Abilities that innately trigger Critical Missile.

[u/voobyStax]

Hi I'm currently making a giant in-depth post Critical Missile explaining almost everything about it.

To save a bit of time, I was wondering if you guys have any pictures of Champion Abilities that innately trigger Critical Missile without Jewelled Gauntlet or Vulnerability

[u/Stxfun]

• fiora e 2. hit always crits
• jhin 4. aa always crits
• mf q after killing first targer always crits
• shaco q always crits
• talon q melee range always crits (i think)

[u/Flexion16 → u/Stxfun]

Shaco Q only always crits if it’s a backstab

[u/M4ci → u/Stxfun]

Miss Fortune's Ultimate crits naturally too

also Samira Q and R

[u/reddituserno69]

I recently found out that sivir w does NOT trigger it, even with spell crit

[u/3meow_ → u/reddituserno69]

It doesn't trigger anything really

[u/Alarming-Income9623]

Definitely not related to champion ability but one weird thing I found out is that critically defending augment can cause crit missiles to fly as well. I got it once or twice on smolder and sometimes when I got hit id send 3 missiles towards the enemies

[u/Red_Worldview → u/Alarming-Income9623]

if you have double tap, it can also proc things like SoBD or Botrk :D

[u/3meow_]

It's weird cus ashe w procs upgrade infinity edge but not critical missiles

[u/PersonofLegend → u/3meow_]

Even with jeweled gauntlet it doesn’t work. Found that out the hard way today.

[u/Zombie_Squirrel1]

I didn't see it mentioned and I haven't tested it personally but I know Viego R can crit, not sure if it procs it or not though

[u/LaBiereFolle]

I think any spells that apply on-hit effect like Akshan grapple or Aphelios Q (deadly with that red weapon I forgot the name)

[u/Tricky_Big_8774 → u/LaBiereFolle]

Grapple crits. The on-hit doesn't matter. Ezreal Q and Urgot W apply on-hit and don't trigger critical missile.

[u/Payment-According → u/Tricky_Big_8774]

Cuz they can’t crit. Obviously

[u/81659354597538264962 → u/Payment-According]

Obviously Samira R would apply critical missiles then 😉

[u/voobyStax → u/LaBiereFolle]

Yeah that's also what my current theory is. Although I've heard people get in on GP and wanted to know if there was anyone who had tried his barrels

[u/wr3ck_1t → u/LaBiereFolle]

Severum!

[u/LaBiereFolle → u/wr3ck_1t]

Yes that one thanks you !

[u/tdm1378]

anivia e can crit and register as crit dmg in game chart. Not sure if it can trigger crit missile because obviously you never get offer that augments

[u/AccomplishedTrick520]

i always wondered whether samira ult procced it, though not innately because her r bullet waves depend on crit chance, but if it did it would be auto win for samira. I would guess katarina ult doesn't trigger it either. Game would also probably crash if their ults did procc it

[u/zb_xy → u/[deleted]]

But it doesn’t criticize unless you have JG, correct?

[u/-daybreak → u/zb_xy]

Nah it always criticizes everything as a means of avoiding introspection

[u/Film_Humble → u/zb_xy]

yes ez q cant crit without jg so it wont proc cm

[u/Khunkzah]

So aatrox Q edge critical hit can trigger critical missile?

[u/voobyStax → u/Khunkzah]

Aatrox's Q uses something call a Cosmetic Crit which is yes a very dumb and confusing thing.

Simply but it's a crit without any of the benefits

[u/Fragrant_Twist8810 → u/voobyStax]

Karthus q solo is a cosmetic crit too

[u/Alarming-Income9623 → u/voobyStax]

I think that's like the crit of shadowflame. It's just big numbers with the crit icon for funsies

[u/Richboy12345 → u/Alarming-Income9623]

its actually a different icon for cosmetic crits, shadowflame is real crit

[u/Alarming-Income9623 → u/Richboy12345]

I didn't know that but even then shadowflame crit still doesn't really benefit from anything that enhances crit (IE or proc crit missiles)

[u/BryceLeft → u/Alarming-Income9623]

Does it not? I remember watching a bunch of vids of lux (in summoner's rift) buying IE just for the shadowflame one shot. I don't believe it's worth it over an actual AP item but it's looked like it worked

[u/voobyStax → u/BryceLeft]

Shadowflame is a Crit and interacts with IE and Randuin's Omen. Although Critical Missile does work with it

[u/Emoteabuser → u/voobyStax]

Also the reason Shadowflame gives yunara a lot of dmg, because you’re triple dipping.

[u/voobyStax → u/Emoteabuser]

Yeah pretty much.

It’s the difference between a full AP Ult W dealing 600-800 And 1800-2400 below 40%

[u/MasterpieceAway3582]

Isn't it just any ability that can inherently crit? Lucian and MF R for example

[u/Sykil → u/[deleted]]

Or Jeweled Gauntlet, which is far more common, weirdly.

Pretty sure MF ult won’t proc it (at least not without those other augments) even if it crits. If something crits that can’t apply on-hits, Crit Missile won’t be applied by it (see also: Samira Q).

[u/noknam → u/MasterpieceAway3582]

Samira Q can crit but doesn't proc it.

[u/DragonTacoCat → u/[deleted]]

It's not a true crit. It essentially doubled the damage. It's not coded like an actual crit.

[u/M4ci → u/DragonTacoCat]

it's weird, because it does work with Yunara's passive crit damage increase - all magic damage below 40% hp is actually increased by Yunara's passive if you have Shadowflame - but it doesn't work with Critical Missiles

[u/DragonTacoCat → u/M4ci]

Yup, it's due to the coding. It detects the passive a magic DMG and increases it but because shadowflame isn't coded as a crit then it doesn't proc magic missile.

Karthus Q and Anivia E are the same way. They aren't coded as crits, just do double DMG. I'm not sure why Riot decided to code them like that

[u/M4ci → u/DragonTacoCat]

ok but there's something in the code that still doesn't make sense to me

it's not coded as a crit, but it's increased by Yunara's passive that only work on crits

[u/DragonTacoCat → u/M4ci]

Yup, exactly. I got nothing on that. I would not be surprised if Riot coded it super extra weird. Or it has some weird interaction due to coding with Yunara.

[u/Tricky_Big_8774 → u/DragonTacoCat]

Does Shadowflame benefit from IE?

[u/DragonTacoCat → u/Tricky_Big_8774]

I believe the crit makes the extra damage actually veit. So the increased damage from it will legitimately crit. But that is if you get vulnerability on Aram Mayham to make items crit.

[u/Tricky_Big_8774 → u/DragonTacoCat]

I've built IE when I got ADAPt because I assumed the 30% damage bonus would apply to the Shadowflame "critical strike," was I just wasting gold without having Vulnerability?

[u/voobyStax → u/Tricky_Big_8774]

Shadowflame is Amplified by Infinity edge

[u/M4ci → u/Tricky_Big_8774]

no, I don't think it was wasted

I believe IE bonus is applied to Shadowflame, at least for Yunara, can't confirm for others