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: [336 at Level 150] 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 20% 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 trait  Volley in the Huntsman trait tree makes this skill apply a stack of Volley to the Hunter. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Further ranks increase the potency of the effect by up to 10%.
• 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 up to 4%.
• 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

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%.