Penetrating Shot

Penetrating Shot is a Rogue skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	Combo Points
Critical Strike Chance *	Critical Strike Dmg
Slows (CC)
Knocks Down (CC)
+ Lucky Hit Chance *
Imbueable
Marksman

'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.

* Only Penetrating Shot benefits from this.

Penetrating Shot Energy Cost: 35 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Fire an arrow that pierces through all enemies in a line, dealing 95% damage, increased by 10%[x] per enemy it pierces. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Ranged weapon Tags: Core, Marksman, Imbueable

Upgrades

Enhanced Penetrating Shot Casting Penetrating Shot and hitting a Boss or Elite with it has a 40% chance to fire it an additional time for free.	Improved Penetrating Shot Penetrating Shot has +10% Critical Strike Chance. If Penetrating Shot damages at least 3 enemies, you gain +10% increased Critical Strike Chance for 5 seconds.
	Advanced Penetrating Shot When Cast with full Energy, Penetrating Shot Slows (CC) all enemies it hits by 50% for 3 seconds, then additionally dealing x 50% increased damage to Elite enemies and Knocking them Down for 1.5 seconds.

Combo Points

Penetrating Shot works in tandem with the Rogue Specialization Combo Points. Building up Combo Points (3 Max) with a Basic skill and then using Penetrating Shot will add the following bonuses to the attack.

Combo Pts	Chance	Damage
1	+ 10% Lucky Chance	x 91% Damage
2	+ 20% Lucky Chance	x 112% Damage
3	+30% Lucky Chance	x 133% Damage

Other Skills that work with Penetrating Shot

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Penetrating Shot can exploit
• Exploit a condition Penetrating Shot creates

Basic Tree
Enhanced Invigorating Strike Damaging a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy with Invigorating Strike increases its Energy Regeneration bonus to x 50%. Skill
Primary Invigorating Strike Invigorating Strike additionally grants 8%[+] Lucky Hit Chance. Hitting a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy increases this bonus to +32% Lucky Hit Chance. Skill
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
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
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
Stutter Step Critically Striking an enemy grants 5%[+] Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Passive
Agility Tree
Enhanced Dash Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10%[+] for 5 seconds. Skill
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
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
Unstable Elixirs Using a Healing Potion Stuns (CC) surrounding enemies for 2 seconds and increases your damage by 6% for 10 seconds. You may now drink your Healing Potion while at full health. Passive
Subterfuge Tree
Subverting Smoke Grenade Smoke Grenade now deals Poison damage and applies another 45% Poisoning damage over 5 seconds. Skill
Imbuement Tree
Shadow Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Imbue your weapons with festering shadows. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Shadow damage and infect enemies for 6 seconds. Infected enemies explode on death, dealing 40% damage to all surrounding enemies. If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal 60% damage to only that enemy. Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Enhanced Shadow Imbuement You have +15% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement . Skill
Mixed Shadow Imbuement Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take x12% increased Non-Physical damage for 8 seconds. Skill
Blended Shadow Imbuement Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Cold Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Imbue your weapons with frigid energies. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Cold damage and Chill (CC) enemies for 25% per hit. Damage: N/A Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuement Cold Imbued Skills deal x20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen (CC) enemies. Skill
Blended Cold Imbuement Cold Imbuement applies to 2 additional Imbueable Skills and reduces their Energy cost by 35%. Skill
Poison Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Imbue your weapons with lethal poison. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Poison damage and apply 100% of their Base damage as additional Poisoning damage over 6 seconds. Damage: Poison Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Enhanced Poison Imbuement Casting Poison Imbuement generates 30 Energy, increased by 2 for each Nearby Poisoned enemy. Skill
Mixed Poison Imbuement Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 30% chance to reduce the Cooldown of Poison Imbuement by 2 seconds. Skill
Blended Poison Imbuement Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal x75% increased Poisoning damage. Skill
Precision Imbuement Imbued Skills gain 3%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance. Passive
Ultimate Tree
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 Passive
Key Passives Tree
Close Quarters Combat Damaging a Close enemy with Marksman or Cutthroat Skills each grant a +15% Attack Speed bonus for 8 seconds. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, you deal increased damage equal to x25% of your Damage vs Close bonus. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Marksman, Cutthroat Passive
Precision When you cast a Marksman Skill, you gain a stack of Precision. When you reach 3 stacks of Precision, your next Marksman Ultimate or Core Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike and deals x65% increased Critical Strike Damage, consuming all stacks of Precision. This damage is further increased by x 20% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Marksman Passive

Items that work with Penetrating Shot

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Penetrating Shot
• Create a condition Penetrating Shot can exploit
• Exploit a condition Penetrating Shot 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 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
Cheat's Aspect	Defensive	You gain + 5 - 15% Damage Reduction and + 10% increased Movement Speed. These bonuses are doubled while below 50% Maximum Life. Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50%)	Luban's Rest (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Trickshot Aspect	Offensive	Whenever Penetrating Shot damages an enemy, 2 additional arrows split off to either side. These side arrows deal 10 - 30% of Penetrating Shot's Base damage and do not split. Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Bastion of Faith (Map)	Hawezar	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

	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 [50 - 70]%[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
	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) +[10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance +[113.5 - 145.0]% Ultimate Damage +[2 - 3] to Core Skills
	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 x20 - 40% increased Lucky Hit Chance against Crowd Controlled enemies.	Affixes: +1 - 2 to Unstable Elixirs +1 - 2 to Trick Attacks +1 - 2 to Rapid Gambits +41.5 - 55% Crowd Control Duration
	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 x50 - 150% more damage.	+130% Vulnerable Damage Affixes: +37 - 55% Chance for Penetrating Shot Projectiles to Cast Twice +2 - 4 to Penetrating Shot +1 - 2 to Malice ++16.5 - 20% Attack Speed

Changes to Penetrating Shot

Patch 2.4.0, 23 September 2025

• Advanced Penetrating Shot
  • Previous: When cast with full Energy, Penetrating Shot will Slow (CC) all enemies it hits by 50% for 3 seconds. Elite enemies will take x50% increased damage and be Knocked Down (CC) for 1.5 seconds.
  • Now: When Cast with full Energy, Penetrating Shot Slows all enemies it hits by 50% for 3 seconds, then additionally dealing 50%[x] increased damage to Elite enemies and Knocking them Down for 1.5 seconds.

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

• New functionality: Now deals 10% increased damage per enemy it pierces.
• Enhanced Penetrating Shot
  • Previous – Penetrating Shot deals 10% increased damage for each enemy it pierces.
  • Now – Casting Penetrating Shot and hitting a Boss or Elite with it has a 25% Chance to fire an additional shot for free.

Patch 1.3.0, January 23, 2024

• Enhanced Penetrating Shot
  • Previous: Penetrating Shot deals 10%[x] increased damage per enemy it pierces.
  • Now: Penetrating Shot has a 10%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance. If Penetrating Shot damages at least 3 enemies, gain 10%[+] Critical Strike Chance for 5 seconds.
• Improved Penetrating Shot
  • Previous: If Penetrating Shot damage at least 3 enemies, your next Penetrating Shot has 20%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance.
  • New: Penetrating Shot deals an additional 10%[x] increased damage per enemy it hits.,,