Overcritical Specifications Why Are Giant Forks Vanishing? Megabonk

Overview

This time, we’re talking about the legendary item, the Giant Fork. I knew it was rumored to be a candidate for removal, but I didn’t know the specifics.

This time, I found a video that explains it clearly, so I’d like to share it.

Source

I referred to the above video.

What is a giant fork?

• Legendary Item
• Critical hits become Mega Critical hits
• Mega Critical: 4x damage

The Giant Fork is a legendary item. Its effect is that critical hits become mega critical hits. Mega critical hits deal quadruple damage—double that of a regular critical hit, which itself deals double damage.

Ex

• 100 > 200 (Critical)
• 100 > 400 (Mega Critical)

Overcritical Specifications

• Critical Rate exceeds 100%: Overcritical occurs (Stage 1)
• Critical Rate exceeds 200%: Overcritical occurs (Stage 2)
  *Stage 1 Overcritical is 100%
• Critical Rate exceeds 300%: Overcritical occurs (Stage 3)
  *Stage 2 Overcritical is 100%

When the critical hit rate exceeds 100%, overcritical hits begin to occur. The overcritical stage starts at level 1 and increases by one level for every 100% of critical hit rate.

As this “overcritical stage” increases, the overcritical multiplier rises, resulting in significantly higher critical damage.

※This is speculation from here on
The game’s specifications have not been disclosed, so we cannot know for certain. This likely raises the question of what happens when the critical rate is 140%. The current conclusion is that an overcritical occurs with a 40% probability.
This applies similarly at 240%—I believe there’s a 40% chance of triggering the second stage of overcritical. Conversely, there’s a 60% chance of triggering the first stage, one level below.
Overcritical stages increase in 100% increments, with the remainder representing the probability of triggering the Xth stage of overcritical.

Conclusion

Conditions under which having a giant fork is disadvantageous

• When equipped with Chaos Tomes
• When equipped with Precision Tomes
• When using characters or weapons that increase critical damage
• When critical damage exceeds 4x

To put it simply, the more of the above conditions you have, the more you lose out by equipping the Giant Fork. Why? Because the Giant Fork’s critical damage is fixed at 4.

Chaos Tomes can increase both critical hit rate and critical damage. Precision Tomes provide a constant boost to critical hit rate.

The Giant Fork’s critical damage is fixed at 4x, so once your critical damage stat exceeds 4x, the Giant Fork’s mega-critical damage begins to fall below that of a regular critical hit. Furthermore, weapons and certain characters (like Bush) possess effects that increase critical damage. As the game progresses and these become more powerful, the 4x multiplier of the mega-critical starts to hold you back (The video also shows cases where it drops to one-tenth).

Damage Calculation Formula

• ((X/2)^2)+(X+1) * Crit Damage
• If the critical rate is 1000%, X is 10

※This is not an official document.

In the source code, it’s calculated like this. Since it might be difficult, let’s calculate it using an example.

Crit 1000% / Crit Damage 30x

• ((10/2)^2)+(10+1) = 36 (base crit)
• 36 * 30(crit damage) = 1080 (over crit)
• 36 * 4(mega crit damage) = 144 (mega crit)

Thus, when critical hit rate and critical damage are high, an overcritical hit occurs at 7.5 times the mega critical damage. While 30x critical damage is quite high, some weapons increase critical damage, so I believe this calculation is based on that value. Furthermore, it was calculated using the character Bush, who boosts critical damage.

Crit 200% / Crit Damage 5x

• ((2/2)^2)+(2+1) = 4
• 4 * 5(crit damage) = 20(over crit)
• 4 * 4(mega crit damage) = 16(mega crit)

As shown in this example, when critical hit rates or critical damage values are low, the damage reduction from Mega Critical is minimal. However, when aiming for high rankings, critical damage often exceeds 4x, so if you have excess Vanish, it’s safer to eliminate Giant Fork.

Summary

• If you’re aiming for the rankings, banish the fork from the very first round.
• Banish based on whether you have Precision Tom or Chaos Tom.
• If you’re playing casually, don’t worry about it.

Here’s the conclusion. Since Giant Fork ultimately becomes a liability, if your goal is to finish the race and maximize your score, I recommend using Vanish from the first lap. Otherwise, if your build focuses heavily on critical hits or critical damage, then Giant Fork is the way to go.

*Note: The weakness of Giant Fork has been pointed out before, so its specifications may change in the future. Please stay aware of future updates.