Puncture

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

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	Crowd Controlled
Vulnerable	Critical Strike Chance
Energy
Slows (CC)
Marksman
Combo Point

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

Puncture Details and Upgrades

Puncture Throw your blades a short distance, dealing 21% damage. Every 3rd cast Slows (CC) enemies by 20% for 2 seconds. Critical Strikes will always Slow. Requires Dual Wielded Weapons. Damage: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Tags: Basic, Marksman

Upgrades

Enhanced Puncture Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy.	Primary Puncture Every 3rd cast of Puncture will also ricochet up to 2 times. Critical Strikes will always ricochet.
	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.

* Vulnerable enemies take 20% increased damage.

Other Skills that work with Puncture

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Puncture can exploit
• Exploit a condition Puncture creates

Basic Tree
</noinclude> Fundamental Blade Shift Moving through enemies while Blade Shift is active refreshes its duration. After moving through enemies 5 times your next Blade Shift will Daze (CC) enemies 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
Primary Forceful Arrow Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow pierces through Vulnerable enemies. Skill
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. Skill
Heartseeker Fire an arrow that seeks an enemy, dealing 24% damage and increasing your Critical Strike Chance against them by + 5% for 4 seconds, up to + 15%. Requires a Ranged Weapon Damage: Physical Tags: Basic, Marksman Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Skill
Enhanced Heartseeker When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain + 8% Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable. Skill
Core Tree
Improved Twisting Blades Enemies are Dazed (CC) while impaled with Twisting Blades. Skill
Enhanced Barrage Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy. 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 If Flurry hits any Vulnerable enemy it will make all enemies hit by that cast Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Advanced Flurry Evading through an enemy will cause your next Flurry to Stun (CC) enemies for 2.5 seconds. Skill
Improved Rapid Fire Gain 15 Energy per cast of Rapid Fire when it damages a Vulnerable enemy. Skill
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. Skill
Agility Tree
Enhanced Shadow Step Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step increases your Critical Strike Chance against them by +8% for 3 seconds Skill
Methodical Shadow Step Enemies damaged by Shadow Step are Stunned (CC) for 2 seconds. Skill
Disciplined Dash Dash Slows (CC) enemies it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. Any enemy already Slowed will be Dazed (CC) for 2 seconds instead. 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
Caltrops Leap backwards and throw caltrops on the ground, dealing 40% damage and Slowing (CC) enemies by 50%.  Lasts 7 seconds. Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 12 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Agility, Trap Lucky Hit Chance: 25% 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
Concussive After Knocking Back (CC) or Knocking Down (CC) an enemy, you gain a 4 / 8 / 12% increased Critical Strike Chance against them for 3 seconds. Skill
Subterfuge Tree
Countering Dark Shroud While you have at least 2 active shadow from Dark Shroud, gain +8% Critical Strike Chance. Skill
Smoke Grenade Throw a smoky concoction at enemies that Dazes (CC) them for 4 seconds. Cooldown: 13 seconds Tags: Subterfuge, Grenade Dazed enemies cannot attack or use skills but are able to move. Skill
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
Enhanced Poison Trap Poison Trap Knocks Down (CC) enemies for 1.5 seconds when it activates. Skill
Countering Concealment The skill that breaks Concealment will always be a guaranteed Critical Strike. Skill
Malice You deal x 3% / 6% /9% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Requires point in Exploit. Passive
Imbuement Tree
Enhanced Shadow Imbuement You have +15% increased Critical Strike Chance against injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement. Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuement Cold Imbued Skills deal 20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen enemies. Skill
Precision Imbuement Imbued Skills gain + 3%/6%/9% increased Critical Strike Chance. Passive
Ultimate Tree
Supreme Rain of Arrows Rain of Arrows' second wave Knocks Down (CC) enemies for 3 seconds. Skill
Prime Death Trap Enemies are Pulled Into (CC) Death Trap when it activates. Skill
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 Damaging a Close enemy with Marksman or Cutthroat Skills each grant a 10% [+] Attack Speed bonus for 8 seconds. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, your damage dealt is increased by 40%[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 Critical Strikes with Marksman skills grant you Precision. You gain x4% increased Critical Strike Damage per stack of Precision, up to a maximum of x20%. When you reach maximum Precision, your next Marksman skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike that deals x40% increased Critical Strike Damage, then consumes all stacks of Precision. Passive
Victimize Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 45% chance to cause an explosion, dealing 23% of the original damage to them and surrounding enemies. Victimize's damage is increased by 120% [x] of your Vulnerable damage bonus. Passive
Exposure Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to an enemy affected by a Trap skill has up to a 25% chance to: Reduce the active Cooldowns of your Trap skills by 20% Drop a cluster of Stun Grenades that deal 40% total Physical damage and Stun (CC) enemies for 0.50 seconds. Passive

Items that work with Puncture

The following items either:

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

Legendary Aspects

Pestilent Points Aspect

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
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
Energizing Aspect	Resource	Damaging an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill generates 5 - 9 Energy. Ring	Sanguine Chapel (Map)	Fractured Peaks	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 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.	Affixes: + % Damage to Close Enemies + % Critical Strike Damage + % Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons + % Core Skill Damage + % Basic Skill Attack Speed
	Asheara's Khanjar When Caldeum's gates closed, Asheara led her Iron Wolves out of the city knowing full well they would never return. Instead they roamed Kehjistan pledging their blades to any who were in need. Type: Dagger Description: Hits with this weapon increase your Attack Speed by 4 - 6% for 4 seconds, up to 20 - 30%.	Affixes: + 20% Damage to Close Enemies + 18.5 - 39.5% Basic Skill Damage + 5 - 12% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies + 14 - 28% Movement Speed for 4 Secs after killing an Elite + 5.4 - 11% Lucky Hit Chance
	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 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 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

Changes to Puncture

There have been no changes to Puncture to date.