Critical Strike

Template:D2 Unique

Details

Level 1-60 stats

Template:D2 Stat |- !align=left|% Chance Double Physical Attack Damage |min(5+[75*[(110*lvl)/(lvl+6)]/100],80) |}

• Doubles physical attack damage when successful, even when barehanded.
• Since conversion of physical damage to another damage type occurs after it is applied, it can also double the converted damage of the following:
  • Magic Arrow
  • Fire Arrow
  • Cold Arrow
  • Lightning Bolt
  • Fists of Fire
  • Berserk (both the skill itself and its synergy to Concentrate and Frenzy)

• Does not apply to the following:
  • Impale
  • Dragon Talon
  • Dragon Tail
  • Dragon Flight
  • Sacrifice
  • Smite

• Mutually exclusive with Deadly Strike and weapon Mastery or Claw Mastery critical strike: if one is successful then the others don't apply. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage is as follows:

Two sources	100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)/100
	100 - (100-CS)*(100-MCS)/100
Three sources	100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)*(100-MCS)/10000 [1]

• Non-player units like a Barbarian hireling, Valkyrie and Iron Golem have 5% chance of applying critical damage, doubling all attack damage types. This is calculated independently of other sources, so there is a chance of applying quadruple physical damage. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage only is as follows:

Two sources	5+(0.9*CS)
Three sources	100 - (0.95*(100-CS)*(100-DS)/100) - 0.05*(100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)/100)

• % Chance of quadruple physical attack damage is as follows:

Two sources	0.05*CS
Three sources	0.05*(100 - (100-CS)*(100-DS)/100)

Sources

Skill bonus

Template:D2 Skill bonus |- | +3 |align=left|[[D2 Rune Word weapon#Melody|Template:D2 Unique bold]] missile weapon |39||No |}

Oskill

Template:D2 Skill bonus |- | +1-6 |align=left|[[D2 Rune Word blade#Insight|Template:D2 Unique bold]] polearm/staff |27 !Yes |- | +2 |align=left|[[D2 Rune Word body armor#Peace|Template:D2 Unique bold]] body armor |29||No |}

Level 1-60 stats

Details

Template:D2 Level 1-10 |- !align=left|% Chance |16||25||32||38||42||46||49||51||54||56 |}

Template:D2 Level 11-20 |- !align=left|% Chance |58||59||61||62||63||65||65||66||67||68 |}

Template:D2 Level 21-30 |- !align=left|% Chance |68||69||70||71||71||71||72||72||73||73 |}

Template:D2 Level 31-40 |- !align=left|% Chance |74||74||74||74||74||75||75||76||76||76 |}

Template:D2 Level 41-50 |- !align=left|% Chance |76||77||77||77||77||77||77||77||78||78 |}

Template:D2 Level 51-60 |- !align=left|% Chance |78||78||78||79||79||79||79||79||79||80 |}

References

• Passive and Magic Skills (Arreat Summit)
• Question about "Critical Strike" on Insight (Technical Discussion)