Measured Shot

Dual Wield. Shadowstep and fire a shot that hinders foes and helps allies. — In-game description

Measured Shot

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Specter

Weapon

Scepter
Off hand pistol

Type

Dual Wield

Movement

Shadowstep

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

63267

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0.5½  3  

Measured Shot

Dual Wield. Shadowstep and fire a shot that hinders foes and helps allies.

Enemy target: Shadowstep away from your target and launch a shot that immobilizes enemies.

 Damage: 121 (0.33)^?

 Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

 Maximum Distance from Target: 900

Ally target: Shadowstep toward your target and launch a healing shot. Effectiveness is reduced for allies that are not the primary target.

 Healing: 2,151 (0.444)^?

 Healing: 1,441 (0.444)^?

 Effectiveness Decreased: 50%

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Maximum Distance from Ally: 80

 Unblockable

 Maximum Travel Distance: 300

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Deadly Ambition — Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.
• 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.

Shadow Arts

• Shadow Savior — After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.

Acrobatics

• Guarded Initiation — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Hard to Catch — Gain endurance when you shadowstep.
• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Specter

• Second Opinion — A portion of condition damage is converted to healing power. Gain condition damage, which is increased while wielding a scepter.
• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
• Traversing Dusk — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.

Notes

• Casting this skill grants  Endless Night for 5 seconds.
• This skill does not require a target.
• Pierces up to 4 targets.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Fixed an issue that prevented scepter skills from granting malice.
June 27, 2023	Ally-targeted scepter skills now also grant a lesser effect to additional allies in a radius around the target. All scepter projectiles have had their velocity increased by 66%. Ally-targeted skills will now affect a radius of 240 around their target; secondary targets receive reduced benefits. Updated ally-targeted skill facts to show their unblockable nature.
October 18, 2022	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to display as out of range when an ally was targeted. Fixed an issue that caused Measured Shot to display every error as an out-of-range error.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Measured Shot has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Measured Shot was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
October 26, 2021	Measured Shot was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.