Critical Strike (Skill)

Critical Strike 急所時威力上昇
Power Boost During Critical Hit
Passive Skill
Powers up the user's attacks when they become critical hits.

Critical Strike (Japanese: 急所時威力上昇 Power Boost During Critical Hit) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

Effect

When an attack is a critical hit, the power of that move is increased by 10% per rank of this skill. This skill affects regular attack moves, including buddy moves, as well as sync moves and max moves.

This skill is an additive multiplier; when multiple additive skills affect the same move, they are first summed and then multiplied by the move's power.

Skill rank Increase
Critical Strike 1 10%
Critical Strike 2 20%
Critical Strike 3 30%
Critical Strike 4 40%
Critical Strike 5 50%
Critical Strike 6 60%
Critical Strike 7 70%
Critical Strike 8 80%
Critical Strike 9 90%

Availability

Critical Strike 1

As passive skill

Egg Pokémon

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Iris & HydreigonIris & Hydreigon
Iris
(Alt.)
& Hydreigon

(Breaking Swipe)
Maxie & GroudonMaxie & Groudon
Maxie
& Groudon

(Solar Beam)

As lucky skill

Lucky Cookie Appearance Rate
1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie 1.50%
2★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie 9.00%


Critical Strike 2

As passive skill

Egg Pokémon

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Emmet & ArcheopsEmmet & Archeops
Emmet
& Archeops

(Stone Edge)

Nate & BraviaryNate & Braviary
Nate
& Braviary

(Aerial Ace)

As lucky skill

Lucky Cookie Appearance Rate
1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie 0.63%
2★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie 1.25%
3★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie 12.5%
1★ Deluxe Lucky Cookie 0.41%
2★ Deluxe Lucky Cookie 0.83%
3★ Deluxe Lucky Cookie 8.33%
Guaranteed Lucky Cookie 12 100.0%


Critical Strike 3

As passive skill

Sidney & AbsolSidney & Absol
Sidney
& Absol

(Only before Mega Evolving)

Egg Pokémon

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Lysandre & YveltalLysandre & Yveltal
Lysandre
& Yveltal

(Since November 24, 2022)

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Blue & PidgeotBlue & Pidgeot
Blue
& Pidgeot

(Air Cutter)

Sidney & AbsolSidney & Absol
Sidney
& Absol

(Night Slash)

As lucky skill

Lucky Cookie Appearance Rate
Tower Lucky Cookie 1 (Strike, Tech, Sprint, Field, and Multi sync pairs) 33.33%


Critical Strike 5

As passive skill

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Alder & VolcaronaAlder & Volcarona
Alder
& Volcarona

(Struggle Bug)

Sidney & AbsolSidney & Absol
Sidney
& Absol

(Brutal Swing)

Critical Strike 9

As passive skill

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Cynthia & GarchompCynthia & Garchomp
Cynthia
& Garchomp

(Slash; since January 1, 2023)

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese 急所時威力上昇 Kyūsho-ji Iryoku Jōshō
Mandarin Chinese 擊中要害時威力提升 Jízhòng Yàohài Shí Wēilì Tíshēng
French Puissance Critique
German Volltrefferstärke↑
Italian Peggiorcolpo
Korean 급소시위력상승 Geupso-si Wiryeok Sangseung
Spanish Crítico Impulsor
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