5 | ||
| − | + | === Critical damage === | |
| + | Critical damage is any extra damage dealt by a critical hit. The base critical damage multiplier depends on your weapon type. | ||
| + | {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" | ||
| + | | Base critical damage multiplier by weapon type | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| − | ! | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
| − | + | ! Weapon type !! Base crit damage multiplier | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | [[Assault Rifles]] || 50% | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | [[Clubs]] || 100% | |
| − | + | |- | |
| + | | [[Damage Knives]] || 150% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Damage Pistols]] || 125% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Electric Weapons]] || 30% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Explosive Small Guns]] || 10% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Fast Knives]] || 100% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Fast Pistols]] || 60% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Fire Weapons]] || 30% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Flamers]] || 75% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Hammers]] || 100% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Heavy Sniper Rifles]] || 100% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Laser Weapons]] || 75% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Machine Guns]] || 50% | ||
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| − | | | + | | [[Miniguns]] || 100% |
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| − | | | + | | [[Plasma Weapons]] || 100% |
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| − | | | + | | [[Punch Weapons]] || 0% |
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| − | | | + | | [[Range Pistols]] || 70% |
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| − | | | + | | [[Rocket Launchers]] || 50% |
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| − | | | + | | [[Shotguns]] || 50% |
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| − | | | + | | [[SMGs]] || 75% |
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| + | | [[Spears]] || 125% | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Support Rifles]] || 100% | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | Additional modifiers that affect critical damage: | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Ear]] (Cannibal drug) grants +40% critical damage | ||
| + | *[[Better HtH Criticals]] (level perk) grants +75% critical damage when using melee weapons | ||
| + | *[[Phantom Presence]] (level perk) grants +60% critical damage to your unaimed attacks while sneaking | ||
| + | *[[Focused Striker]] (level perk) grants +2% critical damage every second you do not attack (maximum 50 stacks) | ||
| + | *S.CRT (T2 [[WE stat]]) progressively boosts your critical damage against NPCs as you kill them | ||
| + | *[[More Critical Damage]] (weapon perk) can increase critical damage by up to 50% (or 200% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Spiked]] (weapon perk) increases melee critical damage by up to 105% (or 120% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | *[[Heresy Shot]] (Alien weapon perk, rank A) grants +25% critical damage | ||
| + | *[[Leader]]'s aggression flag doubles bonus critical damage for bursts (stacks with After Burner Gum) | ||
| + | *[[Iron Man]] (perk synergy) reduces incoming critical damage by 20% | ||
| + | *[[Drugs#PID_GUM|After Burner Gum]] (drug) doubles bonus critical damage for bursts | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Critical effects === | ||
| + | Any effects listed in the relevant column of the critical table for critical tiers up to and including the tier of your critical hit have a 33% chance to proc. If they do, the defender may then make defensive rolls (based on their perks and stats) to resist them. (Note: "defensive roll" is sometimes used as a synonym of "critical effect resistance".) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Base chance to apply a critical effect: 33% (66% with the [[Alien]] class perk, +33% with the Finesse trait) | ||
| + | *[[Chip Shot]] (weapon perk) increases the chance to apply a critical effect by up to 60% (or 100% for Hubologists) | ||
| + | |||
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| + | ! Critical effect !! Definition !! Counter | ||
| + | |- id="AP Drain" | ||
| + | | AP Drain || Steals 2 to 4 action points from the target || [[Quick Recovery]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Luck]] | ||
| + | |- id="Bewilderment" | ||
| + | | Bewilderment || Target's actions cost double the normal amount of action points || [[Coolheaded]] shortens the duration of Bewilderment by 30% | ||
| + | |- id="Bleed" | ||
| + | | Bleed || Target's healing rate causes them to lose hit points rather than regenerate them || [[Brotherhood Metal Armor]] grants immunity to Bleed | ||
| + | |- id="Blind" | ||
| + | | Blind || Target's maximum chance to hit is reduced by 50% || | ||
| + | |- id="Bypass" | ||
