Shadow Shot

Dual Wield. Fire an unblockable shot at your foe, which blinds them, and then shadowstep to them for a dagger strike. — In-game description

Shadow Shot

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand dagger
Off hand pistol

Type

Dual Wield

Movement

Shadowstep

Game link

API

13040

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4

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Shadow Shot

Dual Wield. Fire an unblockable shot at your foe, which blinds them, and then shadowstep to them for a dagger strike.

 Damage: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 900

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Dagger Training — Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
• Deadly Ambition — Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Shadow Arts

• Shadow Savior — After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.

Acrobatics

• Hard to Catch — Gain endurance when you shadowstep.
• 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.

Specter

• Traversing Dusk — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.

Notes

Anomaly:

For the purposes of confusion, this counts as two separate skills.

• The shadowstep only occurs if the projectile hits the target.
• Only the projectile portion is unblockable.
• The Blind will occur before the shadowstep, therefore marks or traps will miss if you arrive on them after the shadowstep.
• The projectile portion of the attack deals no damage. The dagger portion of the attack deals 100% of the total damage.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	The unblockable shot from this skill will now pierce targets if the Deadly Aim trait is equipped. Increased the power coefficient from 1.3125 to 1.8 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased initiative cost from 4 to 5.
January 26, 2016	This skill will now trigger Assassin's Reward correctly, even if it misses.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Fixed a bug that caused this ability to gain increased attack range when traited with Ankle Shots.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.
May 20, 2014	Updated the description to specify that only the first part of the attack is unblockable.
May 28, 2013	The second half now hits the target more reliably even if the player happens to jump while the bullet is in the air.
April 30, 2013	The projectile portion is now unblockable.
February 26, 2013	This ability now allows the player to move while executing dagger strike portion of the ability.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shadow Shot has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Through reflection, the old version of the skill was able to "pull" (i.e. teleport) enemies to the original user and interrupt their skills being cast.