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. — In-game description

Ankle Shots

Specialization

Critical Strikes (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

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8

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.

 Damage Increase: 5%

 Bonus Damage: 5%

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This trait has been replaced by Deadly Aim.
December 11, 2018	This trait now grants a baseline 5% damage to crippled enemies and an additional 5% damage if the thief is wielding a pistol. The chance to cripple a foe upon landing a critical hit with a pistol is now 100%, and the tooltip regarding this trait's chance to critically hit has been removed.
September 29, 2015	Removed the hidden range increase that this trait unlocked.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added. Critical hits with harpoon guns have a chance to cripple foes. Added: Pistol and harpoon-gun attacks deal 10% increased damage to crippled foes. Reduced cooldown to 8 seconds.
February 26, 2013	This trait now applies a full 3-second cripple.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Ankle Shots has been added to the game.