Critical Strike

Critical Strike is a warrior's Two-Handed talent from the Pommel Strike tree in Dragon Age: Origins.
== Information ==
* is executed at . If the strike connects, it is an automatic critical hit that will kill a non-boss opponent outright if its health is equal to or below 20%. It does normal critical damage otherwise. Source: talent_constants_h.nss.
* Conjuration time: 1s.
* 80 additional threat is supposed to be drawn from the target. As of patch 1.02, only damage-based threat is drawn.
== Notes ==
* Activation base is in and values vary with fatigue%.
* is a tier 1 talent with a 20s cooldown, that hits at , causes an auto-crit, and staggers enemies, interrupting their melee auto-attacks (it won't interrupt any talents or spells). is a tier 4 talent with a 60s cooldown, that hits at , causes an auto-crit, and can finish off normal or lieutenant rank enemies below 20% hp. This comparison speaks for itself. A lieutenant rank creature under 20% hp that would warrant a attempt (instead of using , for example) is yet to be discovered. The talent is useful as the second auto-crit when fails to stun or you just need to deal a lot of damage as fast as possible, though.
* Very useful when combined with later tier talents based on crits, such as Stunning Blows and Destroyer. 
== See also ==
* Ability mechanics
es:Golpe critico
de:Kritischer Schlag
Category:Dragon Age: Origins talents