Projectile finisher

This article is about the combo finisher. For the generic game mechanic, see Projectile.

A Projectile finisher is a skill that can create a combo effect by interacting with a combo field. Projectile effects are applied directly to the skill's target, or, in case of the Water and Light fields, to a single ally adjacent to the target. Projectile finishers are unique among finishers insofar that some projectiles, particularly those from skills with no cooldown and that fire multiple projectiles, will only combo 20% of the time. For such skills, the combo indicator will still appear and the projectile will take on the visual appearance of the combo, but will not necessarily apply the additional effect. Piercing projectiles will apply the combo effect to every enemy hit.

Combo effects by field

Field	Effect	Notes
Dark	Lifesteal	Damage: 202 (0.03)?  Healing: 202 (0.1)?
Ethereal	Confusion	Confusion (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Fire	Burning	Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Ice	Chilled	Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Light	Remove Condition	Conditions Removed: 1
Lightning	Vulnerability	Vulnerability (5s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage
Poison	Poisoned	Poison (2s): 67 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Smoke	Blinded	Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Water	Regeneration	Regen (2s): 260 Heal

Related skills

Some skills only have a 20% chance to trigger a projectile finisher. These have been referred to in update notes as "small projectile finishers".

Weapon skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Wrathful Grasp — Spear   Deflecting Shot — Longbow   True Shot — Longbow   Field of the Mists — Hammer   Hammer Bolt — Hammer   Throw Axe — Axe   Tremor — Mace   Impale — Sword   Bladetrail — Greatsword   Pin Down — Longbow   Smoldering Arrow — Longbow   Brutal Shot — Rifle   Barbed Pull — Spear   Disrupting Throw — Spear   Knot Shot — Harpoon gun   Mariner's Shot — Harpoon gun   Puncture Shot — Harpoon gun   Refraction Cutter — Sword   Throw Shield — Shield   Capture Line — Harpoon gun   Net Wall — Harpoon gun   Refraction Cutter — Sword   Refraction Cutter Blade — Sword   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace   Path of Scars — Axe   Crippling Talon — Dagger   Hunter's Shot — Longbow   Point-Blank Shot — Longbow   Concussion Shot — Short bow   Crippling Shot — Short bow   Quick Shot — Short bow   Counter Throw — Spear   Falcon's Stoop — Spear   Owl's Flight — Spear   Coral Shot — Harpoon gun   Feeding Frenzy — Harpoon gun   Mercy Shot — Harpoon gun   Dancing Dagger — Dagger   Shadow Shot — Dagger   Black Powder — Pistol   Bola Shot — Pistol   Head Shot — Pistol   Shadow Strike — Pistol   Sneak Attack — Pistol   Death's Judgment — Rifle   Disabling Shot — Short bow   Surprise Shot — Short bow   Tow Line — Spear   Crippling Shot — Harpoon gun   Escape — Harpoon gun   Ink Shot — Harpoon gun   Malicious Sneak Attack — Pistol   Malicious Death's Judgment — Rifle   Skirmisher's Shot — Rifle   Spotter's Shot — Rifle   Malicious Surprise Shot — Short bow   Boulder Blast — Pistol, when attuned to earth   Hurl — Scepter, when attuned to earth   Shock Wave — Staff, when attuned to earth   Stoning — Staff, when attuned to earth   Earthen Spear — Spear, when attuned to earth   Enervating Earth — Pistol, when attuned to air and earth   Purblinding Plasma — Pistol, when attuned to fire and air   Pile Driver — Staff, when attuned to air and earth   Grand Finale — Hammer   Magic Bullet — Pistol   Dark Spear — Spear Bundle skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Artillery Slash — Unsheathe Gunsaber   Mortar Shot — Elite Mortar Kit   Frost Volley — Frost Bow Transform skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Throw Boulder — Rampage Utility skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Throw Bolas — Physical   Scorpion Wire — Trick   Impairing Daggers — Physical   Arcane Blast — Arcane Profession mechanic skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Forceful Shot — Burst, Harpoon gun   Kill Shot — Burst, Rifle   Burning Shackles — Primal Burst, Harpoon gun   Gun Flame — Primal Burst, Rifle   Harpoon — Tool belt, Harpoon Turret   Launch Personal Battering Ram — Tool belt, Personal Battering Ram   Surprise Shot — Tool belt, Rifle Turret   Throw Vine — Tool belt, Seed Turret   Throw Wrench — Tool belt, Tool Kit   Particle Accelerator — Tool belt, Photon Wall   Entangling Web   Club Shock Wave — Stolen skill   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill   Throw Chain — Stolen skill   Throw Coral Shard — Stolen skill   Throw Crystal Shard — Stolen skill   Throw Gear — Stolen skill   Throw Lava Rock — Stolen skill   Throw Net — Stolen skill   Throw Rock — Stolen skill   Throw Scale — Stolen skill   Throw Vine — Stolen skill Pet skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Entangling Web — Spider Racial skills with a 100% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Heat Seeker — Charrzooka   Hidden Pistol   Throw Vine — Tool belt, Seed Turret

