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Contents 1 Proposed Canon 2 Speculation 2.1 Experience needed 2.2 Other effects

[edit] Proposed Canon

A Crit, or critical hit is a part of combat when one unit hits another in a way that causes them to croak in a single blow.

[edit] Speculation

[edit] Experience needed

A crit increases in difficulty depending on a units level. A very low level unit would find it impossible to get a crit on a very high level unit, but a high level would find a crit on a low level unit easy.^{LIAB Text 51}

[edit] Other effects

Once a unit has been croaked by a crit it also seems to affect the method a Croakamancer has to use to produce the desire effect when focusing on producing a longer lasting uncroaked unit.^{IPTSF Text 18}