Forceful Arrow

Forceful Arrow is a Rogue skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	Critical Strike Dmg
Vulnerable	Vulnerable
+ Critical Strike Chance
+ Energy
Knocks Back (CC)
Knocks Down (CC)
Marksman
Combo Point

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Forceful Arrow Details and Upgrades

Forceful Arrow Fire a powerful arrow at an enemy, dealing 22% damage. Every 3rd cast makes the enemy Vulnerable for 5. seconds. Requires a Ranged Weapon Damage: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Basic, Marksman

Upgrades

Enhanced Forceful Arrow Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow additionally has a + 15% increased Critical Strike Chance.	Primary Forceful Arrow Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow pierces through Vulnerable enemies.
	Fundamental Forceful Arrow Forceful Arrow Knocks Back (CC) Non-Elite enemies if they are Close. If they collide with another enemy, both are Knocked Down (CC) for 1.5 seconds.

Other Skills that work with Forceful Arrow

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Forceful Arrow can exploit
• Exploit a condition Forceful Arrow creates

Basic Tree
Enhanced Puncture Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy. Skill
Fundamental Puncture Puncture now throws 3 blades in a spread, each dealing 35% of its base damage. Hitting an enemy with at least 2 blades at once makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Invigorating Strike Damaging a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy with Invigorating Strike increases its Energy Regeneration bonus to x 30%. Skill
Primary Invigorating Strike Invigorating Strike additionally grants + 8% Lucky Hit Chance. Hitting a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy increases this bonus to + 16% Lucky Hit Chance. Skill
Fundamental Invigorating Strike Hitting an enemy with Invigorating Strike while you are below 75% Energy makes them Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Heartseeker When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain + 8% Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable. Skill
Fundamental Heartseeker Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by x 5% for 4 seconds, up to x 15%. Skill
Core Tree
Enhanced Barrage Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy. Skill
Improved Barrage Every 3rd cast of Barrage makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Flurry Each time Flurry damages a Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemy, you are Healed for 1% of your Maximum Life up to 12% Maximum Life per cast. Skill
Improved Flurry Flurry deals x 20% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. If Flurry hits any Vulnerable enemy it will make all enemies hit by that cast Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Improved Rapid Fire Gain 15 Energy per cast of Rapid Fire when it damages a Vulnerable enemy. Skill
Siphoning Strikes Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes against Close enemies have up to 85% chance to Heal you for 1 / 2 / 3% of your Maximum Life. Point required in Sturdy. Passive
Stutter Step Critically striking an enemy grants +5% / +10% / +15% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Passive
Agility Tree
Enhanced Dash Enemies damaged by Dash take x15% increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds. Skill
Methodical Dash Dealing damage to Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash reduces its Charge Cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 4 seconds per cast. Skill
Disciplined Caltrops You have +5% Critical Strike Chance against enemies inside your Caltrops. Double this amount against Vulnerable enemies. Skill
Weapon Mastery Gain a bonus when attacking based on weapon type: Daggers: x 5%/10%/15% increased damage to Healthy enemies. Swords: x 3%/6%/9% increased damage. Bows: x 4%/8%/12% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Crossbows: x 5%/10%/15% increased Critical Strike Damage. Passive
Trick Attacks When you Critically Strike a Dazed (CC) enemy they are Knocked Down (CC) for 0.5/1/1.5 seconds. Point required in Concussive or Rapid Gambits. Passive
Concussive After Knocking Back or Knocking Down an enemy, you gain 4% increased Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds. Passive
Subterfuge Tree
Subverting Smoke Grenade If an enemy is Vulnerable, Slowed, or Chilled then Smoke Grenade will Daze (CC) them for x 20% longer. Skill
Countering Smoke Grenade Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to enemies affected by Smoke Grenade has up to a 25% chance to reduce its Cooldown by 1 second, or by 3 seconds instead if the enemy is Vulnerable. Skill
Subverting Stealth The skill that breaks Concealment makes enemies Vulnerable for 6 seconds. Skill
Malice You deal x 3% / 6% /9% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Requires point in Exploit. Passive
Imbuements Tree
Blended Shadow Imbuement Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Cold Imbuement Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 40% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuement Cold Imbued Skills deal 20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen enemies. Skill
Blended Cold Imbuement Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 20% chance to instantly Freeze enemies for 3 seconds. Skill
Blended Poison Imbuement Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal x75% increased Poisoning Damage. Skill
Ultimate Tree
Trap Mastery When  Poison Trap or Death Trap activates, you gain a 4% / 8% / 12% increased Critical Strike Chance against Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies for 4 seconds. SPassive
Key Passives Tree
Precision Each Marksman skill cast grants 1 stack of Precision, or 2 if it has Critically Struck. When you reach 4 stacks, your next Marksman Core or Ultimate Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike that deals x50% increased Critical Strike Damage, consuming all stacks of Precision. This damage is further increased by an amount equal to x15% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Passive
Victimize Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 50% chance to cause an explosion, dealing 29% of the original damage to them and surrounding enemies. Victimize's damage is increased by x 120% of your Vulnerable damage bonus. Passive