| + | | Bypass || Target's [[DT]]s and [[DR]]s are cut in half || [[Man of Steel]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Endurance]] | ||
| + | |- id="Confusion" | ||
| + | | Confusion || Target's sight range is reduced by 2 hexes per stack || [[Firefighter]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Intelligence]] | ||
| + | |- id="Crippled limb" | ||
| + | | Crippled limb || Target's leg, hand, or eyes are crippled || [[Iron Limbs]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Agility]] | ||
| + | |- id="Death" | ||
| + | | Death || Target takes 100 extra damage that bypasses all defenses || [[Lethal Protection]]: reduces death effect damage by 8% per point of [[Perception]] | ||
| + | |- id="Knockdown" | ||
| + | | Knockdown || Target falls to the ground and loses 3 action points || [[Stonewall]]: grants knockdown immunity (critical effect only) | ||
| + | |- id="Knockout" | ||
| + | | Knockout || Target falls to the ground and loses 10 to 30 action points || [[Stonewall]]: +8% chance to avoid knockouts per point of [[Strength]] | ||
| + | |- id="Lost Turn" | ||
| + | | Lost Turn || Target loses an amount of action points equal to their maximum action points || [[Stonewall]]: +8% chance to avoid lost turns per point of [[Strength]] | ||
| + | |- id="Mark" | ||
| + | | Mark || Target becomes visible to the team that marked them for the duration of the effect || [[Coolheaded]] shortens the duration of Mark by 30% | ||
| + | |- id="Paralysis" | ||
| + | | Paralysis || Target is immobilized for 3 seconds || [[Tesla Armor]] grants immunity to Paralysis | ||
| + | |- id="Shock" | ||
| + | | Shock || Target cannot attack or use meds || [[Coolheaded]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Charisma]] | ||
| + | |- id="Slow" | ||
| + | | Slow || Reduces target's movement/attack speed by 20% per critical tier for 20 seconds || [[Adrenaline Rush]]: +8% resistance per point of [[Charisma]] | ||
| + | |- id="Taunt" | ||
| + | | Taunt || Target is only able to attack the character that applied Taunt to them || [[Baiter]] grants immunity to Taunt | ||
| + | |- id="Weakness" | ||
| + | | Weakness || Target loses 1% of one [[DR]] per stack || | ||
| + | |- id="Weapon destroyed" | ||
| + | | Weapon Destroyed || Target's weapon's condition decreases by 1 to 25% || | ||
| + | |- id="Weapon Dropped" | ||
| + | | Weapon dropped || Target's weapon drops to the ground || [[Iron Limbs]] grants full immunity | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | The following modifiers grant or reduce critical effect resistance: | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Heart]] (Cannibal drug) grants +15% critical effect chance | ||
| + | *SHD (T1 [[WE stat]]) grants +1 to defensive rolls | ||
| + | *S.SHD (T2 [[WE stat]]) grants +1 to defensive rolls | ||
| + | *[[Knockback]] (weapon perk) causes critical hits to always knock back the target | ||
| + | *[[Soldier]] (class perk) suffers -100 to defensive rolls and receives 1% less critical effect defense from level perks such as Stonewall | ||
| + | *[[Leader]]'s unity flag grants +CHA/2 critical effect resistance | ||
| − | + | === Miscellaneous crit-related effects === | |
| + | *[[Bloody]] (weapon perk, rank A): your criticals apply Bleed stacks | ||
| + | *[[Crasher]] (level perk): your criticals ignore 50% of the target's melee power defense and bypass their melee DR penetration protection | ||
| + | *[[Gunner]] (level perk): critical hits convert double the amount of base damage to lethal damage | ||
| + | *[[Awareness]] (level perk): displays other characters' critical chance and resistances | ||
| + | *[[Providence]] (level perk): you have a chance equal to your critical chance to gain 75% damage protection whenever you're hit | ||
[[Category:Combat-related mechanics]] | [[Category:Combat-related mechanics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:03, 13 April 2026
A critical hit (crit) is a much more powerful version of a regular hit, with a potential to apply status effects to the target.
Critical hits are governed by several closely related values: the chance to trigger one ("critical chance"), a base roll ("critical roll") and its multiplier ("critical power"), each with a separate resistance, and a cooldown-like limiter ("critical rate"). They have multiple tiers ("critical tiers") based on the final value of the critical roll that use predefined values ("critical tables") to determine the final amount of bonus damage ("critical damage") and special effects ("critical effects") that will amplify the force of the critical hit.
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Critical chance
Critical chance is the probability that a successful hit is upgraded to a critical hit. It is capped at 100%.
Various modifiers can affect critical chance:
| Critical chance modifiers |
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Critical rate
Critical rate is the frequency with which you can land fully effective critical hits.
By default, if you score more than one critical hit within a 2-second (2000ms) window, those additional critical hits' critical rolls are performed at a penalty of -0.1 for each millisecond remaining in that window.
