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This article lists all of the possible critical hits caused by impact damage aka earth/vibration crits. The damage corresponding to the messaging in the table below is based on the Minor Water(903) spell.
Note: Minor water has impact criticals which are earth based and not water based.
Other spells that have impact criticals associated with them include, but are not limited to: Boil Earth(917), Elemental Blast(409), Meteor Swarm (525), Vibration Chant (1002), Bone Shatter (1106), Hurl Boulder (510) and Dark Catalyst (719).
Although the crit rank, messaging, status effects and injuries for these attacks will correspond to the table below, the damage will usually be greater for them.
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 |
Blow grazes cheek. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Brushing blow to temple. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Strike to head breaks cheekbone. |
Sx |
R2
|
3 |
15 |
Nice blow to head! The [target] looks dazed! |
S4 |
R2
|
4 |
20 |
Good blow to head! |
S8 |
R3
|
5 |
25 |
Strong shot to head messes up brain fatally. |
F |
R3
|
6 |
30 |
Hard blow to temple scrambles brain! |
F |
R3
|
7 |
35 |
Massive blow to temple drops the [target] in his tracks! |
F |
R3
|
8 |
45 |
Strike to temple cracks skull open! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Blow to head removes skull! |
F |
R3
|
NECK
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Blow just brushes neck. |
none |
none
|
1 |
2 |
Blow grazes neck lightly. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
5 |
Blow to neck tears tissue. |
Sx |
R2
|
3 |
15 |
Nice blow to neck! |
S3 |
R3
|
4 |
12 |
Good blow to neck! Something snaps! |
S6 |
R3
|
5 |
15 |
Strong blow breaks neck! |
F |
R3
|
6 |
20 |
Hard blow to neck loosens head on shoulders. Quite fatal! |
F |
R3
|
7 |
25 |
Massive blow to neck snaps it! |
F |
R3
|
8 |
30 |
Blow shatters bones in the [target]'s neck leaving its head hanging loosely! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
40 |
Strike to the [target]'s throat removes it! |
F |
R3
|
RIGHT EYE
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Strike catches eyebrow narrowly missing eye! |
none |
none
|
1 |
1 |
Strike hits close to the right eye! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
3 |
Blow connects right below right eye! |
? |
R1
|
3 |
5 |
Glancing blow to right eye scratches cornea! |
Sx |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Blow to the eye swells it shut! |
S5 |
R2
|
5 |
15 |
Blow to right eye destroys it! |
S10 |
R3
|
6 |
20 |
Hard strike to right eye pops it! |
Sx |
R3
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Massive blow to right eye sending bone back into the brain! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Hard strike removes the right eye and a goodly bit of skull! |
F |
R3
|
LEFT EYE
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Strike catches eyebrow narrowly missing eye! |
none |
none
|
1 |
1 |
Strike hits close to the left eye! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
3 |
Blow connects right below left eye! |
? |
R1
|
3 |
5 |
Glancing blow to left eye scratches cornea! |
Sx |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Blow to the eye swells it shut! |
S5 |
R2
|
5 |
15 |
Blow to left eye destroys it! |
S10 |
R3
|
6 |
20 |
Hard strike to left eye pops it! |
Sx |
R3
|
7 |
? |
? |
? |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Massive blow to left eye sending bone back into the brain! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Hard strike removes the left eye and a goodly bit of skull! |
F |
R3
|
CHEST
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Strike connects lightly with chest. |
none |
none
|
1 |
3 |
Light strike to chest. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
5 |
Strike glances off the chest. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Nice blow to chest! |
? |
R1
|
4 |
20 |
Good blow to chest! |
Sx |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Strong blow to chest! |
S5 |
R2
|
6 |
35 |
Hard blow to chest breaking ribs! Hard to breathe! |
S6 |
R3
|
7 |
50 |
Massive blow to chest collapses sternum! |
S8 |
R3
|
8 |
60 |
Blow to chest frees a rib to spear a lung and heart! |
S10 |
R3
|
9 |
70 |
Strike to chest causes a large gaping hole! |
F |
R3
|
ABDOMEN
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Pathetic attack to the abdomen. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow connects with abdomen. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Light strike to abdomen. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Nice blow to abdomen! |
Sx |
R2
|
4 |
20 |
Good blow to the abdomen! |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Strong blow to abdomen! |
S5 |
R2
|
6 |
35 |
Hard blow to abdomen looks painful! |
Sx |
R3
|
7 |
50 |
Massive blow to abdomen! |
Sx |
R3
|
8 |
60 |
Strike to abdomen ruptures internal organs! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
70 |
Blow to abdomen breaks the [target] almost in two! |
F |
R3
|
BACK
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Strike brushes back. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow to back connects lightly. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Light blow to back. |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Nice blow to back! |
Sx |
R1
|
4 |
15 |
Strong blow to back! |
Sx |
R2
|
5 |
20 |
Good blow to back! |
S3 |
R2
|
6 |
35 |
Hard blow to the [target]'s back causes it to cry out in pain! |
Sx |
R3
|
7 |
50 |
Massive blow to back separates vertebrae! |
Sx K |
R3
|
8 |
60 |
Blow to back crushes spinal column. Talk about no backbone! |
F |
R3 back/nerves
|
9 |
70 |
Blow to back removes the spinal column! |
F |
R3 back/nerves
|
RIGHT ARM
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Blow reddens skin on the right arm. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow grazes right arm lightly. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
8 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
20 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
35 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
40 |
? |
? |
?
|
LEFT ARM
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Blow reddens skin on the left arm. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Blow grazes left arm lightly. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
8 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
20 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
35 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
40 |
? |
? |
?
|
RIGHT HAND
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
1 |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
3 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
5 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
8 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
30 |
? |
? |
?
|
LEFT HAND
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
1 |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
3 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
5 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
8 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
30 |
? |
? |
?
|
RIGHT LEG
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
17 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
20 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
30 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
40 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
45 |
? |
? |
?
|
LEFT LEG
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
? |
? |
?
|
1 |
7 |
? |
? |
?
|
2 |
10 |
? |
? |
?
|
3 |
15 |
? |
? |
?
|
4 |
17 |
? |
? |
?
|
5 |
20 |
? |
? |
?
|
6 |
25 |
? |
? |
?
|
7 |
30 |
? |
? |
?
|
8 |
40 |
? |
? |
?
|
9 |
45 |
? |
? |
?
|