Spell critical

Introduction

Your spells can have a chance to deal double damage - this is called a spell critical. The damage number on the screen is shown with a larger font when spell critical is scored.

Each damage type has its own chance and the base chance for each type to do double damage is 0%. Magical Training, a feat automatically granted to Alchemists, Artificers, Clerics, Druids, Favored Souls, Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards increases the chance by 5% for all damage types. Class enhancements, feats, Spell Lore items, Epic Destinies, and other effects can further increase your chances to score a critical hit but most of them are selective with the damage types.

Critical hits dealt by the spell are rolled each time a damage effect is applied rather than only when the spell is cast. For Fireball, spell critical is rolled and applied per enemy within the area of effect. For Magic Missile, spell critical is rolled and applied per tick of damage.

Spell criticals are applied only on straight spell damage to your enemy HP (or healing on your ally). Your Jump buff doesn't crit and give greater bonus to your skill. Your Energy Drain doesn't crit and give 6 negative levels instead of 4.

Increasing spell critical chance

Feats

• Magical Training +5%
• Mental Toughness +1%
• Improved Mental Toughness +1%
• Epic Mental Toughness +1%
• Energy Criticals 3% each up to 9%
• Chaos Domain 3%
• Elemental Form Specialty 2% with other elements

Enhancements

• Alchemist
  • Apothecary enhancements up to +8% chance to critically hit with Positive and Negative Spells.
  • Bombardier enhancements up to +4% chance to critically hit with Acid, Cold, Electric, Fire, and Poison spells
• Artificer
  • Arcanotechnician enhancements up to +4% chance to critically hit with Electric, Fire, and Force spells
• Bard
  • Spellsinger enhancements up to +10%? chance to critically hit with sonic and positive spells needs verification
  • Stormsinger enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Electric and Cold spells
  • Warchanter enhancements up to +6% chance to critically hit with spells
• Cleric
  • Dark Apostate enhancements up to +5% chance to critically hit with Negative, Light, and Alignment spells
  • Divine Disciple enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Light, Negative Energy, and Alignment spells or Fire, Cold, Acid, Electric, & Force spells
  • Radiant Servant enhancements up to +12% chance to critically hit with Positive Energy spells plus Every fifth positive energy spell you cast deals maximum healing and has +50% chance to critical
• Druid
  • Blightcaster enhancements up to +4% chance to critically hit with Physical, Negative, Poison and Acid spells
  • Nature's Warrior Casting Howl of Terror now grants you the effect Howl of the Hunter for 10 seconds which grants a 5% bonus to spell critical chance
  • Season's Herald enhancements up to +8% chance to critically hit with Acid, Cold, Electric, Earth and Water spells or Fire, Light, Positive, Force and Sonic spells
• Favored Soul
  • Angel of Vengeance enhancements up to +8% chance to critically hit with Fire, Force, Light, and Physical damage spells and when you fall below 80% health, you gain a +1% Sacred bonus to Spell Critical chance for 20 seconds
  • Beacon of Hope enhancements up to +14% chance to critically hit with Positive Energy spells
• Sorcerer
  • Air Savant enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Electric and Sonic spells
  • Earth Savant enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Acid spells
  • Fire Savant enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Fire spells
  • Water Savant enhancements up to +10% chance to critically hit with Cold spells
  • Sorcerer Eldritch Knight enhancements up to +5% chance to critically hit with spells
• Wizard
  • Archmage enhancements up to +6% chance to critically hit with Acid, Cold, Electric, Fire, Force and Untyped spells. Arcane Supremacy: +25% Spell Critical Chance for 12 seconds may trigger only once every 90 seconds
  • Wizard Eldritch Knight enhancements up to +5% chance to critically hit with spells
  • Pale Master enhancements up to +8% chance to critically hit with Negative Energy spells
• Warlock
  • Soul Eater enhancements up to +8% chance to critically hit with spells
• Universal
  • Feydark Illusionist enhancements up to +6% chance to critically hit with Force spells and up to +4% Universal Spell Critical Chance
• Racial
  • Tiefling enhancements up to +5% chance to critically hit with Fire spells

