Kill Shot

Burst. Fire a powerful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level. — In-game description

Kill Shot

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Profession mechanic

Weapon

Rifle

Type

Burst

Game link

API

14396, 14473, 14474, 14475

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10.25¼  8  

Kill Shot

Burst. Fire a powerful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level.

 Level 1 damage: 949 (2.25)^?

 Level 1 damage: 591 (1.4)^?

 Level 2 damage: 1,160 (2.75)^?

 Level 2 damage: 717 (1.7)^?

 Level 3 damage: 1,371 (3.25)^?

 Level 3 damage: 844 (2.0)^?

 Pierces

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 1,500

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.

Arms

• Sundering Burst — Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Burst Precision — Burst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Berserker

• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.

Spellbreaker

• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Magebane Tether — Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Notes

• Movement interrupts channeling.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 17, 2020	Fixed a bug that caused the spellbreaker version of this skill to do more damage than expected in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.25/2.75/3.25 to 1.4/1.7/2.0.
January 26, 2016	This skill now pierces by default.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Using a burst skill for your equipped weapon will now set the recharge of all adrenaline tiers of that burst skill. The recharge of all burst skills has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
January 27, 2015	The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.75 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
December 10, 2013	Fixed the skill facts to indicate the damage increase when Burst Mastery is traited.
August 20, 2013	Fixed a bug so that this skill will no longer drain the energy of a target that reflects it.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Kill Shot has been added to the game.