Merciful Shot

Merciful Shot

30m Range
Fast
Ranged Skill
Skill Type: Focus Spender
A massively damaging shot that unlocks when the target is below 50% health.
... (Ranged) Damage
Cost: [672 at Level 160] Power
Cost: 6 Focus
• Cooldown: 25s

General Information

Class: Hunter

Level: 30

This skill is replaced by  Huntsman's Shot when specialized in the Huntsman.

This skill can only be used against enemy targets below 50% health.

Skill Interactions

This skill is classified as a Focus Spender. In addition to generating Focus, the classification is relevant for several traits and traceries.

Capstone Buff Skills:

•  Burn Hot: increases damage by 30% and power cost by 25% for 20 seconds
•  Horn of Oromë increases range by 10m for 15 seconds

Trait Interactions

• The set bonus  Swift Mercy in the Bowmaster trait tree makes  Improved Swift Bow have a 30% chance to apply Swift Mercy to the Hunter. While active, this skill can be used regardless of target health, and the Focus cost is reduced by 2.
• The trait  Huntsman's Blades in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill apply Huntsman's Blades to the Hunter. Further ranks increase the potency of this effect by up to 10%.
• The trait  Relentless in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill deal bonus damage against enemy targets that have Barbed Arrow applied on them.
• The set bonus  Archer's Mark in the Trapper of Foes trait tree makes this skill have a 50% chance to apply or tier up Archer's Mark on the enemy target, up to 3 times.
• The set bonus  Suppressing Stings in the Trapper of Foes trait tree makes  Focus and  Combat Focus make this skill apply Weakness to the enemy target.
• The set bonus  Marksman in the Bowmaster trait tree makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of  Upshot and  Heart Seeker by 1 second each if it lands as a critical hit, and 2 seconds if it lands as a devastating hit.
• The trait  Deadly Precision in the Bowmaster trait tree makes this skill generate 1 additional Focus if it lands as a critical hit.
• The trait  Mercy Kill in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 20%, and increases the critical damage by up to 10%.
• The trait  Strong Arm in the Huntsman trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
• The set bonus  Shoot to Kill in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 10%.
• The trait  Critical Eye in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the critical chance of this skill by up to 5%.
• The trait  Impact Arrows in the Huntsman trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 5%.
• The trait  Strength in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 5%.
• The set bonus  Haemorrhaging Shot in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the critical damage of this skill by 10%.
• The trait  Bow of the Righteous in the Bowmaster trait tree makes  Intent Concentration apply Bow of the Righteous to the Hunter, which temporarily makes this skill restore Power.
• Specializing in the Bowmaster trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 10% and increases the range by 10m.
• Specializing in the Huntsman trait tree replaces this skill with  Huntsman's Shot.

Tracery Interactions

• Focus Spender Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 11%.
• Merciful Shot & Huntsman's Shot Cooldown reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 5 seconds and increases the critical damage by up to 27.5%.
• Suppressing Stings Weakness Potency increases the potency of Weakness by up to 2.75%.
• Swift Mercy Chance increases the proc chance of Swift Mercy by up to 6.6%.

Armour Set Interactions

Lower-level Armour Sets
Level 150
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%.