Critical strike

Whenever you use a skill or attack, you have a chance to deal a Critical Strike.

Critical Strikes are rolled on a per-action basis, not per-monster. So each time you use a skill, the Critical Strike roll is made once and only once. If you roll a Critical Strike, you will deal Critical damage to all enemies hit by the skill. Struck enemies cursed with Critical Weakness can cause an initial roll that comes up non-critical to potentially become a critical strike.

Critical Strike Multiplier

Critical Strikes do more damage than normal, based on your Critical Strike Multiplier. All characters have a base Critical Strike Multiplier of 150%, meaning a critical strike does 150% of normal damage. This multiplier can be increased with various passives and items.

Monsters have a default Critical Strike Multiplier of 130% which can be increased by various affixes and monster auras.

This multiplier will be applied to all damage types of a hit. For instance, with a multiplier of 250%, if you deal a Critical Strike with an attack that normally does 100 physical damage and 10 cold damage, you will instead deal 250 physical damage and 25 cold damage.

The X% Increased Critical Strike Multiplier stat found on items and passives is applied as a percentage of the base Critical Strike Multiplier. This means 100% Increased Critical Strike Multiplier will result in a 300% Critical Strike Multiplier. (150% + 100% of 150%)

Critical Strike Chance

The chance to deal a critical strike is taken from the weapon used to perform an attack or attack skill, and in the case of spells, each spell has its own critical strike chance, which is listed in the skill gem's description.

This value can be increased by increased critical strike chance modifiers from spells and gear. For example, if you are using a weapon with 5% chance to crit, and you have 50% increased critical strike chance, you will have a 7.5% chance to score a critical strike.

Critical chance can not be less than 5% nor more than 95%.

Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Damage Multiplier are calculated separately for each spell and weapon attack. All weapons and damage-dealing spells have a base Critical Strike chance listed on them. This only affects your chance to critical for attacks made with that weapon or spell. For instance the critical strike chance on a wand does not affect your chance to critical with a spell.

Weapon Critical Strike Potential

An exhaustive list of weapon base crit chances. Weapons with higher than 5% base crit chance highlighted.

Weapon	Range	Hands	Critical Strike Chance
Weapon	Range	Hands	Min	Max
One-Handed Axes	Melee	1	5%	5%
Two-Handed Axes	Melee	2	5%	5%
Bows	Ranged	2	5%	5%
Claws	Melee	1	6.2%	6.98%
Daggers	Melee	1	6.2%	7.28%
Sceptres	Melee	1	6.5%	6.98%
One-Handed Maces	Melee	1	5%	5%
Two-Handed Maces	Melee	2	5%	5%
Staves	Melee	2	6.5%	6.68%
One-Handed Swords	Melee	1	5%	5%
Rapiers	Melee	1	5%	5%
Two-Handed Swords	Melee	2	5%	5%
Wands	Ranged	1	8%	8.96%

Spell Critical Strike Potential

An exhaustive list of the base crit. chances for spells which do on-hit damage. This list excludes Auras, Curses, etc. which do not damage and also have no crit. chance.

