Brutal Shot

This article is about the rifle skill. For the harpoon gun skill that formerly had this name, see Puncture Shot (warrior).

Evade backward while firing an immobilizing shot. — In-game description

Animation

Brutal Shot

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Rifle

Movement

Retreat

Game link

API

34296

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0.75¾  1  2  

Brutal Shot

Evade backward while firing an immobilizing shot.

 Damage: 422 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 169 (0.4)^?

 Immobilize (10.5½s): Unable to move.

₈ Vulnerability (12s): +8% Incoming Damage, +8% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Condition Removed

 Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Distance: 400

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Brave Stride — Movement skills grant stability when used.

Arms

• Opportunist — Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize or disable a foe.

Tactics

• Leg Specialist — Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Deal increased strike damage to foes affected with movement-impairing conditions.

Bladesworn

• Swift as the Wind — Movement skills grant swiftness and increase flow rate.
• Unshakable Mountain — Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill grants barrier.
• Fierce as Fire — Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
• Lush Forest — Using the first round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all warrior skills. Does not affect the recharge of Unsheathe Gunsaber, Sheathe Gunsaber, and Dragon Trigger.

Gallery

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  Old skill animation (open to play).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	This skill will now fire its shot during the evasion instead of after it.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 8 seconds to 1 second. This skill will now cause you to evade backward immediately and fire a shot at the end of the roll.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This skill now has 2 ammunition, requires an 8-second recharge between uses, and recovers ammunition every 20 seconds. (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.4. Adjusted vulnerability from 8 stacks for 12 seconds to 12 stacks for 6 seconds.
August 28, 2018	The damage of this skill has been increased by 100%.
February 23, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented the roll-back portion of this skill from functioning if the player was in midair. Fixed a bug that prevented the audio of this ability from playing.
January 26, 2016	This ability will now roll the warrior backward (about 400 distance) when the shot is fired. This ability now immobilizes struck enemies for 1.5 seconds.
January 27, 2015	The casting time on this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast by .3 seconds.
April 30, 2013	Increased vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. Increased vulnerability stacks from 5 to 8.
November 15, 2012	This skill is now a projectile combo finisher.
October 22, 2012	This skill can now stack vulnerability up to 2 times.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Brutal Shot has been added to the game.