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Penetrating Shot

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Penetrating Shot is a Rogue skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Combo Points
Critical Strike Chance * Critical Strike Dmg
Slows (CC)
Knocks Down (CC)
+ Lucky Hit Chance *
Imbueable
Marksman

'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.

* Only Penetrating Shot benefits from this.

Penetrating shot

Penetrating Shot

Fire an arrow that pierces through all enemies in a line, dealing 70% damage.

Combo Points increase damage and improves Lucky Hit Chance.

Requires a Ranged Weapon.

Energy Cost: 35

Damage: Physical

Lucky Hit Chance: 50%

Tags: Core, Imbueable, Marksman

Upgrades

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Enhanced Penetrating Shot

Penetrating Shot deals x 10% increased damage per enemy it pierces.

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Improved Penetrating Shot

Penetrating Shot deals an additional 10%[x] increased damage per enemy it hits.

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Advanced Penetrating Shot

When cast with full Energy Penetrating Shot will Slow (CC) all enemies it hits by 50% for 3 seconds. Elite enemies will also be Knocked Down (CC) for 1.5 seconds.

Combo Points

Penetrating Shot works in tandem with the Rogue Specialization Combo Points. When used together the Combo Points will add the following bonuses to Penetrating Shot.

Combo Pts All Ranks Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Rank 5
1 + 10% Lucky Chance x 91% Damage x 100% Damage x 109% Damage x 118% Damage x 127% Damage
2 + 20% Lucky Chance x 112% Damage x 123% Damage x 134% Damage x 146% Damage x 157% Damage
3 +30% Lucky Chance x 133% Damage x 146% Damage x 160% Damage x 173% Damage x 186% Damage


Other Skills that work with Penetrating Shot

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Penetrating Shot can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Penetrating Shot creates
Basic Tree
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Enhanced Invigorating Strike

Damaging a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy with Invigorating Strike increases its Energy Regeneration bonus to x 30%.

Skill

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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

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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
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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

Siphoning Strikes
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
Stutter Step

Critically striking an enemy grants +5% / +10% / +15% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

Passive

Agility Tree
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Enhanced Dash

Enemies damaged by Dash take x15% increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds.

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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

Weapon Mastery
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

Concussive

Concussive

After Knocking Back or Knocking Down an enemy, you gain 4% increased Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.

Passive

Subterfuge Tree
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Subverting Smoke Grenade

If an enemy is Vulnerable, Slowed, or Chilled then Smoke Grenade will Daze (CC) them for x 20% longer.

Skill

Imbuement Tree
Shadow imbuement

Shadow Imbuement

Imbue your weapons with festering shadows. Your next 2 Imbeuable Skills deal Shadow Damage and infect enemies for 6 seconds. Infected enemies explode on death, dealing 40% damage to all surrounding enemies. If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal 40% damage to only that enemy.

Cooldown: 13 seconds

Damage: Shadow

Lucky Hit Chance: 33%

Tags: Imbuement

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Enhanced Shadow Imbuement

You have +15% increased Critical Strike Chance against injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement.

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Mixed Shadow Imbuement

Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take x12% increased Non-Physical damage for 8 seconds.

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Blended Shadow Imbuement

Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Skill

Cold imbuement

Cold Imbuement

Imbue your weapons with frigid energies. Your next 2 Imbueable skills deal Cold Damage and Chill enemies for up to 25% per hit.

Cooldown: 13 seconds

Damage: Cold

Tags: Imbuement

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Mixed Cold Imbuement

Cold Imbued Skills deal 20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen enemies.

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Blended Cold Imbuement

Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 20% chance to instantly Freeze enemies for 3 seconds.

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Poison imbuement

Poison Imbuement

Imbue your weapons with lethal poison. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Poison Damage and apply up to 100% of their Base damage as additional Poisoning Damage for over 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 13 seconds

Damage: Poison

Lucky Hit Chance: 33%

Tags: Imbuement

Skill

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Enhanced Poison Imbuement

Poison Imbuement’s Poisoning duration is increased by 1 second.

Skill

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Mixed Poison Imbuement

Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 30% chance to reduce Poison Imbuement’s cooldown by 2 seconds.

Skill

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Blended Poison Imbuement

Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal x75% increased Poisoning Damage.

Skill

Precision Imbuement
Precision Imbuement

Imbued Skills gain + 3% / 6% / 9% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Passive

Ultimate Tree
Trap Mastery

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.

Passive

Key Passives Tree
Close Quarters Combat

Close Quarters Combat

Damaging a Close enemy with Marksman or Cutthroat Skills each grant a 15% [+] Attack Speed bonus for 8 seconds. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, your damage dealt is increased by 10%[x] of the total amount of your Damage vs Crowd Controlled bonus.

While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, you deal x30% increased damage against Crowd Controlled enemies.

Passive

Precision

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

Items that work with Penetrating Shot

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Penetrating Shot
  • Create a condition Penetrating Shot can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Penetrating Shot 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 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
Cheat's Aspect
Defensive You take 15 - 25% less damage from Crowd Controlled enemies. Whenever a Crowd Controlled enemy deals direct damage to you, gain 15% Movement Speed for 2 seconds.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Luban's Rest
(Map)
Scosglen Rogue
Trickshot Aspect
Offensive Whenever Penetrating Shot damages an enemy, 2 additional arrows split off to either side. These side arrows deal 10 - 25% of Penetrating Shot's Base damage and do not split.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Bastion of Faith
(Map)
Hawezar 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

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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:



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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:

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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
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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


Changes to Penetrating Shot

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