critical hits are not worth it..

[MasterWeeb]

when you down a boss/enemy for a critical you are better off ignoring the critical and just slap him.
criticals dont do anywhere near the damage than normal attacking does in the time the enemy is down..
why do criticals do so little damage?

[grandma_moses]

Almost as if there are weapons that deal higher crit damage for which it is worth it, and weapon that do not for which it might not be worth it to crit, don't you think?

Swapping in a heavy crit weapon after a poise break is one of the many things that people mean when they say 'get gud'.

[Ulmace]

depends on you weapon type

[Tao314zdin]

Crits are definitely not that powerful as say in DS3, but:
- you can 1st get a few hits in and then use the crit - that way you get more damage in
- you also get a free time during their recovery to heal or whatnot

Guess they just observed how previously some parrialbe bosses were completely destroyed by crits and decided to change that.

Imagine Malenia who can be riposted after each parry for the old-style 2-3K damage? Too brutal.

[Baron01]

Well, there are on-crit effects, which should be considered even if you go for staggered critical hit. There are also enemies that are must susceptible to critical hits than others, example is Giant Land Octopus that receives massive amount of critical damage from stagger criticals. I always opt form critical hits if nothing else it gives me a bit of time to relax and compose myself.
If you want to maximize critical hits, look for weapons with critical multiplier. This is not great as most weapon have 100% multiplier, few have 110% and only very few has 140%, which means these high crit weapons might not fit into your build.
You can always use Dagger Talisman to increase your critical hits but I think there are better Talismans.

[MOSLEY]

To get the most damage you want to hit the boss a few times then crit.

[Tjrohie]

getting a crit on a boss didn't seem too useful to me, more so since dual wielding, more still if you have effects like bleed or frost. But I've found if I want to re engage a buff or I need to heal I can take a swing then crit and buff/heal on the recovery

[Amereth]

i am playing with a pure faith build focussing on crits, i can reach numbers between 4k-5k if i have all the buffs, but average dmg is around 2.5k most of the time.

crit do feel inferior to casting a spell or an ashe of war, considering that some of those things can reach 10k +