Critical hit

Occurance
Each weapon attack has an independent chance of dealing a critical hit. A higher weapon attribute increases this chance. Attacker and target levels are also factors. A few skills can cause or negate critical hits, as specified in their description. If you strike an opponent who is fleeing from you, you will always score a critical hit.

Effects
Whenever a critical hit occurs, the damage done is equal to the maximum damage of the weapon multiplied by approximately sqrt(2), the equivalent of striking for maximum damage with a weapon attribute 4 higher than actually possessed. Non-critical hits are a random value chosen between the minimum and maximum damage values of the weapon.

It appears that each weapon attribute point increases the chance to critical hit by ~1.44%. The recorded critical hit rates with a 12 and a 16 weapon mastery were 15% and 23% respectively, while the best linear fit suggests approximately 17.5% and 23.5% (R^2=0.953).

Related Skills
These skills cause critical hits:
 * [[image:Warrior-icon.png|15px]] Wild Blow

These skills involve critical hits in other ways:
 * [[image:Warrior-icon.png|15px]] Balanced Stance prevents extra damage from critical hits.