Malicious Surprise Shot

Stealth Attack. Shoot an arrow that bleeds and immobilizes your foe. If the arrow hits your marked target, it consumes all malice and splinters, firing new arrows at nearby foes for each malice consumed. — In-game description

Malicious Surprise Shot

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Short bow

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

50451

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Malicious Surprise Shot

Stealth Attack. Shoot an arrow that bleeds and immobilizes your foe. If the arrow hits your marked target, it consumes all malice and splinters, firing new arrows at nearby foes for each malice consumed.

 Damage: 220 (0.6)^?

₃ Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage

 Bleeding (5s): 110 Damage

 Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

 Radius: 360

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
• Panic Strike — Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe below the health threshold immobilizes them.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
• Shadow Siphoning — Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Trickery

• Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Deadeye

• Malicious Intent — Marking a target or striking your mark with a stealth attack will immediately grant malice.

Notes

• The arrows created by consuming malice seek new targets within 360 radius of the original target.
• The arrows created by consuming malice are considered completely new Malicious Surprise Shots.
• The new arrows generated per malice consumed will also trigger stealth attack traits.
  • With the exception of Rending Shade being bugged

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	Surprise Shot and Malicious Surprise Shot: These skills now additionally apply 3 stacks of bleeding for 5 seconds in PvE and 1 stack in PvP and WvW.
May 08, 2018	Malicious Surprise Shot has been added to the game.