Spell	Base Critical Strike Chance
Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Flame Totem"	4%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Molten Shell". Please choose only one of the following ids: GravicusMoltenShell - Base duration is 10.00 seconds, Deals (143-2698) to (214-4048) Fire Damage, Shields break after (752-4460) total Damage is prevented, (4352-19367) additional Armour (page) GoatmanMoltenShellInvasion - Base duration is 10.00 seconds, Deals (15-5246) to (23-7869) Fire Damage, Shields break after (4-2648) total Damage is prevented, (162-4334) additional Armour (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shockwave Totem". Please choose only one of the following ids: MonsterShockwaveTotem - Deals (1-61) to (3-114) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page) TempestDaemonShockwave - Deals (11-3464) to (20-5773) Physical Damage, Knocks Enemies Back on Hit, Skills Repeat an additional 2 Times, 100% increased Cast Speed, Base radius is 2.4 metres (page)	4%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Bear Trap". Please choose only one of the following ids: IzaroDaemonBearTrap - Deals (12-1017) to (18-1423) Physical Damage, Trap lasts +30 seconds, Throw up to (2-4) additional Traps (page) BearTrap - Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage, Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration, Trap lasts 4 seconds, Base duration is 3.00 seconds, Locks enemy in place, Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits, Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Detonate Dead". Please choose only one of the following ids: DetonateDeadRoyale - Deals (10-105) to (15-158) Fire Damage, Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life, +(0-0.2) metres to radius, Base radius is 2.2 metres (page) DetonateDead - Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage, Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life, Base radius is (2.2-2.6) metres (page)	4.5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ethereal Knives". Please choose only one of the following ids: WraithEtherealKnives - Deals (192-692) to (288-1038) Physical Damage, Deals 15% less Damage, 25% reduced Cast Speed, 25% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page) MonsterEtherealKnives - Deals (24-625) to (36-937) Physical Damage, 20% less Cast Speed, (0-25)% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fire Trap". Please choose only one of the following ids: BarrelExplosionAtlas - Deals (0-100)% more Damage, Deals (776-1752) to (1164-2628) Fire Damage, 100% more Cast Speed (page) MonsterGroundFireSelfDaemon - Deals (2-105.4) Base Fire Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Arc". Please choose only one of the following ids: VaalArcBossSideArea - Deals (1-46) to (3-138) Lightning Damage, 50% reduced Skill Range, 10% chance to Shock enemies, Chains +(10-20) Times (page) ShrineArcPlayer - Deals (1-83) to (7-1574) Lightning Damage, 10% chance to Shock enemies, Chains +2 Times (page)	4%
Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Arctic Breath"	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Cold Snap". Please choose only one of the following ids: MonsterColdSnap - Deals (10-2495) to (14-3736) Cold Damage, 10% chance to Freeze enemies (page) WetaColdSnapOnDeath - Deals (11-5871) to (16-8806) Cold Damage, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, Deals (7.4-4077) Base Cold Damage per second, (0-10)% chance to Freeze enemies, (1-100)% more Effect of Chill, Base radius is 3 metres, Base secondary radius is 1.5 metres, Base tertiary radius is 3 metres (page)	4%
Discharge	8%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fireball". Please choose only one of the following ids: MonsterFireball - Deals (10-1810) to (15-2808) Fire Damage, Base radius is 0.9 metres (page) MonsterFireballContactPos - Deals (10-1810) to (15-2808) Fire Damage, Base radius is 0.9 metres (page)	6%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Firestorm". Please choose only one of the following ids: KaomWarriorFireStorm - Base duration is (1.20-1.50) seconds, Deals (2-243) to (3-365) Fire Damage, 25% chance to Ignite enemies, One impact every (0.15-0.12) seconds, Base radius is 1 metre (page) ProphecyFireStorm - Base duration is (1.20-1.50) seconds, Deals (2-84) to (3-126) Fire Damage, 25% chance to Ignite enemies, One impact every (0.12-0.10) seconds, Base radius is 1 metre (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Freezing Pulse". Please choose only one of the following ids: MonsterFreezingPulseWhirlwind - Deals (4-736) to (6-1105) Cold Damage, Projectiles Pierce all Targets (page) WbFreezingPulse - Deals (5-639) to (8-958) Cold Damage, Projectiles Pierce all Targets, (0-60)% increased Cast Speed, (10-40)% increased Projectile Speed (page)	6%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Frost Wall". Please choose only one of the following ids: WbFrostWall - Deals (2-35) to (2-52) Cold Damage, Base duration is (1.60-3.45) seconds, 0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections, +(1-2.7) metres to Wall length (page) ProphecyFrostWall - Deals (2-35) to (2-52) Cold Damage, Base duration is (1.60-3.45) seconds, 0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections, +(2-5.4) metres to Wall length (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ice Nova". Please choose only one of the following ids: BeyondDemonBlindNova - Blind enemies on hit, Base radius is 2.6 metres (page) TormentDaemonBlindNova - Blind enemies on hit, Base radius is 2.6 metres (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ice Spear". Please choose only one of the following ids: MountainGoatmanIceSpear - Deals (134-595) to (201-893) Cold Damage (page) IceSpearRoyale - Deals (14-124) to (21-186) Cold Damage, Fires +2 Projectiles, Second form has 400% increased Critical Strike Chance, Second form has +(30-39)% to Critical Strike Multiplier, Second form has 150% more Projectile Speed (page)	7%
Incinerate	0%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Lightning Warp". Please choose only one of the following ids: LightningWarpHardMode - Deals (1-51) to (19-965) Lightning Damage, +(0-0.4) metres to radius, (0-19)% reduced Duration, Can queue up to 50 uses (page) LightningWarp - Deals (1-51) to (19-965) Lightning Damage, +(0-0.4) metres to radius, (30-49)% reduced Duration, Can queue up to 50 uses (page)	5%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shock Nova". Please choose only one of the following ids: ShrineShockNovaPlayer - Deals (1-56) to (15-1066) Lightning Damage, Base duration is 4.00 seconds (page) NewShockNova - Deals (16-137) to (49-411) Lightning Damage, 15% chance to Shock enemies, Ring deals 50% less Damage (page)	4%
Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Spark". Please choose only one of the following ids: FireTailSpark - Base duration is 2.00 seconds, Deals 6 to 9 Fire Damage, Fires Projectiles in a circle, 25% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 8 additional Projectiles (page) SanctumMiniFlamenado - Base duration is 3.00 seconds, Deals 1 to 1 Fire Damage, 60% reduced Projectile Speed, Fires 10 additional Projectiles (page)	4%
Tempest Shield	6%

Critical Strike Passives

Critical Strike Chance

These passives increase critical strike chance by a percentage.