Items

• Spell Lore enchantment found on Category:Spell Lore items
• Insightful spell lore found on Category:Insightful Spell Lore items
• Exceptional Universal Spell Lore found on Category:Exceptional Universal Spell Lore items
• Artifact bonus on Named item sets
• Unique item effects like Sky Attunement, Sea Attunement and Elemental Spiral
• Elyd Charm

Filigree

• Elemental Avatar up to +5% spell crit chance
• Frozen Wanderer 2 Pieces: +5% Cold Spell Crit chance? needs verification

Increasing spell critical damage

Spell criticals usually deal double damage, or +100% extra damage. Few abilities exist that can increase this extra damage.

Items

• Enhancement
  • Legendary Green Steel 20%
  • Dinosaur Bone crafting 20%
  • Spell Critical Damage items

• Insight
  • Legendary Green Steel 10%
  • Dinosaur Bone crafting 10%

• Quality
  • Legendary Green Steel 5%
  • Dinosaur Bone crafting 5%

• Exceptional
  • Reflection of Wave 5% cold

• Festive
  • Night Horrors enchantment 25% Festive clicky

Enhancements

• Alchemist
  • Apothecary enhancements While your Reaction is Verdanite, +2% Positive & Negative Spell Critical Damage.
  • Bombardier enhancements While in Pyrite Reaction, you gain +2% Fire, Cold, Electric, Acid, and Poison Spell Critical Damage.
• Cleric
  • Divine Disciple enhancements Acceptance: +5% Spell Critical Damage with Fire, Cold, Acid, Electric, and Force Spells or Condemnation: +5% Spell Critical Damage with Light, Negative, and Alignment Spells
  • Radiant Servant enhancements Divine Aid: up to +9% Positive Spell Crit Damage
• Druid
  • Nature's Warrior enhancements Casting Howl of Terror now grants you the effect Howl of the Hunter for 10 seconds which grants 15% to spell crit damage
• Favored Soul
  • Angel of Vengeance - When you fall below 40% health, you gain a +50% Sacred bonus Spell Critical Damage Multiplier with Fire, Force, Light, and Physical damage spells for 20 seconds
• Sorcerer
  • Sorcerer Eldritch Knight enhancements Knight's Transformation: When you successfully hit with an Eldritch Strike you gain Knight's Strike: +3% Critical Spell Damage for 30 seconds.
• Wizard
  • Arcane Supremacy +100% Spell Critical Damage. 12 seconds duration. This effect may trigger only once every 90 seconds.
  • Wizard Eldritch Knight enhancements Knight's Transformation: When you successfully hit with an Eldritch Strike you gain Knight's Strike: +3% Critical Spell Damage for 30 seconds.
• Warlock
  • Tainted Scholar enhancements, up to as much as +60% as a permanent passive from cores.

Epic Destinies

• Primal Avatar
  • Regrowth: Using a rest shrine now grants Nature's Resurgence which grants a +5% damage bonus to all spell criticals for the length of the quest

Feats

• Epic Feats
  • Master of Knowledge: +2% per stack of Mental Honing, up to +60% max
  • Wellspring of Power: +20% for 30 seconds
• Epic Destiny Feats
  • Epic Spell Power: +15% one element, +5% all other elements
• Legendary Feats:
  • +15% one element Spell Critical Damage, +10% universal spell critical damage like Scion of the Plane of Fire or Scion of Celestia.
  • Scion of Limbo may give +20% to all for a short time

Filigree

• Coalesced Magic 1% spell critical damage and 3 pieces set give additional +4%
• Reverberation 4 Pieces: +3% Sonic Spell Crit Damage
• Soulweaver +2% Positive Spell Crit Damage and 5 Pieces: +5% Positive Spell Crit Damage
• Angelic Wings 5 Pieces: +5% Light Spell Critical Damage
• Dragonsoul 3 Pieces: +5% Spell Critical Damage and 5 Pieces: +5% Spell Critical Damage
• Serpent 3 Pieces: +5% Poison Spell Critical Damage