크리티컬
크리티컬 확률 = LUK × 0.3 + 1.0% (기본). 크리티컬은 ×1.4 데미지를 입히고 DEF를 무시하므로, 크리 빌드는 방어력이 높은 대상을 우회할 수 있습니다. 대상의 LUK은 크리티컬 실드로 작용하여 확률을 낮추며, Katar는 크리티컬 확률을 2배로 증가시킵니다.
Formula and base
Crit (critical hit) is a special strike that pierces an enemy defense and deals more damage. In uaRO pre-renewal mechanics it rests on a single stat — LUK. The chance formula is simple: CRIT% = LUK x 0.3 + 1.0. So the base is always 1% (even at LUK 0 you have a tiny chance), and each point of LUK adds 0.3%. Example: LUK 60 gives 60 x 0.3 + 1 = 19% crit chance on every hit.
Ignoring DEF
What makes crit special? First, a crit hit deals x1.4 damage. Second — and this is the big one — crit COMPLETELY IGNORES the enemy DEF, both kinds: hard DEF (percentage-based, cuts damage by a percent) and soft DEF (flat, subtracts a fixed number). That is exactly why crit is the best answer to tanks and high-defense mobs: a normal hit barely lands on such a target, but a crit strikes as if there were no defense at all.
Guaranteed to hit
Third, crit ALWAYS hits. It does not care about enemy FLEE or your hit% — if a crit rolls, the hit is guaranteed to land. This makes a crit build reliable against agile, evasive targets that normal attacks often miss.
Enemy crit-shield
But there is a catch — the crit-shield. Your real crit chance is computed as: Effective CRIT = your CRIT − target LUK x 0.2. The enemy luck reduces your crit. Against a normal mob with LUK 5 you only lose 1%, but some bosses and high-level monsters have large LUK and visibly cut your crit. Keep this in mind when planning a crit build for specific targets.
King of crit
The Assassin with a Katar stands apart. A Katar-type weapon DOUBLES your crit chance. That is why the Assassin is considered the king of crit: where other classes need mountains of LUK, a Katar Sin already crits reliably from almost every hit with only moderate luck. This is the foundation of the classic crit-Sin build.
CRIT% = LUK × 0.3 + 1.0- LUK
- 캐릭터 LUK 스탯
effective = CRIT − targetLUK × 0.2 (crit-shield)- targetLUK
- 대상 LUK (크리 실드)
| CRIT | 60 × 0.3 + 1.0 | 19% |
| 크리 실드 적용 시 | 19 − 5 × 0.2 | 18% |
A character with LUK 60. Crit chance: 60 x 0.3 + 1 = 19%. We hit a mob with LUK 5 — the crit-shield removes 5 x 0.2 = 1%. Effective crit = 19 − 1 = 18%. So roughly every fifth hit is a crit: x1.4 damage and full ignore of the mob DEF.
Maximum LUK 99 gives 99 x 0.3 + 1 = 30.7% base crit. Nearly a third of your hits are crits even without a bonus weapon. Against normal mobs (low LUK) the crit-shield is barely felt, so the real chance stays around 30%.
An Assassin with LUK 50 has a base crit of 50 x 0.3 + 1 = 16%. But the Katar DOUBLES the chance: 16 x 2 = 32%. With that luck every third hit is a guaranteed crit that ignores DEF. This is exactly why a crit-Sin tears through tanks and high-DEF targets.
- LUK reference points (without a weapon multiplier): LUK 33 — about 11% crit; LUK 50 — 16%; LUK 60 — 19%; LUK 80 — 25%; LUK 99 — 30.7% (ceiling). With a Katar all these numbers are multiplied by 2: LUK 50 with Katar = 32%, LUK 80 with Katar = 50%. Remember the crit-shield: subtract target LUK x 0.2 from your effective crit — against normal mobs that is 1-2%, against LUK-heavy bosses it can be 5-10% or more.
- Common beginner mistakes. (1) Building crit on a class other than Assassin/Katar and being surprised by the low chance — without a weapon multiplier crit grows slowly. (2) Forgetting the crit-shield and not understanding why you crit a boss less often than normal mobs. (3) Stacking hit/FLEE for a crit build — crit always lands anyway, those stats are wasted here. (4) Thinking crit is boosted by DEF-piercing cards — crit already ignores all DEF, such bonuses do not stack with it. (5) Taking +DEF-ignore where you need +crit damage or +ATK: the x1.4 crit multiplier is better boosted with damage, not by duplicating the defense ignore.
공식은 uAthena 엔진(pre-renewal, Episode 11.2)을 기준으로 검증되었습니다.