Deflecting Shot

Fire a missile that knocks back enemies and blocks missiles. — In-game description

Deflecting Shot

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Weapon

Longbow

Game link

API

29630

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0.25¼  10  

Deflecting Shot

Fire a missile that knocks back enemies and blocks missiles.

 Damage: 693 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

 Blocks Missiles

 Knockback: 300

 Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Radius: 120

 Pierces

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Defiance Break: 150

 Range: 1,200

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Dragonhunter

• Dulled Senses — Cripple enemies that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Heavy Light — Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This skill now knocks back foes, and its animation has been slowed down so the arrow is fired at 0.74 seconds (up from 0.28 seconds). Reduced power coefficient from 1.8 to 0.01 in PvP and WvW.
July 16, 2019	This skill no longer deals bonus damage if a missile is reflected. Increased base damage by 80%.
April 23, 2019	Skills that destroy missiles will now block missiles instead.
February 22, 2017	The missile hitbox has been improved.
April 19, 2016	The base damage of this skill has been increased by 17%.
November 17, 2015	Added unblockable as a skill fact.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Deflecting Shot has been added to the game.