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This article lists all of the possible critical hits caused by the crush damage type.
Legend:
- A - Amputation (limb loss)
- F - Fatal (instant death critical)
- K - Knockdown
- R - Injury level (rank 1, 2 or 3)
- S - Stun w/number of rounds
- x - Unknown stun round
HEAD
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Love tap upside the [target]'s head! |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow to the head causes the [target's] ears to ring! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Hearty smack to the head. |
S1 |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
You broke the [target's] nose! |
S4 |
R2
|
4 |
20 |
Skull cracks in several places. |
S8 |
R3
|
5 |
25 |
Solid strike caves the [target's] skull in,resulting in instant death! |
F |
R3
|
6 |
30 |
Mighty swing separates head from shoulders. |
F |
R3
|
7 |
35 |
Tremendous blow crushes skull like a ripe melon. |
F |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Brain driven into neck by mammoth downswing! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Incredible blast shatters head into a red spray. |
F |
R3
|
NECK
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
You leave a nice bruise on the [target's] neck! |
none |
none
|
1 |
2 |
Whiplash! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
5 |
Neck vertebrae snap. |
S1 |
R1
|
3 |
10 |
Shot to the neck scrapes away skin. Some nasty bleeding. |
S3 |
R2
|
4 |
12 |
Throat nearly crushed. The [target] makes gurgling noises. |
S6 |
R3
|
5 |
15 |
Neck broken. The [target] twitches several times before dying. |
F |
R3
|
6 |
20 |
You hear several snaps as the [target's] neck is broken in several places. |
F |
R3
|
7 |
25 |
Vertebrae in [target's] neck disintegrate from impact! Neck sinks into shoulders. |
F |
R3
|
8 |
30 |
Shot to neck sends [target] into shock which leads very quickly to death. |
F |
R3
|
9 |
40 |
Neck removed, head falls to the ground. |
F |
R3
|
RIGHT EYE
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Swing at the [target's] eye catches an eyebrow instead! |
none |
none
|
1 |
1 |
Cut over the [target's] right eye. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
3 |
Strike to the eye clips the eyebrow. |
S1 |
R1
|
3 |
5 |
Smack to the eye bursts blood vessels. |
S3 |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Crack to the head swells eye shut. |
S6 |
R2
|
5 |
15 |
Eye crushed by a hard blow to the face! |
S10 |
?R3
|
6 |
20 |
Crushing blow to head closes that eye for good. |
S12 |
R3
|
7 |
40 |
Blow to eye impacts the brain. [target] twitches violently, then dies. |
F |
R3 eye R3head
|
8 |
45 |
Right eye ripped from head, along with most of brain. |
F |
R3 eye R3 head
|
9 |
50 |
Smash to cheek driving bone through the eye and into the brain. |
F |
R3 eye R3 head
|
LEFT EYE
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Swing at the [target's] eye catches an eyebrow instead! |
none |
none
|
1 |
1 |
Cut over the [target's] left eye. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
3 |
Strike to the eye clips the eyebrow. |
S1 |
R1
|
3 |
5 |
Smack to the eye bursts blood vessels. |
S3 |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Crack to the head swells eye shut. |
S6 |
R2
|
5 |
15 |
Eye crushed by a hard blow to the face! |
S10 |
R3
|
6 |
20 |
Crushing blow to head closes that eye for good. |
S12 |
R3
|
7 |
40 |
Blow to eye impacts the brain. [target] twitches violently,then dies. |
F |
R3 eye R3 head
|
8 |
45 |
Left eye ripped from head, along with most of brain. |
F |
R3 eye R3 head
|
9 |
50 |
Smash to cheek driving bone through the eye and into the brain. |
F |
R3 eye R3 head
|
CHEST
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Thumped the [target's] chest. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow leaves an imprint on the [target's] chest! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Mighty blow cracks several ribs. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Blow to chest causes the [target's] heart to skip a beat. |
S1 |
R1
|
4 |
20 |
Whoosh! Several ribs driven into lungs. |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Whoosh! Several ribs driven into lungs. |
S5 |
R2
|
6 |
45 |
Awesome shot collapses a lung! |
S6 |
R3
|
7 |
60 |
Blow cracks a rib and punctures a lung. Breathing becomes a challenge. |
S8 |
R3
|
8 |
65 |
Massive blow punches a hole through the [target's] chest! |
S10 |
R3
|
9 |
70 |
Massive blow smashes through ribs and drives [target's] heart out the back. |
F |
R3
|
ABDOMEN
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Hit glances off the [target's] hip. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Grazing blow to the stomach. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Internal organs bruised. |
S1 |
R2
|
4 |
20 |
Stomach ripped open by mighty blow! |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Knocked back several feet by blow to abdomen. |
S5 |
R2
|
6 |
30 |
Blow ruptures the stomach! |
S6 |
R3
|
7 |
50 |
Blow to stomach rearranges some organs! |
S8 |
R3
|
8 |
60 |
Incredible smash to what used to be a stomach! |
? |
R3
|
9 |
75 |
A mighty hit turns the [target's] insides to outsides! |
F |
R3
|
BACK
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Blow glances off the [target's] shoulder. |
none |
none
|
1 |
3 |
Jarring blow to the [target's] back. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Blow to back cracks several vertebrae. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Respectable shot to the back. |
S1 |
R1
|
4 |
20 |
Flesh ripped from back, muscles exposed. |
S2 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
The [target] is knocked sideways several feet by blow to back. |
S3 |
R2
|
6 |
30 |
Spinal cord damaged by smash to the back. |
S4 |
R3
|
7 |
50 |
Crushing blow to the spine! The [target] slumps to the ground. |
Sx |
R3
|
8 |
60 |
Body pulped to a gooey mass. Watch where you step! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
75 |
A mighty blow cleaves a swath through the [target's] back, taking the spine with it. |
F |
R3
|
RIGHT ARM
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
A feeble blow to the [target's] right arm! |
none |
none
|
1 |
3 |
Blow raises a welt on the [target's] right arm. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
7 |
Bones in right arm crack. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
8 |
Large gash to the right arm, several muscles torn. |
S1 |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Right elbow smashed into a thousand pieces. |
S2 |
R2
|
5 |
15 |
Weapon arm mangled horribly. |
S3 |
R2
|
6 |
20 |
Hard hit shatters weapon arm. |
S5 |
R2
|
7 |
25 |
Right arm ripped from socket at the elbow! |
S6 A |
R3
|
8 |
35 |
Lucky shot rips through bone and muscle sending weapon arm flying. |
S8 A |
R3
|
9 |
40 |
Weapon arm removed at the shoulder! |
Sx A |
R3
|
LEFT ARM
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
RIGHT HAND
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
LEFT HAND
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
RIGHT LEG
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
LEFT LEG
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
? |
? |
? |
?
|