Do sneak attacks stack with crits?

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I am playing an assassin character. I focus on silenced pistols and eventually develop melee weapons as well.

My question is if any of you know if the sneak attacks stack with critical hits?

example: Let's say my silenced pistol does 50 damage and I have a 4x sneak attack multiplier (due to the Ninja perk). If I apply the critical hit to the sneak attack in VATS, what will the resulting damage be?

For the sake of argument lets assume I have a couple perks points invested which increase the critical damage by an extra 100% - raising the critical damage multiplier to 3x effectively.

I can see three scenarios but I am not sure which one applies to Fallout 4:

  1. SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are added => 4x + 3x = 7x total damage amplification
  2. SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are multiplied => 4x x 3x = 12x total damage amplification
  3. SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are not stacked => resulting in either the 4x SNEAK BONUS or the 3x CRIT

How does Fallout 4 handle this?

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Best Answer

From personal experience they do stack together. I had a critical sneak attack on a Mirelurk Queen which dropped her HP by just under half (I also have the Instigating weapon perk which doubles damage to full hp targets) , it then took another 21-28 shots (3-4 mags) to finish her off. That's with having +50% crit damage and 3x sneak bonus.



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Do crits affect sneak attack?

You only get to sneak attack once per turn and crit will double all dice including hunters mark, sneak attack, and dread ambush dice.

Does sneak attack damage stack?

The abilities don't stack, you also aren't stacking the abilities by having the damage granted by both abilities stack. If the abilities stacked, you'd be combining the class levels to get an effective sneak attack level.

Is sneak attack damage doubled on a crit Pathfinder?

Crits do not stack, same as cover does not stack. You just use the most appropriate crit point (being the skill) and go with it.


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Answer 2

I would think that if you use your critical on the sneak attack it would work.

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