Pistol Whip/history

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June 25, 2024

  • Increased the initial power coefficient from 0.37 to 0.74 in PvE only. Increased the flurry power coefficient from 0.79 to 1.0 in PvE only.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
5 Initiative
6 Initiative
 
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 271 (0.74)?
Damage.png Initial Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 1,468 (4.0)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 880 (2.4)?
Stun.png Stun: 0.75¾ seconds
Stun.png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
5 Initiative
6 Initiative
 
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 136 (0.37)?
Damage.png Initial Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 1,160 (3.16)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 880 (2.4)?
Stun.png Stun: 0.75¾ seconds
Stun.png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

  • Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
  • Pistol Whip: Increased flurry hit power coefficient from 0.53 to 0.6 in PvP and WvW.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
5 Initiative
6 Initiative
 
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 136 (0.37)?
Damage.png Initial Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 1,160 (3.16)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 880 (2.4)?
Stun.png Stun: 0.75¾ seconds
Stun.png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Pistol Whip: (Competitive split) Reduced initial hit power coefficient from 0.37 to 0.01. Reduced stun duration from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Reduced flurry hit power coefficients from 0.79 to 0.53. Increased initiative cost from 5 to 6.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
5 Initiative
6 Initiative
 
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 136 (0.37)?
Damage.png Initial Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 1,160 (3.16)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 776 (2.12)?
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.75¾ seconds
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

August 09, 2017

August 08, 2017

  • Pistol Whip: Increased the stun duration to 0.75 seconds.
    • Added an additional warning effect to Warmup.
    • Reduced the number of flurry hits from 8 to 4, to match the animation. Flurry damage has been increased by 100% to compensate.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 136 (0.37)?
Damage.png Damage (4x): 1,160 (3.16)?
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.75¾ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

February 23, 2016

  • Pistol Whip: Fixed a bug that caused this ability to display incorrect damage values in PvP.
    • The initial strike of this ability has been combined between PvP and PvE (dealing the PvE damage values) and will no longer deal increased damage to crippled enemies.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 135 (0.3675)?
Damage.png Damage (8x): 1,152 (3.15)?
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 1,062 (3.3)?
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

  • Pistol Whip: This skill has been split between PvP and PvE. It will now cost 6 initiative in PvP, while maintaining a 5 initiative cost in PvE.
    • Updated the skill facts to show the bonus damage from Combined Training.
    • Added an evasion skill fact.
Pistol Whip.png

Pistol Whip

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand sword
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 3
Type
Dual Wield
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 1,062 (3.33)?
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

December 10, 2013

  • Pistol—Pistol Whip: Reduced the aftercast on the first half of this skill by .25 seconds.

June 25, 2013

  • Pistol Whip: Decreased the time between the stun and the sword flurry.

October 07, 2012

0.75¾ Activation time  5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 1,062
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

Original version

5 Initiative  
Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 1,026
Stun (gray).png Stun: 0.5½ seconds
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description