This is with only 51% extra attack and Heart Rend.. This will hit a lot harder when I get my Chaos Boons and other critical buffs.
There’s a ton of additive damage effects on sword so critical attacks is definitely the way to go.. You can get like 500% damage on backstabs so an extra 50% from another attack boon doesn’t add much. It also doesn’t really matter what rarity or level your attack boon is if you have Shadow Slash and Chaos buffs.
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My crits can actually do more than 1K damage already.. Alecto just cheats a bit.
Bosses in this game become invincible at certain health points and negate any additional damage. It doesn't matter if it's one hit that would have overkilled them 20 times over. That's why a lot of my hits were doing less damage even when I had privileged status on. I'm pretty sure she would have died in 2-3 hits.