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+25% to Critical Strike Multiplier
25% increased Critical Strike Chance [1]

Assassination is a notable passive skill that grants increased critical strike chance and additional critical strike multiplier.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Black Oil	Opalescent Oil	Golden Oil	Assassination	+25% to Critical Strike Multiplier 25% increased Critical Strike Chance

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Now Critical Strike Multiplier reduced to +25%. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.0.0	Now Critical Strike Multiplier reduced to +35%.
2.2.0	Critical Strike Multiplier increased from 30% to 45%.
1.3.0	Critical Strike Multiplier reduced from 35% to 30%.
1.2.0	The Witch and Shadow passive tree starting area has been redesigned. Many values have been adjusted.

Bloodthirst Critical Strike Chance (Passive skill) Mean Streak

20% increased Critical Strike Chance
20% increased Damage
+10 to Dexterity and Intelligence [1]

Trickery is a notable passive skill that grants increased damage and increased critical strike chance. It also grants additional dexterity and additional intelligence.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Verdant Oil	Verdant Oil	Black Oil	Trickery	20% increased Critical Strike Chance 20% increased Damage +10 to Dexterity and Intelligence

Version history

Version	Changes
3.3.0	Trickery has been changed from 20% increased elemental damage to 20% increased damage.
2.2.0	Trickery has been changed from 20 Intelligence to 10 Dexterity and 10 Intelligence.
1.2.0	Mental Acuity renamed to Trickery. Gives elemental Damage instead of mana regeneration. The Witch and Shadow passive tree starting area has been redesigned. Many values have been adjusted.
0.9.9c	Swapped Mental Acuity and Spell Power on the passive tree.
Unknown	Introduced to the game.

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Critical Strike Multiplier

These passives increase critical strike multiplier by a percentage.

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+25% to Critical Strike Multiplier
25% increased Critical Strike Chance [1]

Assassination is a notable passive skill that grants increased critical strike chance and additional critical strike multiplier.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Black Oil	Opalescent Oil	Golden Oil	Assassination	+25% to Critical Strike Multiplier 25% increased Critical Strike Chance

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Now Critical Strike Multiplier reduced to +25%. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.0.0	Now Critical Strike Multiplier reduced to +35%.
2.2.0	Critical Strike Multiplier increased from 30% to 45%.
1.3.0	Critical Strike Multiplier reduced from 35% to 30%.
1.2.0	The Witch and Shadow passive tree starting area has been redesigned. Many values have been adjusted.

Critical Strike Multiplier (Passive skill)

Skills supported by Cruelty Support deal more damage over time.

Cruelty is a buff associated with Cruelty SupportCruelty SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: Y
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage with Hits
Cruelty has a Base Duration of 4 seconds
Hits from Supported Skills grant Cruelty
(0-19)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported Skills

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.25-5)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. that grants more damage over time to supported skills.

Mechanics

Cruelty grants more damage over time with supported skills based on the percent of maximum life removed by a damaging hit. It lasts 4 seconds by default, and has a maximum effect of 40% which is unaffected by modifiers to its effect.^[1]

At gem level 20, The Cruelty buff provides 15.85% more damage over time to skills supported by Cruelty when the hit does 0.01% of the monster's ailment threshold and 40% more damage over time to skills supported by Cruelty when the hit does 3.2% of the monster's ailment threshold.^[2] Taking Shaper's 7 million ailment threshold^[3] as an example, a hit of 224k is needed to reach the maximum buff of 40%.

The effect of Cruelty is calculated using the following formula:^{[citation needed]}

$\color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}E={1+M \over 120\%}*\left({D \over L}\right)^{0.2}$

where D is the is the amount of damage caused by a hit, L is the enemy's maximum life, and M is the sum of increases to Cruelty effect.

