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) (unverified). 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 1.0-1.5%. So an axe attribute of 10 means about 1 out of 10 of your axe attacks will be critical hits.

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.