Highest damage critical attack?

[The Lorax on Crack]

Using misericorde and can't seem to oneshot. What am I missing?

[Brisby]

try dagger talisman and always crit from the front if you can

[The Lorax on Crack]

do front repostes do more dmg?

[Brisby]

yeah, first damage comes from the stab animation then when your character pulls out the weapon from whoever you are riposting you do big damage if that makes sense
try parrying, easiest way to get front ripostes

[76561199392198891]

In my experience crit damage isn't all too spectacular in Elden Ring if you don't really "gear up" for it.

I get pretty solid results with attaching Royal Knight's Resolve (RKR) to the Misericorde while infusing it with an element (depending on enemy resistances and my stats).

Further, equipping dagger talisman and other damage boosting stuff (ritual sword/scorpion charm, etc) increases your damage by a fair amount.

That alone should do some chunky damage, especially if you can sneak in RKR before the (frontal) crit. For example, by using it and then parrying an enemy.

If that is not enough, putting a shrouding tear (matching your elemental infusion) in your flask and boosting yourself, e.g., with Golden Vow can give you that extra edge.

However, considering the HP pools of some enemies, oneshotting them will be very hard to achieve in the later stages of the game.

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Papi Thickums:

do front repostes do more dmg?

Yes. And I think by 20-25%.