Sources

Support skill gems

Gem
Cruelty SupportCruelty SupportSupport, Duration Icon: Y Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage with Hits Cruelty has a Base Duration of 4 seconds Hits from Supported Skills grant Cruelty (0-19)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported Skills Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.25-5)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.	18		N/A

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Maximum Cruelty Effect is now 40% (previously 50%).
3.14.0	Introduced to the game as a buff (which not related to the original passive skill)
1.3.0	Removed from the game.^[4]^[5] (Originally grants 25% increased Critical Strike Multiplier)
Before 1.0.0	Cruelty is introduced to the game as a notable passive skill

References

↑ Mark_GGG (Jun 3, 2021). "Cruelty buff damage cap". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved Jun 4, 2021.
↑ Community_Team (April 14, 2021). "GGG, Please explain Cruelty". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
↑ ChuanHsing (February 6, 2022). "The Shaper - PoEDB, Path of Exile Wiki". PoEDB. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
↑ EmmittJ (December 4, 2014). "2.1.0". Github. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
↑ Chris (August 11, 2014). "Tentative 1.2.0 Passive Skill Tree (Raw Data for Tools Authors)". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier [1]

Heartseeker is a notable passive skill that grants additional critical strike multiplier.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Teal Oil	Crimson Oil	Crimson Oil	Heartseeker	+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Critical Strike Multiplier reduced to +30%.
2.2.0	Critical Strike Multiplier increased from 25% to 40%.
1.1.0	Larger groups of critical strike multiplier have had some minor nodes removed. 40% to 25% increased critical strike multiplier. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
0.11.2	Heartseeker has been increased from 30% to 40% increased critical multiplier.
0.11.0	Notable passives with non-unique names have been renamed to their own names.
Before 0.11.0	Introduced to the game.

Sources

Mods

Name	Generation Type		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Notable	Prefix	50	1 Added Passive Skill is Pressure Points	affliction_critical_chance 457

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Critical strike:

Item

Base Item

Stats

Megalomaniac

Adds 4 Passive Skills
Added Small Passive Skills grant Nothing
<3 Random notable mods>CorruptedIf you're going to act like you're better than everyone else, make sure you are.Place into an allocated Medium or Large Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Added passives do not interact with jewel radiuses. Right click to remove from the Socket.