Alternatively, you can think of it as a penalty that starts at -200 and then decays by 0.1 every millisecond until it completely goes away 2 seconds (2000ms) later.
Whenever you see a perk that improves/reduces "critical rate" by some number of milliseconds, the thing actually being modified is the minimum period of time that must elapse between two "fully charged" criticals.
Modifiers that affect critical rate:
- Marksman (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 200ms
- Ranger (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 200ms
- Slayer (perk synergy) improves your critical rate by 500ms
- Combat Focus (armor perk) can improve your critical rate by up to 200ms (or 500ms for Hubologists)
- Suppression (armor perk) modifies your attackers' critical rate by anywhere from -100ms to +1000ms (or +200ms to +3000ms for Hubologists)
Critical roll
Whenever you score a crit, the game generates a value called the critical roll (capped at 750). Your base critical roll depends on your class.
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| Critical roll modifiers |
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Critical roll modifiers:
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Critical power
After the critical roll is calculated, the value is multiplied by the attacker's critical power. Base critical power is always 100%.
There are several mechanics that interact with your critical power:
| Critical power modifiers |
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Critical resistances
Defenders can mitigate critical hits through three types of resistance:
- Critical chance resistance, which reduces the attacker's capped critical chance
- Critical roll resistance, which reduces the attacker's critical roll before multiplication
- Critical power resistance, which reduces the attacker's critical power
Various modifiers can affect these resistances:
| Critical resistance modifiers |
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Critical resistance penetration
Critical resistances can be penetrated (reduced) by a number of effects.
| Critical resistance penetration modifiers |
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Critical tables
The Final Critical Roll Value used to look up the outcome on the critical table is a random value between 1 and (Total Critical Roll - Critical Roll Resistance) x (Total Critical Power - Critical Power Resistance).
The cell of the critical table your critical hit gets placed in will always lie at the intersection of your weapon type (melee, 1‑handed ranged, 2‑handed ranged), the body part you critically hit (eyes, head, groin, hands, legs, torso), and the final value of your crit roll.
Melee attacks
| Tier (roll range) | Eyes | Head | Groin | Hands | Legs | Unaimed/Torso |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0–25) | 50%–70% DMG | 45%–65% DMG | 40%–60% DMG | 35%–55% DMG | 30%–50% DMG | 5%–20% DMG |
| 1 (26–60) | 75%–100% DMG + Confusion | 70%–95% DMG + Confusion | 65%–90% DMG + Confusion | 60%–85% DMG + Confusion | 55%–80% DMG + Confusion | 25%–40% DMG |
| 2 (61–90) | 105%–135% DMG + Taunt | 100%–130% DMG + Taunt | 95%–125% DMG + Taunt | 90%–120% DMG + Taunt | 85%–115% DMG + Taunt | 45%–60% DMG + Taunt |
| 3 (91–115) | 140%–175% DMG + Knockdown | 135%–170% DMG + Knockdown | 130%–165% DMG + Knockdown | 125%–160% DMG + AP Drain | 120%–155% DMG + Knockdown | 55%–70% DMG + Slow |
| 4 (116–150) | 180%–220% DMG + Bewilderment | 175%–215% DMG + Bewilderment | 170%–210% DMG + Bewilderment | 165%–205% DMG + Bewilderment | 160%–200% DMG + Bewilderment | 75%–90% DMG + Bewilderment |
| 5 (151–199) | 225%–270% DMG + Bleed | 220%–265% DMG + Bleed | 215%–260% DMG + Knockout | 210%–255% DMG + Weapon Drop | 205%–250% DMG + Crippled Leg | 95%–110% DMG + Confusion |
