Passive-tree Keystone
The tree node provides the state-dependent Critical Damage Bonus tradeoff. Its Low Life benefit requires maintaining or counting as on Low Life.
Related: Pain Attunement passiveMechanic
Pain Attunement
Pain Attunement changes Critical Damage Bonus according to Life state. It grants 30% more Critical Damage Bonus on Low Life, imposes 30% less on Full Life, and does neither between those states.0.5.4d
Current data
Catalog version 0.5.4d
No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.
What Pain Attunement does
Current rulesPain Attunement applies 30% more Critical Damage Bonus while the character is on Low Life, which begins at 35% of maximum Life by default. It applies 30% less Critical Damage Bonus at Full Life. At a Life value above the Low Life threshold but below Full Life, neither line applies. The Keystone changes the damage bonus of critical hits, not Critical Hit Chance.
- Low Life grants 30% more Critical Damage Bonus
- At 35% of maximum Life or lower by default, the character's applicable Critical Damage Bonus is multiplied by 1.30. Threshold replacements and count-as effects can change when the Low Life condition is satisfied.
- Full Life applies 30% less
- At Full Life, Critical Damage Bonus is multiplied by 0.70. Full Life is a separate state from merely not being on Low Life.
- The middle state has neither modifier
- When current Life is above the current Low Life threshold and below Full Life, neither the More line nor the Less line is active. Pain Attunement therefore has a neutral middle state.
- Critical Damage Bonus is not Critical Hit Chance
- The Keystone changes the extra damage produced after a hit is already determined to be critical. It does not make a hit more likely to become a critical hit.
- More and Less are multipliers
- The 30% More and 30% Less values are not added to ordinary Increased Critical Damage Bonus. They multiply the applicable Critical Damage Bonus at their own stage.
Pain Attunement interactions
3 casesCrown of Thorns
The Unique helmet grants Pain Attunement directly. Its Lose Life when you use a Skill modifier can move the character away from Full Life, but the Keystone still uses the actual current Life state.
Related: Crown of ThornsLife-state and multiplier references
Use the Low Life page for exact thresholds and count-as effects, then use the multiplier guide to compare the Keystone with Increased Critical Damage Bonus.
Related: Low Life, Critical Damage Bonus, Increased vs MoreLimits and exceptions
4 rules- Pain Attunement does not increase Critical Hit Chance.
- Neither line applies between Low Life and Full Life.
- Thirty percent More Critical Damage Bonus is not the same as 30% more total hit damage.
- Equipping Crown of Thorns and allocating the node does not stack the Keystone twice.
Related pages
3 connections
unique itemCrown of Thorns+(100-150) to maximum Energy Shield
mechanicLow LifeA player or monster is on Low Life while its current Life is 35% of maximum Life or lower. Exactly 35% counts as Low Life. Items can replace that threshold or make another resource determine whether the condition is satisfied.
mechanicCritical Damage BonusCritical Damage Bonus determines how much extra damage a Critical Hit deals. The default player and minion value is +100%, so an otherwise identical Critical Hit deals twice the damage of a non-critical Hit.
