

There are also attacks that have a guaranteed Critical rate, such as Acrobat Kick and Yabusame Shot, the second of which pierces, preventing resistances from nullifying the Critical hit. Some attacks, such as Carnage Fang, have their base power increased if they are a critical hit, in addition to the standard 50% bonus. This effect allows critical hits to land even when a demon resists an element, though it still does not bypass guarding. The Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Critical makes all attacks, even magic attacks, score a critical hit. It is possible for the user's Critical rate to be maximized up to 100%, guaranteeing Critical hits.īy default, all attacks in the game follow the user's own Critical rate, with the only exception being that certain skills can have their rate increased.Ī special set of skills, which use the regular magical affinities (such as Fire), but are Strength-based, have the chance to land Critical hits.Ĭritical hits cannot be landed if the attack is resisted or guarded against. Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse Skills boosting Critical Rate SkillĬritical hits roughly land x1.5 the normal damage. Scoring a critical hit may also grant the user of the skill the Smirk status. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Skills Boosting Critical Rate Skill In Persona 5 Royal, the passive skill Samurai Spirit boosts the user's evasion against Critical hits it can only be accessed by equipping the Gauntlet, an accessory only available in the Shin Megami Tensei IV Costume DLC. If the user has the Passive skill Sharp Student, their odds of being struck with a Critical hit will be halved. For example, an attack with a 10% critical rate and 80% accuracy would actually have an 8% chance of landing a Critical. Their Luck also affects their chances of evading critical hits from an enemy attack.Īlthough indirect, the attack's accuracy also affects the Critical rate of skills.

The Critical rate of the user's attacks are affected by their Luck stat. Although those are generally the same, there are special cases where skills with other affinities are calculated with the Strength stat, instead of the usual Magic stat. In the Persona series the targeted enemy will be Downed, and the user will be able to access 1 More!.Ĭritical hits can only apply to skills that calculate the Strength stat for damage, rather than those that use the Physical affinity. In games that use the Press Turn system such as Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Critical hits will be able to grant multiple actions by using up half a turn icon (causing a normal turn icon to start flashing). In that case, the damage of the attack will be multiplied by x1.5.


There is a small chance for certain types of attacks to land a Critical hit on the enemy.
