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{{quote|''Show me something that beats a natural twenty and I'll show you '''hateful lies!'''''|[[Munchkin|Red Mage]], ''[[
In a game which relies heavily on numerical statistics, particularly an [[RPG]], a character will have a chance of doing [[For Massive Damage|noticeably increased damage]] with an attack if [[Random Number God|the right number comes up]]. The likelihood of this occurring may or may not be affected by the aforementioned stats, and sometimes magic may be given this little perk as well. Sometimes this is accompanied by different damage text or special effects (which may be more than just graphics).
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** Fire mages make critical hits such a common occurrence that there's a (useful) talent that only activates when you get two in a row.
** Blizzard policy is that the chance of a critical should not, except where cooldowns or short-term talent effects are involved, ever reach 50%. Since if it did, there would no longer be a critical hit system in place. There would just be critical failures.
* [[Super Smash Bros.]] also had one even before Marth got his aptly named Final Smash: Mr. Game&Watch has a move where he whacks the target while holding up a number ranging from 1 to 9. The damage and sideeffects vary, but the nine is a hard hitting attack that certainly qualifies as a Critical Hit.
** Also, while not necessarily determined by luck (just good spacing), some characters' attacks are more powerful at particular points in their attacks' hitboxes (areas of effect for attacks). For instance, Marth's attacks are most powerful at the very tip of his blade; one well-placed forward smash can kill opponents as early as 50% or so, depending on the attack's position on the stage.
** In the same vein, you have [[Lightning Bruiser|Captain Falcon's]] "[[Fan Nickname|Knee of Justice]]" as his forward-A aerial.
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** It should be noted that LUK builds are also fairly popular with hunters, who have falcon companions. The bird's signature attack is a multi-hit [[Ao E]] strike called Blitz Beat, which can be activated by chance on a normal attack at a chance roughly equivalent to the crit rate. What this means is that a DEX-LUK Hunter, properly buffed for attack speed by allies and potions, can have a fairly high chance of each shot essentially doing six times the normal damage. That could itself be considered a Critical Hit.
** There's also a somewhat popular LUK build for Knights, utilizing the Muramasa, a powerful two-handed sword that increases attack speed by 8% and crit rate by 30%, with the downside of a small chance of Cursing yourself. A Knight using this method would keep his LUK just above his level, preventing the Curse status from taking effect and further boosting his crit rate.
* Every ''[[Wild Arms]]'' game uses critical hits in some way or another, but the [[Wild Arms 4|fourth]] and [[Wild
* ''The [[Super Robot Wars]]'' series uses critical hits, they do either 1.2 or 1.5 times the damage depending on the game. There's also a spirit command in some of the games that makes every attack made by that unit a critical attack for one turn.
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' has its weapons have a fixed chance for criticals, with Axes having the highest natural chance (30%). ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' added the Professional specialist, which upped the critical hit chance proportional to its level (and it caps at 100), and the Item World's Item Assembly can up the critical hit chance. The Male Warrior dealt increased critical hit damage when at 25% health, and the Berserker unit in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' can get an evility that gives him guaranteed Critical hits when he has an axe.
** ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' also has an unusual in-story example. Very early in the game, a Prinny sneaks up behind Rozalin while she's not paying attention, and drops a bomb on her. Adell cracks the fourth wall to mention that it's this trope.
* Critical hits are essential to Warriors and Rogues' special attacks in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', since many special effects (like stun, knock-down, bleeding, etc.) are only triggered if the special attack lands a critical hit. It is counter-balanced by armor penetration, since weapons that have high probability of a crit (swords and daggers) have low armor penetration and vice versa (axes and warhammers).
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', a natural 20 was actually a prophesy, for when Roy was to know to take a shot at a moment when such a roll was needed most.
* Spoofed in ''[[8-Bit Theater
* In a joke in [http://deathbychibi.comicgenesis.com/index.html this] webcomic, which the author plans to reuse in the reboot, a character rolls a natural 20, but it's for initiative, and is pissed there's no such thing as critical initiative. Made funnier by the fact that some games do have critical initiative (picking when you go instead of going first).
* Spoofed in the webcomic [http://www.commissionedcomic.com/ Commissioned], the main characters have DnD sessions where it switches from the POV of their characters to them, and occasionally they try something completely off the wall... and end up rolling a natural 20. [http://www.commissionedcomic.com/?p=2134 this comic] is a more recent example even though it's actually a bluff check.
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