Medium Cluster Jewel

1

Adds 4 Passive Skills
Added Small Passive Skills grant Nothing

<3 Random notable mods>
1 Added Passive Skill is Adrenaline 1 Added Passive Skill is Advance Guard 1 Added Passive Skill is Aerialist 1 Added Passive Skill is Aerodynamics 1 Added Passive Skill is Agent of Destruction 1 Added Passive Skill is Aggressive Defence 1 Added Passive Skill is Alchemist 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Echo 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Guidance 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Inspiration 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Might 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Preservation 1 Added Passive Skill is Ancestral Reach 1 Added Passive Skill is Antifreeze 1 Added Passive Skill is Antivenom 1 Added Passive Skill is Arcane Adept 1 Added Passive Skill is Arcane Heroism 1 Added Passive Skill is Arcane Pyrotechnics 1 Added Passive Skill is Arcing Shot 1 Added Passive Skill is Assert Dominance 1 Added Passive Skill is Astonishing Affliction 1 Added Passive Skill is Basics of Pain 1 Added Passive Skill is Battlefield Dominator 1 Added Passive Skill is Battle-Hardened 1 Added Passive Skill is Blacksmith 1 Added Passive Skill is Blanketed Snow 1 Added Passive Skill is Blast-Freeze 1 Added Passive Skill is Blessed 1 Added Passive Skill is Blessed Rebirth 1 Added Passive Skill is Blizzard Caller 1 Added Passive Skill is Blood Artist 1 Added Passive Skill is Bloodscent 1 Added Passive Skill is Blowback 1 Added Passive Skill is Bodyguards 1 Added Passive Skill is Born of Chaos 1 Added Passive Skill is Brand Loyalty 1 Added Passive Skill is Brewed for Potency 1 Added Passive Skill is Broadside 1 Added Passive Skill is Brush with Death 1 Added Passive Skill is Brutal Infamy 1 Added Passive Skill is Burden Projection 1 Added Passive Skill is Burning Bright 1 Added Passive Skill is Calamitous 1 Added Passive Skill is Call to the Slaughter 1 Added Passive Skill is Capacitor 1 Added Passive Skill is Careful Handling 1 Added Passive Skill is Chilling Presence 1 Added Passive Skill is Chip Away 1 Added Passive Skill is Circling Oblivion 1 Added Passive Skill is Clarity of Purpose 1 Added Passive Skill is Cold-Blooded Killer 1 Added Passive Skill is Cold Conduction 1 Added Passive Skill is Cold to the Core 1 Added Passive Skill is Combat Rhythm 1 Added Passive Skill is Compound Injury 1 Added Passive Skill is Conjured Wall 1 Added Passive Skill is Conservation of Energy 1 Added Passive Skill is Cooked Alive 1 Added Passive Skill is Corrosive Elements 1 Added Passive Skill is Cremator 1 Added Passive Skill is Cry Wolf 1 Added Passive Skill is Cult-Leader 1 Added Passive Skill is Daring Ideas 1 Added Passive Skill is Doedre's Spite 1 Added Passive Skill is Dark Ideation 1 Added Passive Skill is Dark Messenger 1 Added Passive Skill is Darting Movements 1 Added Passive Skill is Deadly Repartee 1 Added Passive Skill is Deep Chill 1 Added Passive Skill is Devastator 1 Added Passive Skill is Disciples 1 Added Passive Skill is Disease Vector 1 Added Passive Skill is Disorienting Display 1 Added Passive Skill is Disorienting Wounds 1 Added Passive Skill is Distilled Perfection 1 Added Passive Skill is Doedre's Apathy 1 Added Passive Skill is Doedre's Gluttony 1 Added Passive Skill is Doryani's Lesson 1 Added Passive Skill is Dragon Hunter 1 Added Passive Skill is Dread March 1 Added Passive Skill is Drive the Destruction 1 Added Passive Skill is Eldritch Inspiration 1 Added Passive Skill is Elegant Form 1 Added Passive Skill is Empowered Envoy 1 Added Passive Skill is Endbringer 1 Added Passive Skill is Enduring Composure 1 Added Passive Skill is Enduring Focus 1 Added Passive Skill is Enduring Ward 1 Added Passive Skill is Energy From Naught 1 Added Passive Skill is Essence Rush 1 Added Passive Skill is Eternal Suffering 1 Added Passive Skill is Evil Eye 1 Added Passive Skill is Expansive Might 1 Added Passive Skill is Expendability 1 Added Passive Skill is Expert Sabotage 1 Added Passive Skill is Exploit Weakness 1 Added Passive Skill is Explosive Force 1 Added Passive Skill is Exposure Therapy 1 Added Passive Skill is Eye of the Storm 1 Added Passive Skill is Eye to Eye 1 Added Passive Skill is Fan of Blades 1 Added Passive Skill is Fan the Flames 1 Added Passive Skill is Fasting 1 Added Passive Skill is Fearsome Warrior 1 Added Passive Skill is Feasting Fiends 1 Added Passive Skill is Feast of Flesh 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury 1 Added Passive Skill is Fettle 1 Added Passive Skill is Fire Attunement 1 Added Passive Skill is Spiteful Presence 1 Added Passive Skill is Flexible Sentry 1 Added Passive Skill is Flow of Life 1 Added Passive Skill is Follow-Through 1 Added Passive Skill is Force Multiplier 1 Added Passive Skill is Fuel the Fight 1 Added Passive Skill is Furious Assault 1 Added Passive Skill is Genius 1 Added Passive Skill is Gladiator's Fortitude 1 Added Passive Skill is Graceful Execution 1 Added Passive Skill is Grand Design 1 Added Passive Skill is Grim Oath 1 Added Passive Skill is Introspection 1 Added Passive Skill is Guerilla Tactics 1 Added Passive Skill is Haemorrhage 1 Added Passive Skill is Haunting Shout 1 Added Passive Skill is Heart of Iron 1 Added Passive Skill is Heavy Hitter 1 Added Passive Skill is Heraldry 1 Added Passive Skill is Hex Breaker 1 Added Passive Skill is Hibernator 1 Added Passive Skill is Hit and Run 1 Added Passive Skill is Holistic Health 1 Added Passive Skill is Holy Conquest 1 Added Passive Skill is Hound's Mark 1 Added Passive Skill is Hulking Corpses 1 Added Passive Skill is Improvisor 1 Added Passive Skill is Insatiable Killer 1 Added Passive Skill is Inspired Oppression 1 Added Passive Skill is Insulated 1 Added Passive Skill is Invigorating Portents 1 Added Passive Skill is Iron Breaker 1 Added Passive Skill is Lasting Impression 1 Added Passive Skill is Lead By Example 1 Added