I sincerely doubt that's true. My explanation is: you got lucky while vital spot muscle lasted, so you felt like you were crit'ng more often. Don't forget that crit is chance based, so it may vary a lot.
Junsai wrote:
parry rates = increase damage
That's not quite true. Actually it's like this: The higher your target's parry ratio is, the less likely you are to hit near to your maximum damage on it. For instance, let's say your damage is 0-100. The higher
your target's parry ratio is, the less likely you are to hit near 100. On the other hand, the higher
your hit ratio is, the more likely you are to hit near 100.