Improved Merciful Shot

Improved Merciful Shot

30m Range
Fast
Ranged Skill
A massively damaging shot that unlocks when the target is below 50% health.

Critical hits deal bonus damage.
... (Ranged) Damage
Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
Cost: 6 Focus
• Cooldown: 30s

General Information

Class: Hunter

Level: 52

This skill replaces  Merciful Shot.

Trait Interactions

• The set bonus  Swift Mercy in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the Health threshold of this skill by 20%, and makes this consume all stacks of Swift Mercy (applied by  Improved Swift Bow) to reduce its Focus cost.
  
• The set bonus  Marksman in the Bowmaster trait tree makes Critical Hits reduce the cooldown of  Heart Seeker and  Upshot by 1 second, and Devastating Hits reduce the cooldown of these skills by 2 seconds.
  
• The trait  Mercy Kill in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the Critical damage of this skill by up to 30%.
  
• The trait  Deadly Precision in the Bowmaster trait tree makes this skill generate 1 Focus upon Critical hit.
  
• The trait  Strong Draw in the Huntsman trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 25%. At max rank, this skill has a 15% chance to apply Strong Draw to the Hunter.
  
• The trait  Shot Through The Heart in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill deal bonus damage against enemy targets that have Barbed Arrow applied.
  
• The trait  Wounded Prey in the Trapper of Foes trait tree makes this skill consume all stacks of Lingering Wound on the enemy target to deal bonus damage.
  
• The set bonus  Archer's Mark in the Bowmaster trait tree makes this skill have a 20% chance to apply Archer's Mark to the enemy target.
  
• Specializing in the Bowmaster trait tree makes this skill have a 15% chance to apply Needful Haste to the Hunter, and increases the range of this skill by 10m.
  
• The set bonus  Haemorrhaging Shot in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the Critical Damage of this skill by 10%.
  
• The trait  Volley in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill have up to a 15% chance to apply Volley to the Hunter, which removes the Induction of the next skill.
  
• The set bonus  Fleetness in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill have a 10% chance to grant Fleetness to the Hunter.
  
• The set bonus  Improved Fleetness in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill have a 10% chance to grant Improved Fleetness to the Hunter, instead of Fleetness.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Merciful Shot Cooldown & Critical Multiplier reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 11 seconds and increases the Critical Damage by up to 27.5%.
  
• Focus Bow Critical Multiplier increases the Critical Multiplier of this skill by up to 16.5% and reduces the Power cost by up to 27.5%.
  
• Ranged Attack Evade & Block Chance reduces the chance for this skill to be blocked or evaded by up to 3.3% each.
  
• Needful Haste Duration increases the duration of Needful Haste by up to 16.5 seconds.
  

Armour Set Interactions

Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Shagâni Hawks jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth Instance Cluster increases the damage of this skill by 5%.