Crits

Crits is a mechanic that increases your damage. It's an abbreviation of "Critical hits".

Types[]

There are 3 types of Crits: Skill/Spell, Random, and Super.

Types of Crits
Icon	Name	Description
	Skill Crit. Spell Crit.	Occurs when using Weapons (Skill Crit) and Spells (Spell Crit) in specific ways. The most common type of Crit, and the easiest to perform. You can dash with most weapons to perform a dash attack, triggering a Skill Crit.
	Random Crit.	Randomly occurs. Your Random Crit Chance stat must be at least 1% for Random Crits to trigger.
	Super Crit.	Occurs when a Skill Crit and a Random Crit occur at the same time. Super Crits multiply the total damage dealt by the Skill Crit by 35%. Your base Super Crit chance is half your Random Crit Chance. Note that overlapping Skill Crit mechanics will not result in a Super Crit (eg. using a dash attack on an enemy with Vulnerable).

Dexterity & Focus[]

Dexterity and Focus increase the damage of your Weapon Skill Crits and Magic Crits, respectively.

The extra Crit. Damage done when you trigger a critical hit is calculated individually using Dexterity/Focus and their respective Skill Crit. Scaling stats. The damage is then added on top of your regular damage.

To reiterate, unlike a more typical critical hit system used in most RPGs, normal crits in RL2 do not scale off the hit's base damage. Meaning a Skill Crit. Scaling stat of 120% is not giving you 120% critical hit damage. Skill Crit. Scaling increases the effect of Dexterity or Focus by a percentage, which is then added on top of your normal hit's damage. This means you can have a very low Strength or Intelligence stat for normal hits, but deal absolutely massive critical damage if you have high Dexterity or Focus.

The exception to this is the Super Crit damage bonus, which increases the damage of the entire hit by 35%.

Formula[]

The formula for Regular and Crit. Damage is shown below.

Type	Regular Damage		Crit. Damage
Skill Crit	Strength * `WPN_SCALE`^[1]	+	(Dexterity * `WPN_SCALE` * Skill Crit. Scaling (Dex) `)`
Magic Crit	Intelligence * `SPELL_SCALE`^[2]	+	(Focus * `SPELL_SCALE` * Magic Crit. Scaling (Focus) `)`

↑ WPN_SCALE refers to your weapon's STR scaling (see Weapons, or Strength » Weapons).
↑ SPELL_SCALE refers to your spell's INT scaling (see Spells, or Intelligence » Spells)

Example[]

Expand to view this example.

We'll look at 2 examples here. We'll be using these stats:

STR = 115
DEX = 30
Skill Crit Scaling (Dex) = 120% (i.e. 1.2)

First we'll try the Katana. It has a Strength scaling of 2 (see Weapons).

As a reminder, the formula for Skill Crit. Damage is:

( STR * WPN_SCALE ) + ( DEX * WPN_SCALE * Skill Crit. Scaling (Dex) ) = Total Crit. Damage

So the calculation for Skill Crit. Damage would be:

( 115 * 2 ) + ( 30 * 2 * 1.2 ) = 302

As a 2nd example, let's use the Kinetic Revolver, which has a STR scaling of 0.4 per shot. The calculation would be:

( 115 * 0.4 ) + ( 30 * 0.4 * 1.2 ) = 60

Damage values are always rounded, so that would total to 60.

Classes[]

Classes that can most easily perform Skill Crits include Assassin, Barbarian, Dragon Lancer, Duelist and Brigand.

Ronin and Ranger are also adept at Skill Crits, albeit slightly more difficult to master.

Some Classes have class passives that interact with Crits:

Crit classes
Name	Class Passive	Passive Effect
Assassin	Eagle Eye	+10% Super Crit. Chance
Duelist	Show-off	Casting any Talent grants Charged. (This makes your next Weapon attack Skill Crit.)
Knight	Veteran	+5% Weapon Crit. Chance
Pirate	Cheap Shot	+10% Weapon Crit. Damage +10% Spell Crit. Damage
Valkyrie	Battleborn	+5% Magic Crit. Chance +10% Magic Crit. Damage

Relics[]

Some Relics interact with Crits:

