Improved Penetrating Shot

Improved Penetrating Shot

30m Range
Fast
Ranged Skill
A damaging shot that pierces enemy mitigations.
... (Ranged) Damage
-3% Physical Mitigation
-3% Tactical Mitigation
Duration: 10s
Cost: [336 at Level 150] Power
Cost: 3 Focus
• Cooldown: 1s

General Information

Class: Hunter

Level: 68

This skill replaces  Penetrating Shot.

Effects

Using this skill applies  Penetrating Shot to the enemy target.

See Mitigation Reduction Skills for a list of all skills that reduce enemy mitigations.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  True Shot in the Bowmaster trait tree makes Penetrating Shot additionally grant up to +10% Incoming Ranged Critical Chance.
  
• 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  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 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  Armour Rend in the Trapper of Foes trait tree makes Penetrating Shot reduce block, parry, and evade rating. Further ranks improve the potency of this effect.
  
• 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

• 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%, and makes this skill apply Bleeding Puncture to the enemy target if Barbed Arrow is already applied on them.

Fire and Light Oils

If you have used a fire or light oil, Improved Penetrating Shot is changed to one of the following skills.

Imp. Penetrating Shot: Burn Through 30m Range Fast Ranged Skill A damaging shot that pierces enemy mitigations. Arrows inflict Fire damage. ... Fire (Ranged) Damage -3% Physical Mitigation -3% Tactical Mitigation Duration: 10s Cost: [336 at Level 150] Power Cost: 3 Focus Apply to target on Critical and Devastating Critical: ... Fire Damage initially. ... Fire Damage every 2.0 seconds for 6 seconds. Cooldown: 1s

Imp. Penetrating Shot: Pierce the Darkness 30m Range Fast Ranged Skill A damaging shot that pierces enemy mitigations. Arrows inflict Light damage. ... Light (Ranged) Damage -3% Physical Mitigation -3% Tactical Mitigation Duration: 10s Cost: [336 at Level 150] Power Cost: 3 Focus Apply to target on Critical and Devastating Critical: +10% Miss Chance Duration: 8s Cooldown: 1s