Passive Skill is Life from Death 1 Added Passive Skill is Liquid Inspiration 1 Added Passive Skill is Lord of Drought 1 Added Passive Skill is Low Tolerance 1 Added Passive Skill is Mage Bane 1 Added Passive Skill is Mage Hunter 1 Added Passive Skill is Magnifier 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Mastery 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Momentum 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess 1 Added Passive Skill is Master of Command 1 Added Passive Skill is Master of Fire 1 Added Passive Skill is Master of the Maelstrom 1 Added Passive Skill is Master the Fundamentals 1 Added Passive Skill is Mender's Wellspring 1 Added Passive Skill is Militarism 1 Added Passive Skill is Mindfulness 1 Added Passive Skill is Misery Everlasting 1 Added Passive Skill is Mob Mentality 1 Added Passive Skill is Molten One's Mark 1 Added Passive Skill is Mystical Ward 1 Added Passive Skill is Natural Vigour 1 Added Passive Skill is Non-Flammable 1 Added Passive Skill is Numbing Elixir 1 Added Passive Skill is One with the Shield 1 Added Passive Skill is Openness 1 Added Passive Skill is Opportunistic Fusilade 1 Added Passive Skill is Overlord 1 Added Passive Skill is Overshock 1 Added Passive Skill is Overwhelming Malice 1 Added Passive Skill is Paralysis 1 Added Passive Skill is Peace Amidst Chaos 1 Added Passive Skill is Peak Vigour 1 Added Passive Skill is Phlebotomist 1 Added Passive Skill is Powerful Assault 1 Added Passive Skill is Powerful Ward 1 Added Passive Skill is Practiced Caster 1 Added Passive Skill is Destructive Aspect 1 Added Passive Skill is Precise Focus 1 Added Passive Skill is Precise Retaliation 1 Added Passive Skill is Pressure Points 1 Added Passive Skill is Primordial Bond 1 Added Passive Skill is Prismatic Carapace 1 Added Passive Skill is Prismatic Dance 1 Added Passive Skill is Prismatic Heart 1 Added Passive Skill is Prodigious Defence 1 Added Passive Skill is Provocateur 1 Added Passive Skill is Pure Agony 1 Added Passive Skill is Pure Aptitude 1 Added Passive Skill is Electric Presence 1 Added Passive Skill is Pure Guile 1 Added Passive Skill is Pure Might 1 Added Passive Skill is Purposeful Harbinger 1 Added Passive Skill is Quick and Deadly 1 Added Passive Skill is Quick Getaway 1 Added Passive Skill is Rapid Infusion 1 Added Passive Skill is Rattling Bellow 1 Added Passive Skill is Raze and Pillage 1 Added Passive Skill is Readiness 1 Added Passive Skill is Remarkable 1 Added Passive Skill is Rend 1 Added Passive Skill is Renewal 1 Added Passive Skill is Repeater 1 Added Passive Skill is Replenishing Presence 1 Added Passive Skill is Riot Queller 1 Added Passive Skill is Rote Reinforcement 1 Added Passive Skill is Rot-Resistant 1 Added Passive Skill is Rotten Claws 1 Added Passive Skill is Run Through 1 Added Passive Skill is Sadist 1 Added Passive Skill is Sage 1 Added Passive Skill is Sap Psyche 1 Added Passive Skill is Savage Response 1 Added Passive Skill is Savour the Moment 1 Added Passive Skill is Scintillating Idea 1 Added Passive Skill is Seal Mender 1 Added Passive Skill is Second Skin 1 Added Passive Skill is Seeker Runes 1 Added Passive Skill is Self-Control 1 Added Passive Skill is Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 1 Added Passive Skill is Septic Spells 1 Added Passive Skill is Set and Forget 1 Added Passive Skill is Shifting Shadow 1 Added Passive Skill is Shrieking Bolts 1 Added Passive Skill is Skeletal Atrophy 1 Added Passive Skill is Skullbreaker 1 Added Passive Skill is Sleepless Sentries 1 Added Passive Skill is Smite the Weak 1 Added Passive Skill is Smoking Remains 1 Added Passive Skill is Snaring Spirits 1 Added Passive Skill is Snowstorm 1 Added Passive Skill is Special Reserve 1 Added Passive Skill is Spiked Concoction 1 Added Passive Skill is Spring Back 1 Added Passive Skill is Volatile Presence 1 Added Passive Skill is Steady Torment 1 Added Passive Skill is Stoic Focus 1 Added Passive Skill is Storm Drinker 1 Added Passive Skill is Stormrider 1 Added Passive Skill is Storm's Hand 1 Added Passive Skill is Streamlined 1 Added Passive Skill is Strike Leader 1 Added Passive Skill is Stubborn Student 1 Added Passive Skill is Student of Decay 1 Added Passive Skill is Sublime Form 1 Added Passive Skill is Sublime Sensation 1 Added Passive Skill is Mortifying Aspect 1 Added Passive Skill is Surefooted Striker 1 Added Passive Skill is Surging Vitality 1 Added Passive Skill is Surprise Sabotage 1 Added Passive Skill is Tempered Arrowheads 1 Added Passive Skill is Tempt the Storm 1 Added Passive Skill is Thaumophage 1 Added Passive Skill is Thunderstruck 1 Added Passive Skill is Titanic Swings 1 Added Passive Skill is Touch of Cruelty 1 Added Passive Skill is Towering Threat 1 Added Passive Skill is Uncompromising 1 Added Passive Skill is Unholy Grace 1 Added Passive Skill is Unspeakable Gifts 1 Added Passive Skill is Untouchable 1 Added Passive Skill is Unwavering Focus 1 Added Passive Skill is Unwaveringly Evil 1 Added Passive Skill is Vast Power 1 Added Passive Skill is Righteous Path 1 Added Passive Skill is Veteran Defender 1 Added Passive Skill is Vicious Bite 1 Added Passive Skill is Vicious Guard 1 Added Passive Skill is Vicious Skewering 1 Added Passive Skill is Victim Maker 1 Added Passive Skill is Vile Reinvigoration 1 Added Passive Skill is Vital Focus 1 Added Passive Skill is Vivid Hues 1 Added Passive Skill is Wall of Muscle 1 Added Passive Skill is Warning Call 1 Added Passive Skill is Wasting Affliction 1 Added Passive Skill is Weight Advantage 1 Added Passive Skill is Evil Eye 1 Added Passive Skill is Wicked Pall 1 Added Passive Skill is Widespread Destruction 1 Added Passive Skill is Will Shaper 1 Added Passive Skill is Wind-up 1 Added Passive Skill is Frantic Aspect 1 Added Passive Skill is Winter Prowler 1 Added Passive Skill is Wizardry 1 Added Passive Skill is Wound Aggravation 1 Added Passive Skill is Wrapped in Flame

