What Not to Pair with Critical Rhythm

Avoid Critical Rhythm + Slow and Steady: Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static amount and prevents your attack rate from benefiting from any attack speed bonuses. Critical Rhythm grants up to 60% bonus attack speed on critical strikes, which becomes completely wasted since the attack speed scaling is disabled. Avoid Critical Rhythm + It's Critical: This pairing has significant redundancy. Critical Rhythm already grants 25% critical strike chance, so taking It's Critical for another 50% critical strike chance wastes 25% of the total value. The attack speed from Critical Rhythm stacks slowly, making the excess crit chance inefficient compared to other offensive options. Avoid Critical Rhythm + Deft: Critical Rhythm provides up to 60% bonus attack speed that must be stacked through critical strikes over time. Deft grants 60% bonus attack speed immediately and unconditionally. Taking both wastes the stacking mechanic of Critical Rhythm since you already have the maximum attack speed it can provide. Avoid Critical Rhythm + Purist - Caster: Purist - Caster converts all bonus attack speed into ability haste, directly conflicting with Critical Rhythm's core mechanic. Critical Rhythm is designed to reward critical strike builds with stacking attack speed, but Purist - Caster removes the attack speed benefit entirely, defeating the augment's purpose.