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.