Crit Relics
Name	Resolve	Description	Notes
Atropos' Scissors	25	Critical damage from Spells and Weapons increased by 20%.	Also applies to Talents and Magic Damage dealt by relics.
Clotho's Spindle	25	Critical chance for Spells and Weapons increased by 10%.	Also applies to Talents and Magic Damage dealt by relics.
Feathered Cap	35	Casting your Talent grants you Charged for 1.5 seconds. (This makes your next Weapon attack Skill Crit.)
Lachesis' Measure	55	Enemies defeated with a critical hit restore your Health. (Scales with 50% of your Int.)	The most consistent healing relic in the game provided the player can consistently Skill Crit.
Lamech's Whetstone	35	Weapon Skill Crits now apply Magic Break for 3 seconds.	Great on Assassins and Dragon Lancers due to their easy Skill Crits and supplemental Spell Damage.
Obelisk	25	Your Skill Crits have an extra 20% chance of becoming Super Crits.	Cheap and powerful provided the player consistently Skill Crits. Equivalent to 8 Lucky Roller Runes.

Runes[]

Some Runes interact with Crits:

Crit Runes
Name	Weight	Effect	Factor
Sharpened	30	Increases your Random Weapon Crit. Chance.	+2.5%
Might	30	Increases your Weapon's Crit. Damage (+5% per rune) Shown as "Skill Crit Scaling (Dex)"	+5%
Focal	30	Increases your Random Magic Crit. Chance.	+2.5%
Eldar	30	Increases your Magic Crit. Damage (+5% per rune) Shown as "Skill Crit Scaling (Focus)"	+5%
Lucky Roller	30	Skill Crits have a bonus chance of becoming Super Crits	+2.5%
High Stakes	30	Increases the final damage multiplier from Super Crits	+5%

Spells[]

Every Spell can Skill Crit.

Spell	MP	Skill Crit
Blaze Bellow	10 / tick	Skill Crits after 1.5 seconds.
Fireball	50	Applies Burn. Last ticks of Burn are Skill Crits.
Flame Barrier	15 / tick	Skill Crits after 1.5 seconds.
Freeze Strike	100	Strike Frozen enemies to Skill Crit. Skill Crits nearby enemies.
Fungal Spread	75	Applies Spore Burst, which always Skill Crits. Skill Crits far off enemies.
Gravity Beam	100	Last ticks of the beam are Skill Crits.
Lightning Storm	50	Applies Vulnerable, making the next attacks Skill Crits.
Lucent Beam	10 / tick	Skill Crits after 1.5 seconds.
Magic 8 Ball	50	After two bounces, it will Skill Crit.
Magma Mass	50	Will Skill Crit while falling.
Poison Bomb	75	Applies Poison. After 6 seconds, all Poison ticks are Skill Crits.
Prismatic Spectrum	100	Applies Frozen, Burn and Spore Burst.
Searing Shot	50	Applies Burn. Last ticks of Burn are Skill Crits.
Shield of Thorns	100	Applies Spore Burst, which always Skill Crits. Skill Crits after blocking a Projectile.
Shockwave	100	Skill Crits enemies close to the centre.
Tesla Spike	50	Last ticks of its damaging radius are Skill Crits.
White Star	75	Will always Skill Crit.
Wind Wall	100	Skill Crits after blocking a Projectile.

Traits[]

One Trait interacts with Crits:

Crit Traits
Icon	Name	Effect
	Perfectionist	Only Skill Crits deal damage.

Upgrades[]

Some Upgrades affect Crits. Note that 2 of these upgrades require unlocking via The Soul Shop.

Crit Upgrades
Name	Effect	Soul Shop
Flower Shop	+1 Dexterity per rank
Gym
Yoga Class
The Dicer's Den	+1% Weapon Crit Chance	Absolute Strength
The Laundromat	+2% Weapon Crit Damage
Court of the Wise	+1 Focus per rank
Hall Of Wisdom
Library
The Quantum Observatory	+1% Spell Crit Chance	Infinite Knowledge
The Lodge	+2% Spell Crit Damage

Weapons[]

Every weapon can perform a Skill Crit.

You can dash with some weapons to perform a dash attack, triggering a Skill Crit. Weapons that can't dash attack have an ❌ in the "Dash" column.