| 6 (200+) | 75%–125% + CR DMG | 70%–120% + CR DMG | 65%–115% + CR DMG | 60%–110% + CR DMG | 55%–105% + CR DMG | 100%–115% DMG |
1‑handed ranged weapons
| Tier (roll range) | Eyes | Head | Groin | Hands | Legs | Unaimed/Torso |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0–25) | 80%–125% DMG | 70%–110% DMG | 95%–125% DMG | 45%–160% DMG | 50%–150% DMG | 10%–35% DMG |
| 1 (26–60) | 110%–160% DMG + Slow | 115%–150% DMG + Taunt | 120%–160% DMG + Taunt | 80%–190% DMG + Weakness | 75%–200% DMG + Slow | 30%–50% DMG + Weakness |
| 2 (61–90) | 145%–195% DMG + Mark | 145%–195% DMG + Shock | 145%–195% DMG + Bewilderment | 120%–235% DMG + AP Drain | 100%–260% DMG + Knockdown | 50%–75% DMG + Slow |
| 3 (91–115) | 160%–230% DMG + Confusion | 155%–210% DMG + Confusion | 170%–230% DMG + Confusion | 150%–280% DMG + Weapon Drop | 125%–310% DMG + Confusion | 60%–85% DMG + Knockdown |
| 4 (116–150) | 185%–265% DMG + Blind | 180%–255% DMG + Bypass | 195%–265% DMG + Death | 200%–325% DMG + Crippled Arm | 150%–350% DMG + Crippled Leg | 80%–105% DMG |
| 5 (151–199) | 220%–300% DMG + Death | 215%–290% DMG + Bleed | 230%–300% DMG + Bleed | 230%–370% DMG + Paralysis | 175%–400% DMG + Bleed | 100%–130% DMG + Weapon Destroyed |
| 6 (200+) | 35%–135% + CR DMG + Bypass | 30%–125% + CR DMG + Death | 45%–135% + CR DMG + Bypass | 0%–190% + CR DMG + Knockout | 0%–300% + CR DMG + Knockout | 105%–140% DMG + Bypass |
2‑handed ranged weapons
| Tier (roll range) | Eyes | Head | Groin | Hands | Legs | Unaimed/Torso |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0–25) | 125%–150% DMG | 95%–125% DMG | 95%–125% DMG | 60%–90% DMG | 65%–95% DMG | 5%–25% DMG |
| 1 (26–60) | 160%–195% DMG + Slow | 130%–170% DMG + Taunt | 120%–160% DMG + Taunt | 85%–125% DMG + Weakness | 90%–130% DMG + Slow | 25%–45% DMG + Weakness |
| 2 (61–90) | 195%–240% DMG + Mark | 165%–215% DMG + Confusion | 145%–195% DMG + Bewilderment | 110%–160% DMG + AP Drain | 115%–165% DMG + Knockdown | 45%–65% DMG + Slow |
| 3 (91–115) | 230%–285% DMG + Confusion | 200%–260% DMG + Shock | 170%–230% DMG + Confusion | 135%–195% DMG + Weapon Drop | 140%–200% DMG + Confusion | 55%–75% DMG + Knockdown |
| 4 (116–150) | 265%–330% DMG + Blind | 235%–305% DMG + Bypass | 195%–265% DMG + Death | 160%–230% DMG + Crippled Arm | 165%–235% DMG + Crippled Leg | 75%–95% DMG |
| 5 (151–199) | 300%–375% DMG + Knockout | 270%–350% DMG + Lost Turn | 230%–300% DMG + Bleed | 195%–265% DMG + Paralysis | 200%–270% DMG + Bleed | 95%–120% DMG + AP Drain |
| 6 (200+) | 130%–220% + CR DMG + Bypass | 105%–195% + CR DMG + Death | 45%–135% + CR DMG + Knockout | 10%–100% + CR DMG + Weapon Destroyed | 15%–105% + CR DMG + Bypass | 100%–150% DMG + Death |
Note: "+ CR" means an additional 1% damage multiplier per point of critical roll
Several modifiers affect the attacker's critical tier directly:
- Ear (Cannibal drug) unlocks the last two critical tiers
- Voodoo (drug) unlocks the last two critical tiers
- Tiger Module (combat implant) tier 3 upgrades melee critical hits by 1 tier
- Nemean Module (combat implant) tier 3 downgrades your critical hits by 1 tier for every 5 points of Charisma
- Critical Beast (Alien weapon perk)'s rank B increases the critical bracket by 1 and rank A increases it by 1 (stacks with B)
- Combat Master (class perk) uses the superior 2‑handed weapon critical table for melee attacks
- Bonehead (Regulator trait) downgrades opponents' criticals by 1 tier
- Heavy Handed (Regulator trait) downgrades your own critical hits to the lowest tier
- Critical Master (legendary weapon perk)'s rank B upgrades critical hits against NPCs by 1 bracket; rank S+ sets the minimum critical tier against NPCs to 5
Critical damage
Critical damage is any extra damage dealt by a critical hit. The base critical damage multiplier depends on your weapon type.
