Effective Criticism

Effective Criticism is a passive effect that applies a random debuff to the struck enemy whenever a critical hit is triggered. It functions automatically on any attack or ability that can roll a critical, adding an extra negative status on top of normal damage when the crit occurs.

The debuff applied is chosen at random from the pool of available enemy debuffs and is applied to the single targeted enemy that received the critical hit. This makes Effective Criticism valuable for both damage spikes and utility, since a single critical can also impose a harmful status such as reduced damage, slowed movement, or other negative modifiers depending on the run’s debuff pool.

• Triggers only on attacks or effects that generate a critical hit; non-critical hits do not apply the debuff.
• The debuff is applied only to the enemy that was the target of the critical, not to nearby foes.
• The specific debuff chosen is random each time a crit occurs; repeated crits can produce different debuffs on successive triggers.
• Effective Criticism pairs well with crit-focused builds and items that increase critical rate or guarantee crits, because increased crit frequency raises the expected rate of debuff application.
• Because the effect depends on the game’s available debuff pool, its practical utility varies by run and by which debuffs are present in that run.