Spotter's Shot

This article is about the skill used by the Deadeye elite specialization. For the skill used by The Sniper in the Kaineng Overlook strike mission, see Spotter's Shot (The Sniper).

Kneel. Fire a bullet that grants you boons and inflicts conditions on your target. — In-game description

Spotter's Shot

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Rifle

Type

Kneel

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

44591

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0.75¾  3  

Spotter's Shot

Kneel. Fire a bullet that grants you boons and inflicts conditions on your target.

 Damage: 548 (1.3)^?

 Damage: 169 (0.4)^?

 Cripple (4s): -50% Movement Speed

 Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

 Immobilize (10.5½s): Unable to move.

 Fury (3s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance

 Vigor (3s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pierces

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 1,500

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• 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.

Critical Strikes

• Assassin's Fury — Gain might when you gain fury.
• No Quarter — Landing a critical hit while under the effects of fury increases the duration of fury. Gain increased ferocity while under the effects of fury.
• Invigorating Precision — You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical-hit damage. This healing is increased while you are under the effects of fury.

Acrobatics

• 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.

Deadeye

• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 1.15 to 1.3 in PvE only.
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
March 17, 2020	(Undocumented) Fixed a bug with the immobilize duration in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.8 to 0.4. Increased immobilize duration from 1 second to 1.5 seconds.
February 06, 2018	Increased damage in PvE by 21%.
December 12, 2017	Increased damage by 18% in PvE only.
November 07, 2017	All rifle skills that fire projectiles will now attempt to face the target before determining if they should activate.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Spotter's Shot has been added to the game.