Items that work with Forceful Arrow

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Forceful Arrow
• Create a condition Forceful Arrow can exploit
• Exploit a condition Forceful Arrow creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Arrow Storms	Offensive	Lucky Hit: Your Marksman Skills have up to a 10% chance to create an arrow storm at the enemy's location, dealing [#] Physical damage over 3 seconds. You can have up to 5 active arrow storms. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Howling Warren (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Aspect of Corruption	Offensive	Your Imbuement Skill effects have 20 - 40% increased potency against Vulnerable enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Renegade's Retreat (Map)	Kehjistan	Rogue
Aspect of Siphoned Victuals	Defensive	Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Core Skill has up to a 10 - 20% chance to drop a Healing Potion. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Leviathan's Maw (Map)	Hawezar	Rogue
Blast-Trapper's Aspect	Offensive	Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to enemies affected by your Trap skills has up to a 30 - 50% chance to make them Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Kor Valar Ramparts (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Rogue
Energizing Aspect	Resource	Damaging an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill generates 5 - 9 Energy. Ring	Sanguine Chapel (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Rogue
Frostbitten Aspect	Utility	Chilled enemies hit by your Grenade skills have a chance equal to double your Critical Strike Chance to be instantly Frozen for 2 seconds. You deal 10 - 25% increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen enemies. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
Mangler's Aspect	Utility	Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 25 - 45% chance to Daze (CC) them for 2 seconds. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
Ravenous Aspect	Resource	Killing a Vulnerable enemy grants you 50 - 70% increased Energy Regeneration for 4 seconds. Ring	Shifting City (Map)	Dry Steppes	Rogue
Vengeful Aspect	Offensive	Lucky Hit: Making an enemy Vulnerable has up to a 40 - 60% chance to grant + 3% increased Critical Strike Chance for 3 seconds, up to + 9%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Inferno Dungeon (Map)	Kehjistan	Rogue

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

	Condemnation "I've never seen such ruthless butchery. He deserves to be shipped off to die in the swamps with the rest of the godless murderers." - Witness to the murder of Sergeant Walcot Type: Dagger 'Class: Rogue Description: Your Core Skills deal 20% - 40% increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Basic Skills using this weapon have a 30% chance to generate 3 Combo Points.	+ % Damage to Close Enemies Affixes: + % Critical Strike Damage + % Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons + % Core Skill Damage + % Basic Skill Attack Speed
	Grasp of Shadow Dark wisps creep hungrily across these gloves, like an assassin's blade seeking a life to steal on a moonless night. Type: Gloves Class: Rogue Description: Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a 24% - 34% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack.	Affixes: + % Attack Speed + # Dexterity + # Ranks in all Core skills + % Shadow Clone Damage
	Cowl of the Nameless "He is banished from the Guild, his name stricken from the Book. His punishment is to never have been." - Excerpt from a burned parchment Type: Helm Class: Rogue Description: You gain 15 - 25% increased Lucky Hit Chance against Crowd Controlled enemies.	Affixes: % Cooldown Reduction % Damage Reduction from Close Enemies + % Crowd Control Duration + 2 Ranks in All Imbuement skills
	Eaglehorn Scholars have been unable to decipher the runes carved into this bow, however all agree they are related to its uncanny ability to bend arrows towards their targets. - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Bow Description: Penetrating Shot makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Every 4th cast bounces off walls and scenery and deals x 40%–60% bonus damage.	Affixes: % Damage to Distant Enemies + % Vulnerable Damage + % Physical Damage + % Damage to Elites + % Critical Strike Chance

Changes to Forceful Arrow

Patch 1.3.3, March 5, 2023

• Attack Speed increased by 20%.

Patch 1-3-0, January 23, 2024

• Vulnerable duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Lucky Hit Chance increased from 40% to 50%.

Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023

• Primary Forceful Arrow - Every third cast pierces enemies.

Patch 1-0-3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 20% to 22%.