Piercing Spreadshot

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Piercing Spreadshot
General Information
Hero	Ranger
Level Unlocked	20
Mana Cost	50
Cooldown	4 Seconds
Stat Slot	Ability 2
Damage Types	Ranged Generic Mixed Elements
Default Hotkey	3
Fires three ethereal birds that damage and pass through all enemies and physical obstacles in straight lines. Shoots five birds instead of three, each dealing a different type of damage.
Scaling Ability 2 Weapon Base Damage Hero Damage
Utility Enemy Penetration Terrain Penetration Spread Damage Mixed Elemental Damage

Piercing Spreadshot is an offensive Ranger ability that fires five birds (three in Redux) which pass through obstacles and enemies. It costs 50 mana to use and has a 4 second cooldown.

Usage

Since the three shots pierce through every enemy and every obstacle, Piercing Spreadshot can be used to rapidly clear out entire lines of enemies for minimal cost. At a cooldown of roughly 4-5 seconds, this skill can be casted repeatedly and is a great way of increasing the damage per second inflicted on Ogres and Bosses. For the mana cost, this is by far the most powerful single-use skill of all classes along with the Huntress' Piercing Shot.

Compared to its single-shot counterpart, Piercing Spreadshot does less damage per projectile, but against single targets it will deal more damage if all three shots land.

Scaling

Like its Huntress counterpart, Piercing Spreadshot's damage scales based on the user's weapon damage and both their Hero Damage and Piercing Spreadshot stats. Elemental damage does not affect the total damage dealt. Therefore, players should prioritize the base ranged damage of their weapon to increase the damage output for this skill.

Version History

Vanilla

• 9.4.0: Damage reduced by x%.
• 9.?:
  • Projectile count increased from 3 --> 5.
  • Each projectile now has a different damage type.
• ?: Introduced with the Ranger.