Weapon skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Spear of Light — Spear   Puncture Shot — Longbow   Abyssal Fire — Spear   Spear of Anguish — Spear   Mistsfire — Trident   Portal Fire — Trident   Torrential Mists — Trident   Sevenshot — Short bow   Shattershot — Short bow   Dual Shot — Longbow   Fierce Shot — Rifle   Volley — Rifle   Repeating Shot — Harpoon gun   Split Shot — Harpoon gun   Fragmentation Shot — Pistol   Rifle Burst — Rifle   Homing Torpedo — Harpoon gun   Ricochet — Axe   Splitblade — Axe   Long Range Shot — Longbow   Rapid Fire — Longbow   Crossfire — Short bow   Bee's Sting — Spear   Splinter Shot — Harpoon gun   Venomous Volley — Axe   Repeater — Pistol   Repeater — Pistol   Unload — Pistol   Vital Shot — Pistol   Trick Shot — Short bow   Deluge — Harpoon gun   Piercing Shot — Harpoon gun   The Ripper — Harpoon gun   Brutal Aim — Rifle   Deadly Aim — Rifle   Double Tap — Rifle   Three Round Burst — Rifle   Malicious Ripper — Harpoon gun   Frigid Flurry — Pistol, when attuned to water   Stone Shards — Scepter, when attuned to earth   Rock Blade — Trident, when attuned to earth   Bladecall — Dagger   Phantasmal Duelist — Pistol   Friendly Fire — Rifle   Bladecall — Dagger   Flying Cutter — Dagger   Necrotic Grasp — Staff   Vicious Shot — Pistol   Weeping Shots — Pistol Bundle skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Tranquilizer Dart — Elixir Gun Transform skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Bright Slash—Storm — Engage Photon Forge   Flash Cutter—Storm — Engage Photon Forge   Light Strike—Storm — Engage Photon Forge   Photon Blitz — Engage Photon Forge Profession mechanic skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Hidden Pistols — Tool belt, Hidden Pistol   Throw Rock — Stolen skill Pet skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Poison Barbs — Juvenile Whiptail Devourer   Spit — Spider   Twin Darts — Devourer Racial skills with a 20% chance to cause a projectile finisher   Fire Rocket — Charrzooka   Fire Rocket Barrage — Charrzooka   Hidden Pistols — Tool belt, Hidden Pistol   Rocket Spray — Charrzooka

Notes

• Projectile finishers generally apply their effects to targets that the projectile touches, and can only apply to each target once per projectile.
  • Projectiles that can pass through targets more than once, like Throw Wrench, will still only be able to apply one finisher effect to each target (ie. not multiple, like once when going out and once when returning).
  • A projectile that only applies its implicit effects in an area zone, such as Mortar Shot, can pass through a target and apply its finisher effect without actually applying its implicit effect to the target.
• It appears that if a projectile passes through targets (eg. Mortar Shot), its combo finisher will affect only the targets it touches; but if it dissipates on hitting a target (eg. Surprise Shot), it will apply its finisher effect in a small radius around the target, provided it does not miss.
  • In this way, it is sometimes possible to affect yourself with your own projectile finishers, for example if they travel slowly and you can run into their path (eg. Mortar Shot), or if you stand close enough to an enemy as the projectile finisher dissipates on it (eg. Surprise Shot).
• If you are too close to a target (basically, if your hitboxes are touching), projectiles may not take on their combo effect, due to the projectile not "passing through" enough of the field.
• It appears that projectile finishers may prioritise targets based on what that target requires, so a healing projectile may not apply Regeneration to targets that already have full health.

See also

• Range

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Combos

Fields

Dark • Ethereal • Fire • Ice • Light • Lightning • Poison • Smoke • Water

Finishers

Blast • Leap • Projectile • Whirl