Does selection of weapon damage force use of weapon critical?

Theignson · November 2022

Since hybridization, your skills use the higher of weapon vs spell damage.

On stamsorc, my weapon damage is higher, however, I get minor prophecy which only boosts special critical.

Once the game decides to use my weapon damage, does it then also have to use the weapon critical rating, even though minor prophecy makes the spell critical higher?

Or is it an entirely separate calculation?

Thanks!

Necrotech_Master · December 2022

the game should always use whatever is the highest

as weapon/spell dmg and weapon/spell critical are 2 different stats, they should be selected separately for whichever is the highest

WrathOfInnos · December 2022

The only difficulty with your build is that the 6% crit from Minor Prophecy and the 12% crit from Major Savagery will not stack. This means you'll either need to slot camo hunter for Major Prophecy, or use Spell Crit potions (which only boost Spell Damage and return Magicka). Or you can bring a Nightblade friend for Minor Savagery.

Theignson · December 2022

WrathOfInnos wrote: »

The only difficulty with your build is that the 6% crit from Minor Prophecy and the 12% crit from Major Savagery will not stack. This means you'll either need to slot camo hunter for Major Prophecy, or use Spell Crit potions (which only boost Spell Damage and return Magicka). Or you can bring a Nightblade friend for Minor Savagery.

However-- this is the point of my post. I get Major sorcery/major prophecy as a buff, but my weapon damage is higher than spell damage.
My spell crit is higher than my weapon crit chance, due to the minor prophecy buff.

So the question was: are these independent? If the games uses my weapon damage, can it still use the spell crit rating to calculate the chance of critting?

It seems the answer is yes although not a lot of people have weighed in on this, lol

WrathOfInnos · December 2022

Yes they are independent, you can use spell crit and weapon damage for any skill. Just an issue because no potions exist to give spell crit + weapon damage + restore stamina.