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Forceful Arrow

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Forceful Arrow is a Rogue skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Critical Strike Dmg
Vulnerable
Knocks Back (CC)
Knocks Down (CC)
Marksman
Combo Point

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Forceful Arrow Details and Upgrades

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Forceful Arrow

Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Fire a powerful arrow at an enemy, dealing 22% damage. Every 3rd cast makes enemies hit Vulnerable for 5 seconds.

Damage: Physical Damage
Requires a Ranged weapon
Tags: Basic, Marksman

Upgrades

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Enhanced Forceful Arrow

Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow additionally has a + 15% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Primary Forceful Arrow Upgrade

Primary Forceful Arrow

Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow pierces through all enemies hit.

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Fundamental Forceful Arrow

Forceful Arrow Knocks Back (CC) Non-Elite enemies if they are Close. If they collide with another enemy, both are Knocked Down (CC) for 1.5 seconds.


Other Skills that work with Forceful Arrow

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Forceful Arrow can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Forceful Arrow creates
Forceful Arrow Creates Skills that Exploit This Condition
Vulnerable Enhanced Barrage | Enhanced Flurry | Improved Flurry | Improved Rapid Fire | Weapon Mastery
Knocks Back (CC) Enhanced Puncture | Enhanced Invigorating Strike | Primary Invigorating Strike | Concussive
Knocks Down (CC) Enhanced Puncture | Enhanced Invigorating Strike | Primary Invigorating Strike | Concussive
Marksman
Combo Points Barrage | Twisting Blades | Flurry | Rapid Fire | Penetrating Shot
Forceful Arrow Exploits Skills that Create This Condition
Critical Strike Damage Fundamental Heartseeker | Enhanced Dash | Weapon Mastery

(p) = passive skill




Basic Tree
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Enhanced Puncture

Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy.

Skill

Fundamental Puncture Upgrade

Fundamental Puncture

Puncture now throws 3 blades in a spread, each dealing 35% of its Base damage. Hitting an enemy with at least 2 blades at once makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Skill

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Enhanced Invigorating Strike

Damaging a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy with Invigorating Strike increases its Energy Regeneration bonus to x 30%.

Skill

Primary Invigorating Strike Upgrade

Primary Invigorating Strike

Invigorating Strike additionally grants 8%[+] Lucky Hit Chance. Hitting a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy increases this bonus to 16%[+] Lucky Hit Chance.

Skill

Fundamental Invigorating Strike Upgrade

Fundamental Invigorating Strike

Hitting an enemy with Invigorating Strike while you are below 85% Energy makes them Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Skill

Enhanced Heartseeker Upgrade

Enhanced Heartseeker

When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain 8%[+] Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable .

Skill

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Fundamental Heartseeker

Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by x 5% for 4 seconds, up to x 15%.

Skill

Core Tree
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Enhanced Barrage

Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy.

Skill

Improved Barrage Upgrade

Improved Barrage

Every 3rd cast of Barrage makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Skill

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Enhanced Flurry

Each time Flurry damages a Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemy, you are Healed for 1% of your Maximum Life up to 12% Maximum Life per cast.

Skill

Improved Flurry Upgrade

Improved Flurry

Casting Flurry dashes you to the target and Heals 10% of your Maximum Life.

Skill

Improved Rapid Fire Upgrade

Improved Rapid Fire

Gain 15 Energy per cast of Rapid Fire when it damages a Vulnerable enemy.

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Siphoning Strikes

Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes against Close enemies have up to a 85% chance to Heal you for 1% of your Maximum Life (17).

Damage: Physical Damage
Prerequisite: Can also reach Siphoning Strikes via Flurry and Twisting Blades. Passive

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Stutter Step

Critically Striking an enemy grants 5%[+] Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

Agility Tree
Enhanced Dash Upgrade

Enhanced Dash

Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10%[+] for 5 seconds.

Skill

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Methodical Dash

Dealing damage to Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash reduces its Charge Cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 4 seconds per cast.

Skill

Disciplined Caltrops Upgrade

Disciplined Caltrops

You have 10%[+] Critical Strike Chance against enemies inside your Caltrops . Double this amount against Vulnerable enemies.

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Weapon Mastery

Gain a bonus when attacking based on weapon type used in your attack:
Daggers: 7%[x] increased damage to Healthy and Injured enemies.
Swords: 3%[x] increased damage.
Bows: 4%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
Crossbows: 5%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage. Passive

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Trick Attacks

Dazing or Stunning an enemy increases your Critical Strike Chance by 2%[+] and Critical Strike Damage by 2%[x] for 5 seconds, both up to 12%.

Damage: Physical Damage
Prerequisite: Can also reach Trick Attacks via Dash. Passive

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Unstable Elixirs

Using a Healing Potion Stuns (CC) surrounding enemies for 2 seconds and increases your damage by 6% for 10 seconds.

Passive

Subterfuge Tree
Subverting Smoke Grenade Upgrade

Subverting Smoke Grenade

Smoke Grenade now deals Poison damage and applies another 45% Poisoning damage over 5 seconds.

Skill

Countering Smoke Grenade Upgrade

Countering Smoke Grenade

Hitting an Elite or Boss with your Smoke Grenade reduces its Cooldown by 5 seconds.

Skill

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Subverting Concealment

The Skill that breaks Concealment is always a Critical Strike and makes enemies Vulnerable for 6 seconds. Skill

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Malice

You deal 3%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies and 3%[x] increased damage to Knocked Down (CC) enemies. These bonuses can apply simultaneously.

