critical hit
Lucky strike bonus
A critical hit is a strike in games—especially video games and tabletop RPGs—that deals significantly more damage than normal, typically triggered by chance or hitting a weak point.
I rolled a natural 20 and scored a critical hit.
Often shortened to crit.
The term has spread to describe any unexpectedly powerful success: That presentation was a critical hit with the investors.
- headshotShoulders-up photograph
- coup de grâceMerciful finishing blow
- deathblowFinal, fatal stroke
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- impactForceful contact or consequence
backstab · weak spot · one-hit kill · proc · random chance · wound · hit points · dice roll · natural 20 · attack roll · crit · fatality · initiative · damage · blow · chance · hit or miss · special move
- damage dealersdamage dealer, glass cannon, carry, ADC, nuke
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- game soundssound effects, music, soundtrack, ambient sound, background music
- game statsscore attack, top score, average score, kill count, death count
- RPG mechanicsmin-maxing, level up, XP, HP, power leveling
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