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.
  

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