I've noticed when my hero has one hundred skill points in Shattering Palms skill, he was never able to land critical hits on heroes and special characters ( i know that heroes are immune to death blows ( or at least shattering palms ), but i'm talking about normal critical strikes triggered by combat difference )
Here are the 1v1's i've had:
Empire Monk ( me ) vs Knight Healer
65 Combat vs 42 Combat
0 Critical Strikes vs 3 Critical Strikes
Empire Monk ( me ) vs Empire Hero
70 Combat vs 51 Combat ( even 29 when stunned )
0 Critical Strikes vs 4 Critical Strikes ( 3 or 4 not entirely sure )
High Elf Monk ( me ) vs Barbarian Warrior ( Level 54 ) *** My monk here has Elden Prowess
65 Combat vs 55 Combat
0 Critical Strikes vs 0 Critical Strikes
Minotaur Monk ( me ) Vs Orc Shaman *** My Monk has 100 skill points in ferocity
206 Combat Vs 68 Combat
0 Critical Strikes Vs 2 Critical Strikes
2 fights worthy of mentioning :
- When i removed the points from the skill ( 0 shattering palms )
I've ran a test against an Empire hero , ( my 98 combat vs his 58 combat) , i was able to crit naturally, and did around 3 almost in a row
- I tried a high elf Monk with 100 points in Shattering Palms, and around 78 points in Weapon master ( 100% chance ) , and indeed, i was able to crit 100% of time