| Base critical damage multiplier by weapon type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Additional modifiers that affect critical damage:
- Ear (Cannibal drug) grants +40% critical damage
- Better HtH Criticals (level perk) grants +75% critical damage when using melee weapons
- Phantom Presence (level perk) grants +60% critical damage to your unaimed attacks while sneaking
- Focused Striker (level perk) grants +2% critical damage every second you do not attack (maximum 50 stacks)
- S.CRT (T2 WE stat) progressively boosts your critical damage against NPCs as you kill them
- More Critical Damage (weapon perk) can increase critical damage by up to 50% (or 200% for Hubologists)
- Spiked (weapon perk) increases melee critical damage by up to 105% (or 120% for Hubologists)
- Heresy Shot (Alien weapon perk, rank A) grants +25% critical damage
- Leader's aggression flag doubles bonus critical damage for bursts (stacks with After Burner Gum)
- Iron Man (perk synergy) reduces incoming critical damage by 20%
- After Burner Gum (drug) doubles bonus critical damage for bursts
Critical effects
Any effects listed in the relevant column of the critical table for critical tiers up to and including the tier of your critical hit have a 33% chance to proc. If they do, the defender may then make defensive rolls (based on their perks and stats) to resist them. (Note: "defensive roll" is sometimes used as a synonym of "critical effect resistance".)
- Base chance to apply a critical effect: 33% (66% with the Alien class perk, +33% with the Finesse trait)
- Chip Shot (weapon perk) increases the chance to apply a critical effect by up to 60% (or 100% for Hubologists)
| Critical effect | Definition | Counter |
|---|---|---|
| AP Drain | Steals 2 to 4 action points from the target | Quick Recovery: +8% resistance per point of Luck |
| Bewilderment | Target's actions cost double the normal amount of action points | Coolheaded shortens the duration of Bewilderment by 30% |
| Bleed | Target's healing rate causes them to lose hit points rather than regenerate them | Brotherhood Metal Armor grants immunity to Bleed |
| Blind | Target's maximum chance to hit is reduced by 50% | |
| Bypass | Target's DTs and DRs are cut in half | Man of Steel: +8% resistance per point of Endurance |
| Confusion | Target's sight range is reduced by 2 hexes per stack | Firefighter: +8% resistance per point of Intelligence |
| Crippled limb | Target's leg, hand, or eyes are crippled | Iron Limbs: +8% resistance per point of Agility |
| Death | Target takes 100 extra damage that bypasses all defenses | Lethal Protection: reduces death effect damage by 8% per point of Perception |
| Knockdown | Target falls to the ground and loses 3 action points | Stonewall: grants knockdown immunity (critical effect only) |
| Knockout | Target falls to the ground and loses 10 to 30 action points | Stonewall: +8% chance to avoid knockouts per point of Strength |
| Lost Turn | Target loses an amount of action points equal to their maximum action points | Stonewall: +8% chance to avoid lost turns per point of Strength |
| Mark | Target becomes visible to the team that marked them for the duration of the effect | Coolheaded shortens the duration of Mark by 30% |
| Paralysis | Target is immobilized for 3 seconds | Tesla Armor grants immunity to Paralysis |
| Shock | Target cannot attack or use meds | Coolheaded: +8% resistance per point of Charisma |
| Slow | Reduces target's movement/attack speed by 20% per critical tier for 20 seconds | Adrenaline Rush: +8% resistance per point of Charisma |
| Taunt | Target is only able to attack the character that applied Taunt to them | Baiter grants immunity to Taunt |
| Weakness | Target loses 1% of one DR per stack | |
| Weapon Destroyed | Target's weapon's condition decreases by 1 to 25% | |
| Weapon dropped | Target's weapon drops to the ground | Iron Limbs grants full immunity |
The following modifiers grant or reduce critical effect resistance:
- Heart (Cannibal drug) grants +15% critical effect chance
- SHD (T1 WE stat) grants +1 to defensive rolls
- S.SHD (T2 WE stat) grants +1 to defensive rolls
- Knockback (weapon perk) causes critical hits to always knock back the target
- Soldier (class perk) suffers -100 to defensive rolls and receives 1% less critical effect defense from level perks such as Stonewall
- Leader's unity flag grants +CHA/2 critical effect resistance
- Bloody (weapon perk, rank A): your criticals apply Bleed stacks
- Crasher (level perk): your criticals ignore 50% of the target's melee power defense and bypass their melee DR penetration protection
- Gunner (level perk): critical hits convert double the amount of base damage to lethal damage
- Awareness (level perk): displays other characters' critical chance and resistances
- Providence (level perk): you have a chance equal to your critical chance to gain 75% damage protection whenever you're hit