Critical Hit skill & bosses

[MordecairRaisin]

There has been few topics about this skill, but I have not seen any that says it increases Critical Hit damage or change against bosses. Does anyone have any confirmation about this issue?

[Overseer]

The critcal property of your firearms has nothing to do with damage. Damage is only affected by the damage value of your weapon and hit zones on targets. Since you cannot insta-kill a boss with a projectile your weapons critical value is meaningless.

[MordecairRaisin]

Oh great, points well wasted. Thanks for reply.

[HiTmAn]

crit give extra dmg on head shot.. weak spot only not owerall dmg

[MordecairRaisin]

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

crit give extra dmg on head shot.. weak spot only not owerall dmg

So are you saying that Critical Hit skill increase Critical Damage against boss weakspots?

[Overseer]

Originally posted by Lesolaattori:

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

crit give extra dmg on head shot.. weak spot only not owerall dmg

So are you saying that Critical Hit skill increase Critical Damage against boss weakspots?

The critical hit skill that you can equip increases the chance of your weapon to land a critical hit. By itself it does nothing and is not related to any damage.
Also in RE critical and damage are two different things. You either land a hit that is critical or it deals damage. You can test this on a grounded zombie by perfoming a stomp. The stomp is 100% critical. But it only deals damage on non-critical hit zones or when the zombie wears a helmet. Some zombies survive even the most damaging attacks, but a single stomp on their head kills them instantly. Only the Bolt Action Sniper Rifle, Piers AMR and Adas Crossbow have a 100% crit chance. With those weapons the crit skill is also useless.

[HiTmAn]

Originally posted by Lesolaattori:

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

crit give extra dmg on head shot.. weak spot only not owerall dmg

So are you saying that Critical Hit skill increase Critical Damage against boss weakspots?

u have just better chance to crit.. but what i think is way more useful to use scavenger for ammo insted and have consistant dmg insted of realy on wepon to maybe crit... its more viable

[MordecairRaisin]

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

Originally posted by Lesolaattori:

So are you saying that Critical Hit skill increase Critical Damage against boss weakspots?

u have just better chance to crit.. but what i think is way more useful to use scavenger for ammo insted and have consistant dmg insted of realy on wepon to maybe crit... its more viable

So no effects on bosses, which is kinda sad as I bought this skill becouse I thought it would help against bosses. Thanks for clarifications reply.

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

Originally posted by Lesolaattori:

So are you saying that Critical Hit skill increase Critical Damage against boss weakspots?

u have just better chance to crit.. but what i think is way more useful to use scavenger for ammo insted and have consistant dmg insted of realy on wepon to maybe crit... its more viable

Well I was hoping this would make boss fights way easier by helping to deal damage to them, staggering them and such. Guess it is better to take damage boosters for damage then =/

[Overseer]

If you really want to use the crit skill make sure to go for headshots on more regular enemies. Many enemies have a specific hitzone where they can die instantly. That is where the crit applies.
Chris' 909 handgun for example is ridiculous, even more so with the crit skill. Look here for values:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=135778401

[MordecairRaisin]

Originally posted by Overseer:

If you really want to use the crit skill make sure to go for headshots on more regular enemies. Many enemies have a specific hitzone where they can die instantly. That is where the crit applies.
Chris' 909 handgun for example is ridiculous, even more so with the crit skill. Look here for values:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=135778401

I was mostly asking becouse I wanted to kill bosses faster and though Critical Hit skill would make it far more easier than damage boosts, since most bosses have only few places where you can actually hurt them. So the question wasn't directly ment for regular enemies but rather against bosses.