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crit

crit

3 9.2
An attack in a game that does extra damage
  • noun
  • /krɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : golpe crítico
  • If a fury warrior in normal raids has 18% crit before buffs, his Bloodthirst crit chance is 36%.

Examples

  • I mean, let's admit it, warriors: we're crit junkies.

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  • Otherwise, the bow is +2 and does +2d10 lightning damage on a crit.

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  • I tend to use surprise strike for the initial guaranteed crit hit for regular mobs.

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  • The rate of gain of regen from crit is very weak per point, so it scales somewhat poorly.

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  • If you beat your opponent's roll, add the overlap to the crit roll and see what level of crit you inflicted.

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  • Right now, of all plate DPS, only warriors are so astonishingly in love with crit.

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  • But with fury, crit interacts with Bloodthirst in a way that makes crit count twice as much for the spec in terms of entering Enrage.

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  • For a fury warrior, every point of crit has double the chance of enraging us on every Bloodthirst strike because Bloodthirst has twice the chance to critically hit.

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  • As warriors' crit increases this expansion, you'll easily hit over 30% crit in raids (a few warriors may already be there), and once you do, you're looking at a 60% chance to be enraged every 4.5 seconds.

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  • When her character landed a critical hit, the damage dealt was significantly higher than usual, showcasing the excitement of a crit in the game.

Antonyms

1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

Compounds

crit care technique
  • Specialized
6.1

A special method nurses use in intensive care to treat very sick patients

crit session
  • Jargon
7.5

A meeting where people give feedback on creative work like art or design

lit crit
  • Informal
9.3

Study and discussion of books, poems, and plays

How Damaging

crit
  • Jargon
3 9.2
strike
17 2.3
miss
73 3.1

Surface Forms

crit singular
crits plural

Etymology

Crit is short for critical, as in a 'critical hit', where 'critical' means 'decisive' or 'especially powerful'. So in games a crit is an attack that does extra damage or has a big effect.