Weapon	Class	Notes	Dash	STR	INT
Bag o' Spoons	Waiter	Skill Crits after the first bounce. (Bouncing also adds +175% INT damage).	❌	1.75	-
Blunderbuss	Brigand	Last shot Skill Crits.	❌	0.5	-
Boxing Gloves	Boxer	Dash attack only.	✅	0.5	-
Cannon	Pirate	Dash attack only.	✅	1.75	-
Celestial Sceptre	Astromancer	Skill Crits in the center of the AoE.	❌	0.2	-
Charge Lance	Dragon Lancer	Flying Joust (charged attack) Skill Crits. Also adds 160% INT damage. Cannot Dash attack.	❌	2	1.6
Charon's Scythe	Reaper	The 1st swipe Skill Crits enemies with high health. The 2nd swipe Skill Crits enemies with low health.	❌	1.25	-
Crow Storm	Lich	Skill Crits nearby enemies.	❌	1.1	-
Dual Blades	Assassin	Skill Crits on the 3rd slash.	✅	0.5	-
Dragon Fangs	Eventide Spymaster	Final strike Skill Crits.	❌	0.2	-
Dragon Puppet	Dragon Puppeteer	Perform a Perfect Release to Skill Crit.	❌	2.25	-
Electric Lute	Rock Star	Triggers Charged^{[W 1]} after Spin Kicking.	❌	1.5	1.5
Enkindled Gauntlets - Shoot	Enkindled Boxer	Skill Crits after your projectiles travel a certain distance.	❌	2	-
Fauchard	Valkyrie	Dash attack only.	✅	1.6	-
Frying Pan	Chef	Gain Charged^{[W 1]} after deflecting a projectile. Can also dash attack, but it does not Skill Crit.	✅	1.65	-
Handheld Ballista	Ballistic Archer	Perform a Perfect Release to Skill Crit.	❌	4.25	-
Hephaestus' Hammer	Fighter	Dash attack only.	✅	0.4	-
Kasa-obake	Demon Tamer	Skill Crits after blocking a Mid-sized Projectile.	❌	2.25	-
Katana	Ronin	Hit an enemy with the edge of your blade (a small effect shows where this is).	❌	2	-
Kinetic Revolver	Gunslinger	The last 10 bullets will Skill Crit.	❌	0.4	-
Labrys - Ground	Barbarian	Ground attacks always Skill Crit. Can dash attack while in the air.	✅	2.4	-
Lute	Bard	Notes will Skill Crit after a short duration.	❌	0.3	-
Mjolnir - Hammer	God of Thunder	Hammer Skill Crits when returning.	❌	1.5	-
Pepperoni Pizza	Pizza Delivery Person	Pizzas Skill Crit on their return journey.	❌	0.6	-
Saber	Duelist	Dash attack only.	✅	1.8	-
Surfboard	Surfer	Skill Crits after surfing for a short time.	❌	1.4	-
Sword	Knight	Dash attack only.	✅	2	-
The Triangulator	Stygian Sharpshooter	Skill Crits after a ricochet.	❌	1.2	-
Wand of Blasting - Fireball	Mage	Spending 50 Mana grants Charged ^{[W 1]}	❌	1.1	-
War Bow	Ranger	Perform a Perfect Shot to Skill Crit.	❌	2.25	-

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The Charged status effect makes your next Weapon attack a Skill Crit.

Armor Sets[]

Some Armor Sets interact with Crits:

Armor Set	Stats	Unity Bonuses
Scholar Set	+3 Focus	+10 Focus +20 Focus +20% Crit Chance (Magic)
Warden Set	+2 Dexterity +3 Focus	+10 Dexterity +20 Dexterity +20% Crit Chance (Weapon)
White Wood Set	+155 Focus	+5% Crit Chance (Magic) +20% Crit Damage (Magic) +20% Dexterity
Black Root Set	+155 Dexterity	+5% Crit Chance (Weapon) +20% Crit Damage (Weapon) +20% Focus

Screenshots[]

[1] WPN_SCALE refers to your weapon's STR scaling (see Weapons, or Strength » Weapons).

[2] SPELL_SCALE refers to your spell's INT scaling (see Spells, or Intelligence » Spells)

[:0-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The Charged status effect makes your next Weapon attack a Skill Crit.

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