[Not a bug] critical hits ignore buffs?

[oldtofu 0]

hello all! first time posting here. i've noticed that critical hits in this game seem to ignore any buffs or modifiers for either side. for instance, a simple swoobat maxed out with calm mind can get one-shotted by a critical whatever when that same whatever does nearly zero damage on non-crits. it doesn't check out with the damage formula, so i just didn't know if this was an intended mechanic or something that went horribly wrong. thanks!

EDIT: i should clarify that i haven't been able to determine if these issues are affected by offensive modifiers (swords dance, meditate, etc). i know for a fact that they ignore defensive buffs.

[Etesian 8]

Yeah, that's like that even in the main games, crits ignore the defender's buffs and the attacker's drops.

[BlueMoonIceCream 9]

It's kind of your only chance once people are on x4 defence :|

[oldtofu 0]

i've never noticed it before. for like. twenty years. that's whack, yo. thanks!

[Ironbound 110]

Yeah, that's kinda the point. Otherwise there would be no way for the Almighty RNG gods to help us against all the calm minders out there.

That's also why CM Mega Slowbro is so dangerous, because it can't be critted thanks to Shell Armour. Alternately, you can abuse Sniper + Scope Lens + Focus Energy Kingdra easily, as that combination makes for 100% guaranteed crits which do 2.25 times the damage. Crits ignore all buffs and debuffs, so you can keep spamming Draco Meteor and ignore the Special Attack drops.