Cosmetic Crit 

In a video game, a critical hit that occurs when a normal hit would have killed the enemy. Typically annoying in that the crit would have been desired when the enemy was at full health.

An example of a cosmetic crit in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

*Felix goes to fight some enemy*
*He has a 40% chance of landing a crit on the enemy*
*first hit: 34 damage, enemy is almost dead*

Player: Dang, no crits.

*enemy punches Felix back, Felix takes 10 damage*

Player: Would have avoided it if he’d gotten the crit, but oh well.

Felix, going for the killing blow: I’LL CUT YOU DOWN!

Player: Seriously, Felix? You couldn’t have gotten that earlier?

Cosmetic Crit by Shepherd Guy July 20, 2022