Critical Strike

This article is about the Dagger Mastery skill. For the primary attribute for Assassins, see Critical Strikes.

Skill details

Critical Strike

Campaign Factions Profession Assassin Attribute Critical Strikes Type Dual Attack

5     6

Full: Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +10...26...30 damage, results in a critical hit, and you gain 1...3...3 Energy.

Concise: Deals +10...26...30 damage. Automatic critical hit. You gain 1...3...3 Energy. Must follow an off-hand attack.

Critical Strikes	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
+Damage	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	19	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	30	31	33	34	35	37
Energy	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

Acquisition

Skill Trainers:

• Michiko (Kaineng Center)

Notes

• Being a Dual Attack, this will trigger effects like the Critical Strikes/Critical Eye energy gain, Dark Apostasy, and Way of Perfection twice.
• The relatively short recharge time combined with the low energy cost means that it can be used in cheap "looping" attack combos.
• This attack can also be used to renew Critical Defenses and Critical Agility.
• The energy is gained even if critical hit is denied by an effect such as Stoneflesh Aura.

Energy gain

This table will show you the total amount of Energy you will regain per use of the skill. Remember that since it's a Dual attack, you will critical twice unless one or both attacks miss or get blocked. Using zealous daggers or the Critical Eye skill will increase your net energy gain by two; using both will increase it by four, for a max net gain of 11 energy at 13+ Critical Strikes.

Critical Strikes	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13+
Energy from skill	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6
Energy from critical hits	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6
Total	2	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	12
Net Energy Gain	-3	-3	-3	-1	1	1	1	1	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+7

Trivia

• The dagger depicted appears to be a Plagueborn Dagger.

Related skills

• Malicious Strike
• Wild Blow

Related articles

• Dual attack skills quick reference
• Gain/Lose energy skills quick reference