Corrupted

Version history

The passive was first introduced to the game during (or before) open beta in version 0.11.0, and removed from the game in version 1.2.0. It was re-introduced to the game in version 3.10.0 as another critical strike related passive. Before its first removal, it has the same mod and icon as Heartseeker, which both grant +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier during version 1.1.

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Now has 30% increased Critical Strike Chance (down from 40%), the mod now requires ilvl 50 to spawn (up from 1) [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.10.0	Re-introduced to the game: it grants 40% increased Critical Strike Chance; Your Critical Strikes have a 5% chance to deal Double Damage [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
1.2.0	Removed from the game. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.] (based on comparing Passive Skill Tree JSON published by official and unofficial sources)
1.1.0	Now grants +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier (down from 30%) [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.] (based on comparing Passive Skill Tree JSON preserved by unofficial sources)
0.11.2	The Pressure Points cluster has had its critical strike chance nodes increased from 15% to 25%.
0.11.0	Notable passives with non-unique names have been renamed to their own names.
Before 0.11.0	Introduced to the game.

+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier [1]

Throatseeker is a notable passive skill that grants additional critical strike multiplier.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Amber Oil	Violet Oil	Opalescent Oil	Throatseeker	+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier

Version history

Version	Changes
2.2.0	Critical Strike Multiplier increased from 20% to 30%.
2.0.0	Critical Strike Multiplier reduced from 25% to 20%.

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Miscellany

Template:Passive table header Enemy Critical Strike Multiplier Reduction

Your hits can't be Evaded
Never deal Critical Strikes [1]

Great tacticians learn that consistency often trumps potential.

Resolute Technique (often referred to as RT) is a keystone passive skill that will raise your chance to hit to 100%, ignoring all accuracy and evasion stats of the attacker and defender respectively, at the cost of preventing you from dealing critical strikes.

Mechanics

Because elemental damage will no longer critically strike, most elemental status ailments will not apply unless another source adds chance. Skills such as Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 5 Mana
Attack Damage: (165-269)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-269)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.25% chance to Freeze enemies
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
+0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range
35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
(10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (5-100)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Burning ArrowBurning ArrowAttack, Projectile, Fire, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-12) Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (200-300)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (200-300)%
Projectile Speed: 3260Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.Adds (3-201) to (4-302) Fire Damage to Attacks against Ignited Enemies
25% chance to Ignite enemies
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Damage with IgnitePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have a built-in chance to inflict elemental status ailments, and for example, targets cursed with ConductivityConductivitySpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (24-50) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their lightning resistance and giving them a chance to be shocked when hit.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have -(17-36)% to Lightning Resistance
Hits against Cursed Enemies have +25% chance to Shock

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Shocks on Cursed enemies have (1-20)% increased DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have a chance to be shocked when hit with any lightning damage.

Sources of guaranteed critical strikes, such as TrypanonTrypanon
Great MalletTwo Hand Mace
Physical Damage: 43-88
Critical Strike Chance: 100.00%
Attacks per Second: 0.62
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 40, 131 Str30% increased Stun Duration on Enemies50% reduced Attack Speed
This Weapon's Critical Strike Chance is 100%"Though ingenius instruments have been found,
it seems surgery before thaumaturgy
was not so delicate."
- Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546 and the Diamond Shrine, have no effect on a character with the Resolute Technique.

Spells inherently can't be evaded, so they don't benefit from Resolute Technique, but it still takes away their ability to crit.

Attack hits can still be blocked, even with Resolute Technique.

Location

Resolute Technique is located on the west edge of the tree, across the Disemboweling passive cluster.

