Pistol

This article is about the class of weapon. For the specific weapon sold by NPC weaponsmiths, see Pistol (weapon).

Pistol

Type

One-handed weapon

Used by

Engineer
Thief

Main-hand only:

Harbinger

Off-hand only:

Bladesworn
Mesmer

Crafted by

Huntsman

Gallery
Pistol concept art.

The pistol is a one-handed weapon that may be wielded in the main hand and off-hand. Pistols are characterized by their mid-range rapid projectile attacks.

Skills by profession

#	Skill			Description
Bladesworn
4	Gunstinger	0.5½	15	Quickly step forward to strike your foe while reloading your gun. Restores ammo to skill 5.
5	Dragon's Roar	0.5½	1	Fire all the barrels in your hand cannon to deal damage to foes in front of you. This skill consumes all your ammo when fired and pushes you back slightly based on the amount of ammo expended.
Engineer
1	Fragmentation Shot	0.5½		Fire a shot that bleeds the impacted target and then shatters, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
2	Poison Dart Volley	10.25¼	8	Fire a volley of darts that poison foes.
3	Static Shot		10	Discharge a lightning shot that bounces between multiple foes, blinding and confusing them.
4	Blowtorch	0.5½	12	Unleash flames from your pistol to burn foes. Deals more damage the closer you are.
5	Glue Shot	0.5½	12	Coat the target area with a glue puddle that immobilizes foes on impact, then cripples foes that remain within.
Thief
1	Vital Shot	0.5½		Bleed your foe with a shot to the vitals.
1	Sneak Attack	1	1	Stealth Attack. Sneak attack with rapid fire from your pistol and make your foe bleed.
2	Bola Shot	0.5½		Fire a set of immobilizing bolas at your foe.
3	Repeater (without offhand)	10.25¼		Blast your foe with rapid fire from your pistol.
3	Shadow Strike (with offhand Dagger)			Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them. Unlock Repeater at reduced initiative cost for a short time.
3	Repeater (with offhand Dagger)	10.25¼		Dual Wield. Blast your foe with rapid fire from your pistol.
3	Unload (with offhand Pistol)	10.5½		Dual Wield. Blast your foe repeatedly with both pistols. Gain initiative if all attacks hit.
4	Head Shot			Daze your foe with a head shot.
5	Black Powder	0.5½		Fire a black-powder shot, blinding your target and nearby foes with smoke.
Deadeye
1	Malicious Sneak Attack	1	1	Stealth Attack. Sneak attack with a rapid fire from your pistol that makes your foe bleed. Consumes all malice when striking your mark to inflict torment with a duration equal to twice the consumed malice.
Mesmer
4	Phantasmal Duelist	0.5½	20	Phantasm. Fire multiple crippling bullets at your target and summon an illusion that unloads its pistols on your target.
5	Magic Bullet	0.5½	25	Hit up to four foes with a single shot, inflicting confusion on each foe. In addition, the first target is stunned, the second is dazed, and the third is blinded.
Harbinger
1	Vicious Shot	0.5½		Fire a tormenting bullet that bounces between nearby foes.
2	Weeping Shots	10.25¼	6	Pierce your enemies with a series of corrosive bullets, inflicting torment and vulnerability. Gain life force for the first target hit by each bullet.
3	Vile Blast	0.75¾	12	Fire a dart that shatters on impact, releasing noxious liquid that stuns, weakens, and poisons foes in the area. Gain life force for each target struck.

Related traits

Proficiencies

• Pistol Proficiency (Bladesworn) — You can wield pistols.
• Pistol Proficiency (Harbinger) — You can wield pistols.

Enhancements

• Chemical Rounds (Firearms) — Gain condition damage. Your pistol skills gain increased condition duration.
• Deadly Aim (Critical Strikes) — Your pistol and harpoon gun attacks now pierce, but have reduced strike damage.
• Assassin's Reward (Acrobatics) — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
• Duelist's Discipline (Dueling) — Pistol attacks from you and your illusions have a chance to cause bleeding. Interrupting a foe recharges pistol skills. This trait can only reduce recharge on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Dark Gunslinger (Harbinger) — Pistol skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your vitality.

