When it crits the Crit happens at the end of the DoT.
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I think you're just that hilariously unlucky.
Since it comes at the end of the DoT it's very easy to miss.
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o.O okat then, I guess I'm just that godly lucky.
Okay, I'll try to pay more attention. Maybe I'm just missing it. I had assumed that it would be like incinerate in fiery melee, and the crit would come at the beginning of the power. Does it not say "Critical" when you get one? I thought that would be hard to miss.
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Okay, I'll try to pay more attention. Maybe I'm just missing it. I had assumed that it would be like incinerate in fiery melee, and the crit would come at the beginning of the power. Does it not say "Critical" when you get one? I thought that would be hard to miss.
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It's hard to notice among the blur of numbers. I generally notice because that guy that was only at half life (and I expecting to have to get with a quick MG) fell over dead when he shouldn't have. Of course, this assumes that there are no other sources of damage that could possibly contribute 300 damage in the time it takes you to finish with your blurring hands.
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I thought that would be hard to miss.
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Something else to consider is the fact that if your target dies before Shadow Maul finishes, the 'Critical' wont pop up.
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It's hard to notice among the blur of numbers.
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True this. It's just that I'm good at catching those numbers I do =/ (Meaning I'm not so lucky and you're not so unlucky.)
I generally notice the sudden drop in enemy HP more than an actual number. There's a whole bunch of little ticks, then their HP gets one huge chuck bitten out at the end.
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Okay, I'll try to pay more attention. Maybe I'm just missing it. I had assumed that it would be like incinerate in fiery melee, and the crit would come at the beginning of the power. Does it not say "Critical" when you get one? I thought that would be hard to miss.
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The power crits at the end of the animation. Incinerate's dot continues after the animation finishes, as does midnight grasp, and most powers with damage over time. Shadow Maul's dot is done by the end of the animation. If you ever kill the opponent before the animation ends, you don't get to see the crit.
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As others have said, it shows up the end. I also have noticed it when a foe's health was slowly getting whittled down and then suddenly a huge chunk (if not all of the rest of their health, since Shadow Maul takes off a lot of health) is taken off. I suppose it would be kind of nice if it went first, but there is a certain logic and fun to it hitting suddenly at the end with the uppercut you finish the power with.
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Does shadow maul not crit like other scrapper powers, or does it just not show that it critted or something? I have a dark/wp scrapper at level 24, and I have never (and I truly mean not a single time) seen shadow maul crit. I have used the power several hundred times since I got it at level 6, so I have trouble believing that it could just be a streak of bad luck that's caused me not to crit. Is there some kind of bug with this, or is it WAI.