Forceful Arrow

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

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

Forceful Arrow Details and Upgrades

Forceful Arrow Fire a powerful arrow at an enemy, dealing 22% damage. Every 3rd cast makes the enemy Vulnerable for 2. seconds. Requires a Ranged Weapon Damage: Physical Tags: Basic, Marksman Lucky Hit Chance: 40%

Upgrades

Enhanced Forceful Arrow Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow additionally has a + 15% increased Critical Strike Chance.	Primary Forceful Arrow Every 3rd cast of Forceful Arrow pierces through all enemies hit.
	Fundamental Forceful Arrow Forceful Arrow Knocks Back Close enemies and Immobilizes (CC) them for 2.5 seconds. Enemies Immobilized this way take x 50% increased damage for the duration.

Other Skills that work with Forceful Arrow

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Forceful Arrow can exploit
• Exploit a condition Forceful Arrow creates

Basic Tree
Enhanced Puncture Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy. Skill
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
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 Invigorating Strike Hitting an enemy with Invigorating Strike while you are below 95% Energy makes them Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Heartseeker When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain 8%[+] Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable . 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 Barrage Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy. Skill
Improved Barrage Every 3rd cast of Barrage makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
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 Casting Flurry dashes you to the target and Heals 10% of your Maximum Life. Skill
Improved Rapid Fire Gain 15 Energy per cast of Rapid Fire when it damages a Vulnerable enemy. Skill
Advanced Rapid Fire Rapid Fire deals 30%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds after you Evade. Skill
Agility Tree
Disciplined Caltrops You have +10% Critical Strike Chance against enemies inside your Caltrops. Double this amount against Vulnerable enemies. Skill
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
Countering Smoke Grenade Hitting an Elite or Boss with your Smoke Grenade reduces its Cooldown by 5 seconds. Skill
Subverting Concealment The Skill that breaks Concealment is always a Critical Strike and makes enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds. Skill
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
Enhanced Cold Imbuement Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 40% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuements Skill
Blended Shadow Imbuement Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
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 SPassive
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
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 150%[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.

Changes to Forceful Arrow

Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023

• Primary Forceful Arrow - Every third cast pierces enemies.

Patch 1-0-3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 20% to 22%.