Streak Crits Explained
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Every non-gray kill in CalemDrift adds to your kill streak. It adds crit chance as it grows, up to a cap. Run it long enough and a normal crit can turn into a Streak Crit, which is a very large number in your combat log.
It looks like this:
STREAK CRIT! Your x[streak] streak erupts for [damage] damage!
The brackets fill in with your streak and the hit.
How it works
- Every non-gray kill adds to your streak. Gray kills do not count.
- A longer streak adds a little crit chance on top of your gear, up to a cap.
- Once your streak is long enough, any auto-attack that already crits has a chance to become a Streak Crit.
- The chance increases with your streak up to a cap.
- Streak Crits get rarer each time you land one in the same life, so the first one is the easiest.
- Streak Crits come from your main auto-attack, not from skills.
What resets your streak
- Dying.
- Landing a Streak Crit.
- Fleeing a fight.
- Traveling or changing zones.
- Turning auto-fight off.
- Resting by hand.
Automatic rest between fights does not reset your streak.
How to keep it going
- Pick a zone you can clear without resting by hand. For streaks, a zone a bit below your level usually beats one at your level.
- Leave auto-fight on.
- Bring sustain. Self-heals (Lay on Hands, Greater Heal, Life Tap, Mend) keep you in the fight.
- Clean your bags before you start. Use the Loot Filter so a full bag does not send you back to town.
- Do not travel mid-streak.
Streaks in the Drift
The Drift keeps its own survival streak, separate from your kill streak. The Quest Journal tracks it with dailies called Steady Nerve and Unbroken Thread, and a weekly called Weekly Survival Thread. Dying in the Drift ends it and switches that zone's Drift off.
Drift monsters scale to your level and some hit back when struck (Static Surge, Ember Veil, Grave Pulse). A long Drift streak is harder to hold than a normal one, which is the point.
FAQ
Can skills trigger a Streak Crit? No. Only your main auto-attack, and only when that swing already crits.
Does my streak carry over after a Streak Crit? No. Landing one resets the streak, so you build the next one from scratch.
Is there a Drift streak too? Yes. See the Drift section above.
Keep reading
Start a streak at calemdrift.com · Get CalemDrift on Android