Damage: Physical Damage
Prerequisite: Can also reach Malice via Smoke Grenade. Passive

Imbuements Tree
Blended Shadow Imbuement Upgrade

Blended Shadow Imbuement

Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Skill

Enhanced Cold Imbuement Upgrade

Enhanced Cold Imbuement

Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 40% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Skill

Mixed Cold Imbuement Upgrade

Mixed Cold Imbuement

Cold Imbued Skills deal 20%[x] damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen (CC) enemies.

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Blended Cold Imbuement Upgrade

Blended Cold Imbuement

Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 35% chance to instantly Freeze enemies for 3 seconds.

Skill

Blended Poison Imbuement Upgrade

Blended Poison Imbuement

Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal 75%[x] increased Poisoning damage.

Skill

Ultimate Tree
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Trap Mastery

When Poison Trap or Death Trap activates, you gain 4%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies for 4 seconds.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Trap SPassive

Key Passives Tree
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Precision

When you cast a Marksman Skill, you gain a stack of Precision. You gain an additional stack if that Skill Critically Strikes, once per cast.
When you reach 4 stacks of Precision, your next Marksman Ultimate or Rogue_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike and deals 50%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage, consuming all stacks of Precision. This damage is further increased by 15%[x] of your Critical Strike Damage bonus.
Current Bonus: 57.5%[x]

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Marksman Passive

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Victimize

Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 50% chance to cause an explosion, dealing [[80% weapon damage]] damage to them and surrounding enemies.

Victimize's damage is increased by 120%[x] of your Vulnerable Damage Bonus. Passive

Items that work with Forceful Arrow

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Forceful Arrow
  • Create a condition Forceful Arrow can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Forceful Arrow creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Arrow Storms
Offensive Lucky Hit: Your Marksman and Cutthroat Skills have up to a 25% chance to create an Arrow Storm at the enemy's location, dealing 156 - 486 Physical damage over 3 seconds.

Your Arrow Storms deal 45 - 54% increased damage.


Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Howling Warren
(Map)
Scosglen Rogue
Aspect of Corruption
Offensive Your Imbuement Skill effects have 25 - 45% [x] increased potency against Vulnerable enemies.

Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Renegade's Retreat
(Map)
Kehjistan Rogue
Aspect of Siphoned Victuals
Defensive Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Non-Basic Skill has a 5 - 25% chance to drop a Healing Potion.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50%)
Leviathan's Maw
(Map)
Hawezar Rogue
Blast-Trapper's Aspect
Offensive Lucky Hit: Dealing damage to enemies affected by your Trap Skills has a 15 - 35% chance to cause an explosion that deals 75 - 105 Shadow damage and applies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Kor Valar Ramparts
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Rogue
Energizing Aspect
Resource Damaging an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill generates 4 Energy. Gain 25 - 45 Energy after killing an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill.

Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Sanguine Chapel
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Rogue
Frostbitten Aspect
Utility Enemies hit by your Stun Grenades have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to be Frozen (CC) for 2 seconds. You deal [10 - 25]%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen (CC) or Stunned (CC) enemies.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Rogue
Mangler's Aspect
Utility Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 30 - 50% chance to Daze (CC) them for 2 seconds.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Rogue
Ravenous Aspect
Resource Killing a Vulnerable enemy grants you 55 - 75% [x] increased Energy Regeneration for 4 seconds.

Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Shifting City
(Map)
Dry Steppes Rogue
Vengeful Aspect
Offensive Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 25% chance to create an Arrow Storm at the enemy's location, dealing 156 - 486 Physical damage over 3 seconds.

Your Arrow Storms deal 156 - 486% increased damage.


Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Inferno
(Map)
Kehjistan Rogue

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.


Unique Items

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Condemnation

"I've never seen such ruthless butchery. He deserves to be be shipped off to die in the swamps with the rest of the godless murderers." - Witness to the murder of Sergeant Walcot

Type: Unique Dagger
Class: Rogue

Description: Your Core Skills deal [20 - 40]%[x] increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Basic Skills using this weapon have a 50% chance to generate 3 Combo Points.

  • +50.0% Damage

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
  • +[16.0 - 25.0]% Basic Attack Speed
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a +[20.0 - 24.0]% Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable for 2 Seconds
  • +[47.0 - 65.0]% Damage per Combo Point Spent
  • +[99 - 135] Dexterity
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Grasp of Shadow

Dark wisps creep hungrily across these gloves, like an assassin's blade seeking a life to steal on a moonless night.


Type: Unique Gloves
Class: Rogue

Description: Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a [24 - 44]% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics that Skill.


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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    Cowl of the Nameless

    "He is banished from the Guild, his name stricken from the Book. His punishment is to never have been." - Excerpt from a burned parchment


    Type: Unique Helm
    Class: Rogue

    Description: You gain [20 - 40]%[x] increased Lucky Hit Chance against Crowd Controlled enemies.


      Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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      Eaglehorn

      "Scholars have been unable to decipher the runes carved into this bow, however all agree they are related to its uncanny ability to bend arrows towards their targets." - Barrett's Book of Implements


      Type: Unique Bow
      Class: Rogue

      Description: Penetrating Shot makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Every 4th cast of Penetrating Shot bounces off walls and deals [50 - 150]%[x] more damage.


      Affixes: (Item Power 925)


      Changes to Forceful Arrow

      Patch 1.3.3, March 5, 2023

      • Attack Speed increased by 20%.

      Patch 1-3-0, January 23, 2024

      • Vulnerable duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.

      Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

      • Lucky Hit Chance increased from 40% to 50%.

      Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023

      Patch 1-0-3, June 27, 2023

      • Base damage increased from 20% to 22%.