Class	Distance from start
Marauder	10
Templar	10
Scion	14
Duelist	16
Witch	17
Ranger	23
Shadow	24

Related unique items

Item

Base Item

Stats

Skin of the Lords

Movement Speed: -3%Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully.
Only they may grace His flesh.

Simple Robe

1

Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)

<Random Keystone>
Acrobatics Ancestral Bond Arrow Dancing Avatar of Fire Blood Magic Call to Arms Conduit Crimson Dance Divine Shield Hex Master Eldritch Battery Elemental Equilibrium Elemental Overload Eternal Youth Ghost Dance Ghost Reaver Glancing Blows Iron Grip Iron Reflexes Iron Will Lethe Shade Magebane Mind Over Matter Minion Instability Pain Attunement Perfect Agony Point Blank Precise Technique Resolute Technique Runebinder Imbalanced Guard Solipsism Supreme Ego The Agnostic The Impaler Unwavering Stance Vaal Pact Versatile Combatant Wicked Ward Wind Dancer Zealot's Oath

Corrupted

Augyre

Sceptre
Physical Damage: (140-160) to (212.8-243.2)
Critical Strike Chance: (11.16-12.40)%
Attacks per Second: (1.38-1.44)
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 68, 104 Str, 122 Int40% increased Elemental Damage(180-220)% increased Physical Damage
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
(80-100)% increased Critical Strike Chance
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Every 16 seconds you gain Elemental Overload for 8 seconds
You have Resolute Technique while you do not have Elemental Overload
100% increased Physical Damage while you have Resolute TechniqueWhen the world spins out of control,
the safest place to be is in the centre.

Void Sceptre

68

40% increased Elemental Damage(180-220)% increased Physical Damage
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
(80-100)% increased Critical Strike Chance
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Every 16 seconds you gain Elemental Overload for 8 seconds
You have Resolute Technique while you do not have Elemental Overload
100% increased Physical Damage while you have Resolute Technique

Version history

Version	Changes
0.9.4	Introduced to the game.

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Other Passives affecting Critical Strike

Other Passives affecting Critical Strike include Critical Strike for Spells Passives, Dual Wielding Passives, One-Handed Melee Weapons Passives, Two-Handed Melee Weapons and Specific Weapons (Bows, Claws, Daggers, Staves, Maces, Swords and Wands) Passives.

Effect on DPS

Ignoring Accuracy/Evasion and Armour, the DPS contributed by critical strikes is

net DPS = base DPS + base DPS * base Critical Strike Chance * (1 + increased Critical Strike Chance) * (0.5 + 1.5 * increased Critical Strike Multiplier)

With no increased Critical modifiers, 1% base critical strike chance corresponds to 0.5% increased damage from criticals.

The marginal net DPS with respect to increased Critical Strike Chance is

marginal DPS = base DPS * base Critical Strike Chance * (0.5 + increased Critical Strike Multiplier * 1.5)

At a typical base Critical Strike Chance of 5% and no increased Critical Strike Multiplier, 100% increased Critical Strike Chance corresponds to 2.5% increased damage from criticals.
With 100% increased Critical Strike Multiplier, this increases fourfold to 10% increased damage from criticals.

The marginal net DPS with respect to increased Critical Strike Multiplier is

marginal DPS * base Critical Strike Chance * (1 + increased Critical Strike Chance) * 1.5 * increased Critical Strike Multiplier

At a typical base Critical Strike Chance of 5% and no increased Critical Strike Chance, 100% increased Critical Strike Multiplier corresponds to 7.5% increased damage from criticals.
With 100% increased Critical Strike Chance, this doubles to 15% increased damage from criticals.

Note that this does not take into account effects such as status ailments.

[CrueltyCap-1] Mark_GGG (Jun 3, 2021). "Cruelty buff damage cap". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved Jun 4, 2021.

[CrueltyCalculations-2] Community_Team (April 14, 2021). "GGG, Please explain Cruelty". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[ShaperAilmentThreshold-3] ChuanHsing (February 6, 2022). "The Shaper - PoEDB, Path of Exile Wiki". PoEDB. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

[4] EmmittJ (December 4, 2014). "2.1.0". Github. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

[5] Chris (August 11, 2014). "Tentative 1.2.0 Passive Skill Tree (Raw Data for Tools Authors)". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

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Critical Strike Multiplier

Critical Strike Chance

Weapon Critical Strike Potential

Spell Critical Strike Potential

Critical Strike Passives

Critical Strike Chance

Anointment

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Anointment

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Critical Strike Multiplier

Anointment

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Mechanics

Sources

Support skill gems

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References

Anointment

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See also

Sources

Mods

Unique items

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Anointment

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Miscellany

Mechanics

Location

Related unique items

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Other Passives affecting Critical Strike

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