Heartseeker

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

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	Vulnerable
+ Attack Speed	Critical Strike Dmg
+ Critical Strike Chance	Critical Strike Chance
+ Critical Strike Dmg
Basic
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.

Heartseeker Details and Upgrades

Heartseeker Fire an arrow that seeks an enemy, dealing 24% damage and increasing your Critical Strike Chance against them by + 5% for 4 seconds, up to + 15%. Requires a Ranged Weapon Damage: Physical Tags: Basic, Marksman Lucky Hit Chance: 50%

Upgrades

Enhanced Heartseeker When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain 8%[+] Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable .	Primary Heartseeker Heartseeker ricochets to an additional enemy, dealing 75% of the original damage. Tags: Chain
	Fundamental Heartseeker Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by x 5% for 4 seconds, up to x 15%.

Other Skills that work with Heartseeker

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Heartseeker can exploit
• Exploit a condition Heartseeker creates

Basic Tree
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
Fundamental Invigorating Strike Hitting an enemy with Invigorating Strike while you are below 95% Energy makes them Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Forceful Arrow Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Fire a powerful arrow at an enemy, dealing 33% damage. Every 3rd cast makes enemies hit Vulnerable for 5 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Ranged weapon Tags: Basic, Marksman Skill
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. Skill
Core Tree
Improved Barrage Every 3rd cast of Barrage makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Advanced Barrage Whenever a single cast of Barrage ricochets at least 4 times, your next cast gains 20%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance. 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 Shadow Step Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Dazes and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Dash Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10%[+] for 5 seconds. Skill
Disciplined Caltrops You have +10% Critical Strike Chance against enemies inside your Caltrops. Double this amount against Vulnerable enemies. 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
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
Subterfuge Tree
Countering Dark Shroud While you have at least 2 active shadow from Dark Shroud, gain +8% Critical Strike Chance. Skill
Countering Concealment Casting Concealment grants 10% Dodge Chance, increases the Movement Speed bonus to 60%[+], and gives all of its other bonuses for the full 5 seconds. Skill
Imbuements Tree
Enhanced Shadow Imbuement You have +15% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement . Skill
Blended Shadow Imbuement Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Enhanced Cold Imbuement Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 40% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Skill
Blended Cold Imbuement Cold Imbuement applies to 2 additional Imbueable Skills and reduces their Energy cost by 35%. 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
Key Passives Tree
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 Heartseeker

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Heartseeker
• Create a condition Heartseeker can exploit
• Exploit a condition Heartseeker 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
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
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

	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
	Skyhunter "Genai took up her bow and aimed at the sun itself. The light burned her eyes, but her arrow flew true. Wounded, the sun hid, and brought forth the first night." - Fable of the Great Sky-Hunt Type: Unique Bow Class: Rogue Description: The first direct damage you deal to an enemy is a guaranteed Critical Strike. When you consume stacks of Precision casting a skill, that skill gains x20 - 60% increased Critical Strike Damage and you gain 30 - 60 Energy.	+170% Critical Strike Damage Affixes: +32 - 45% Chance for Marksman Projectiles to Cast Twice +196 - 250% Critical Strike Damage +1 - 2 to Stutter Step +16.5 - 20% Attack Speed
	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

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Heartseeker

Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H
Physical Damage [10.5 - 17.5]		✔		✔
Basic Skill Damage [18.5 - 39.5%]						✔
Basic Skill Damage [37 - 79%]							✔
Marksman Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔			✔
Damage with Ranged Weapons [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔			✔
Critical Strike Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔				✔
Critical Strike Damage [28 - 42%]							✔
Critical Strike Chance [1.8 - 5%]		✔			✔
Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies [3 - 8%]	✔				✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H

Changes to Heartseeker

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Critical Strike Chance bonus effect increased from 3% to 5% per stack. The cap is still 15%.

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 22% to 24%.
• Primary Heartseeker damage increased from 30% to 75%.