Quick Shot

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Quick Shot

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Movement
Retreat
Game link
API
12517
0.25¼ Activation time  
8 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Quick Shot

Fire a quick shot in an evasive retreat. Gain swiftness. This can be used while retreating.

Damage.png Damage: 183 (0.5)?
Swiftness.png Swiftness (9s): +33% Movement Speed
Evade.png Evade: 0.5½ seconds
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Marksmanship Marksmanship

  • Farsighted Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing Skirmishing

Nature Magic Nature Magic

Notes[edit]

Sometimes this skill will halt all forward movement, forcing the player to tap any other directional key to resume forward movement.
  • The leap's maximum range is roughly 240 units.
  • You can use this skill even when facing away from your target.
  • This skill makes you jump backwards at a 180° angle (directly away) from your target.
  • You can upkeep permanent swiftness.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 8 seconds to 12 seconds.
October 18, 2016
  • Rangers will now gain swiftness regardless of whether they've hit their target.
  • The recharge time of this skill has been reduced to 8 seconds.
April 19, 2016
  • The swiftness duration of this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 9 seconds.
  • The damage has been increased by 20%.
  • This effect is now only able to be triggered once per shot (it previously would trigger multiple times if the Light on Your Feet trait was in use).
November 17, 2015
  • This skill will now always move you directly away from your target.
July 01, 2014
  • Fixed an issue that caused the character to briefly move back toward the target when firing at an enemy behind the ranger.
June 25, 2013
  • Decreased the range to 900.
  • Increased the damage by 14%.
December 14, 2012
  • Increased the velocity of arrows fired from Short Bow and Longbow skills by 30%.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Quick Shot has been added to the game.

Trivia[edit]