Vital Shot

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Vital Shot

0.5½  

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol

 

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“

Bleed your foe with a shot to the vitals.

  Damage: 211 (0.575)^?

  Damage: 140 (0.383)^?

  Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

  Range: 900

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

 Critical Strikes

•  Ankle Shots — Critical hits with pistols and harpoon guns cripple foes. Deal bonus damage to crippled foes; damage is increased when wielding a pistol or harpoon gun.

Notes

• Attack speed is approximately 0.68 seconds per attack.
• While the thief is stealthed, this skill is replaced with Sneak Attack.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Updated the icon of this skill. (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.575 to 0.383.
October 18, 2016	Increased damage by 15%.
April 19, 2016	Reduced the aftercast delay of this skill by 0.6 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Fixed a bug that caused this ability to gain increased attack range when traited with Ankle Shots.
September 29, 2015	Increased damage by 24%.
October 21, 2014	Fixed a bug that prevented this ability from functioning with Ricochet in PvE.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vital Shot has been added to the game.