Weapon strength

See also: Weapon strength

Pistol weapon strength by level and rarity
Level	Basic		Fine		Masterwork		Rare		Exotic		Ascended
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Level 1	-	-	134	158	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 4	113	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 5	-	-	143	168	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 6	-	-	145	171	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 7	-	-	149	175	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 8	121	142	153	179	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 9	-	-	157	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 10	127	149	160	188	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 11	-	-	164	192	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 12	133	156	168	197	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 13	-	-	171	201	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 14	-	-	175	205	190	223	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 15	142	167	179	210	194	227	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 16	145	170	182	214	198	233	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 17	-	-	187	219	203	238	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 18	-	-	191	224	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 19	-	-	196	229	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 20	159	187	200	235	217	255	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 21	-	-	204	240	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 22	-	-	209	245	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 23	-	-	213	250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 24	173	203	218	255	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 25	177	208	222	261	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 26	-	-	226	266	247	290	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 27	-	-	232	273	253	297	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 28	189	222	238	280	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 29	-	-	244	286	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 30	198	233	250	293	272	319	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 31	-	-	256	300	278	326	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 32	208	244	262	307	284	334	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 33	-	-	268	314	291	341	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 34	-	-	274	321	297	348	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 35	222	261	-	-	303	356	328	385	-	-	-	-
Level 36	227	267	285	335	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 37	-	-	292	343	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 38	-	-	299	350	324	381	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 39	-	-	305	358	331	389	358	420	-	-	-	-
Level 40	248	291	312	366	338	397	366	429	-	-	-	-
Level 41	-	-	318	374	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 42	-	-	325	382	352	414	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 43	-	-	332	389	359	422	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 44	270	316	338	397	366	430	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 45	275	323	345	405	374	438	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 46	-	-	352	413	382	448	414	486	-	-	-	-
Level 47	-	-	360	422	-	-	423	496	-	-	-	-
Level 48	292	343	368	432	399	469	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 49	-	-	376	441	-	-			-	-	-	-
Level 50	305	359	-	-	417	489	450	528	-	-	-	-
Level 51	-	-	392	460	425	499	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 52	319	374	400	470	434	509	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 53	-	-	408	479	442	519	477	560	-	-	-	-
Level 54	-	-	416	489	-	-	487	571	-	-	-	-
Level 55	338	397	424	498	-	-	496	583	-	-	-	-
Level 56	345	405	433	508	469	550	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 57	-	-	441	518	478	561	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 58	-	-	450	528	488	572	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 59	-	-	459	539	497	583	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 60	373	438	468	549	-	-	546	641	-	-	-	-
Level 61	-	-	477	560	-	-	556	653	-	-	-	-
Level 62	-	-	486	570	525	616	566	664	640	751	-	-
Level 63	-	-	494	580	535	627	-	-	651	764	-	-
Level 64	402	472	503	591	544	639	-	-	664	779	-	-
Level 65	409	480	-	-	553	650	597	701	677	794	-	-
Level 66	-	-	521	611	564	662	-	-	690	809	-	-
Level 67	-	-	531	623	575	675	621	729	-	-	-	-
Level 68	432	507	541	636	586	688	632	742	-	-	-	-
Level 69	-	-	552	648	597	701	644	756	-	-	-	-
Level 70	448	526	562	660	608	714	655	769	741	870	-	-
Level 71	-	-	572	672	619	727	667	783	754	885	-	-
Level 72	465	546	583	684	630	739	679	797	767	900	-	-
Level 73	-	-	593	696	-	-	-	-	780	915	-	-
Level 74	-	-	603	708	652	765	702	824	794	931	-	-
Level 75	490	575	614	720	663	778	714	838	807	948	-	-
Level 76	499	585	624	732	675	792	727	853	821	964	-	-
Level 77	-	-	635	745	686	806	739	868	-	-	-	-
Level 78	-	-	646	758	698	819	751	882	849	996	-	-
Level 79	-	-	657	771	-	-	764	897	863	1,012	-	-
Level 80	534	627	668	784	722	847	776	911	876	1,029	920	1,080

Related achievements

• Weapon Master: Pistol Master — Deliver 5,000 killing blows with a pistol. (11)

Trivia

• In Ghosts of Ascalon, Ember Doomforge uses a pistol.
• After firing you can hear a sound of falling shells, which differs depending on the material of the ground.

See also

• Gallery of pistols
• Huntsman - the profession that crafts Pistols

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Weapons

One-handed

Axe • Dagger • Mace • Pistol • Sword

Main-hand only

Scepter

Off-hand only

Focus • Shield • Torch • Warhorn

Two-handed

Greatsword • Hammer • Longbow • Rifle • Short bow • Staff

Aquatic

Harpoon gun • Spear • Trident

Other

Bundles