diff --git a/Content.Server/MobState/States/NormalMobState.cs b/Content.Server/MobState/States/NormalMobState.cs
index 6e61e6e79a..8e24ec1966 100644
--- a/Content.Server/MobState/States/NormalMobState.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/MobState/States/NormalMobState.cs
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ namespace Content.Server.MobState.States
 
             short modifier = 0;
 
-            if (stateComponent.TryGetEarliestIncapacitatedState(threshold, out _, out var earliestThreshold))
+            if (stateComponent.TryGetEarliestIncapacitatedState(threshold, out _, out var earliestThreshold) && damageable.TotalDamage > 0)
             {
-                modifier = (short) (damageable.TotalDamage / (earliestThreshold / 7f));
+                modifier = (short) MathF.Max((float) (damageable.TotalDamage / (earliestThreshold / 6f)),1);
+                 //if hurt at all we skip to the first hurt state with Max(), anything else will end up falling to 5 at maximum before crit
             }
-
             EntitySystem.Get<AlertsSystem>().ShowAlert(entity, AlertType.HumanHealth, modifier);
         }
     }