Overcharged Shot

Fire a blast so strong that it launches your foe as the recoil frees you from any movement-impairing conditions. — In-game description

Overcharged Shot

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Rifle

Game link

API

6154

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0.5½  

14

15

 

Overcharged Shot

Fire a blast so strong that it launches your foe as the recoil frees you from any movement-impairing conditions.

 Damage: 422 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

 Condition Removed

 Condition Removed

 Condition Removed

 Foe Launch Distance: 450

 Defiance Break: 232[sic]

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.

Inventions

• Bunker Down — Create a proximity mine at your target's location and a med kit at your location when you disable an enemy.

Tools

• Lock On — Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Scrapper

• System Shocker — Disabling a foe grants barrier to nearby allies. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

Bug:

The Defiance Break displays 232 instead of 332.

• This skill causes 332 Defiance bar damage.
• This fast, efficient interrupt is useful for both offense and defense. It launches a target and gives the engineer a positioning advantage while creating a large amount of distance. Once the target is knocked down, the engineer has a second to attack from range or close in with Jump Shot. As a further bonus, it cures a variety of movement-impeding conditions whether it hits or not.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
May 11, 2021	This skill no longer knocks the engineer back.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Slowed down the animation so the shot occurs at 0.55 seconds (up from 0.24 seconds). (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.01. Increased cooldown from 14 seconds to 15 seconds.
August 28, 2018	The range of this skill has been increased from 600 to 1200. Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to hit enemies from farther than intended.
July 10, 2018	The description and tooltip text of this skill has been updated for greater clarity.
May 08, 2018	Reduced the recharge of this skill from 15 seconds to 14 seconds.
July 28, 2015	Increased the range to 600.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Overcharged Shot has been added to the game.