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Mechanics
Skeleton King performing a Critical Strike. The red number displays the resulting physical damage before reductions.
Critical strike is defined by two values: the critical chance and the critical damage multiplier.
Critical damage is
physical damage and is reduced by various types of
armor. The red number shown by critical strike is displayed before reductions (this is why
illusions don't show very low red numbers). Critical strike does not work against
buildings.
Because critical strike multiplies the attack damage of a unit, after
damage modifiers, it is a scaling ability (unlike the damage of
Monkey King Bar's mini-bash ability).
All critical strikes are subject to
pseudo-random distribution.
Interaction with other passive abilities
- Critical strike: Multiple critical strike abilities do not independently stack, as they can not trigger on the same hit.
- Lifesteal: Lifesteal is calculated after critical strikes, which means that it will increase the amount of life you steal.
- Cleave: If critical strike is triggered, the damage dealt to all units will be multiplied.
- Bash: Bashes and Critical Strikes can proc off of the same attack, but only bashes that deal physical damage will be multiplied.
- Illusions: Illusions can use the critical strike ability. (The red number above the unit is damage before the illusion reduction)
Sources of critical strike
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Juggernaut - Blade Dance
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Critical Chance: 15/20/25/35% Critical Damage: 2× Average DPS Increase: 15/20/25/35%
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Skeleton King - Mortal Strike
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Critical Chance: 15% Critical Damage: 1.25×/1.75×/2.25×/2.75× Average DPS Increase: 3.75/11.25/18.75/26.25%
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Pseudo-Critical Strike
The following abilities involve a critical strike mechanic, although they are not triggered as a chance on attack.
Bounty Hunter - Jinada
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Critical Damage: 1.5×/1.75×/2×/2.25× 12/10/8/6 Passively gives a guaranteed critical strike to Bounty Hunter's next attack.
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Tusk - Walrus PUNCH!
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Critical Damage: 3× (4× if target has less than 50% health) Actively gives a guaranteed critical strike to Tusk's next attack. |
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