Guild Wars 2

I am wondering how critical hits apply to AoE attacks. If the attack hits 5 targets, is there a chance for a single critical hit that hits all 5 targets, or does each target have a chance to critical hit independently. This is important to me for a couple reasons. First, I would like to know how effective the Necromancer trait Reaper’s Precision (chance to gain life force on critical hits) would be. Secondly, how does it affect Superior Sigil of Intelligence? If you swap to a weapon with this sigil, if a critical hit is guaranteed to be applied to all targets that are hit, that is much more significant than if it only was guaranteed to crit on a single target. So does anybody know the answer to this question?

krippler.9826:

If the attack hits 5 targets, is there a chance for a single critical hit that hits all 5 targets, or does each target have a chance to critical hit independently.

Independently.

how does it affect Superior Sigil of Intelligence? If you swap to a weapon with this sigil, if a critical hit is guaranteed to be applied to all targets that are hit, that is much more significant than if it only was guaranteed to crit on a single target.

I’m not sure if it’s single target or not, but it sure as hell not every target hits by an AoE attack. I just tested with Warrior’s Longbow #3.

I would presume the critical hit is only for a guaranteed single target, like similiar abilities from GW1 (i.e. if “Go for the Eyes!” or any offensive Anthem was used with Barrage, it would expire after the first critical hit from the volley, even though Barrage hit 6 targets).

But you’d have to test to be certain I suppose.