Puncture Skill

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Name	Puncture
Class	Rogue level 5 skill
Description	An extended melee stab or piercing bow attack that has a 30% chance to inflict bleed on hit. Bleeds inflicted by puncture have 30% increased duration.
Cooldown	No cooldown
Mana cost	0
Tags	PhysicalMeleeBowDexterity
Scaling	Per Point of Dexterity: +4% increased Damage

Skill Tree Nodes

Name	Max Points	Stats	Description
Puncture	0		An extended melee stab or piercing bow attack that has a 30% chance to inflict bleed on hit. Bleeds inflicted by puncture have 30% increased duration.
Perforate	5	Bleed Chance +20% per point	Puncture has a chance to cause enemies to bleed.
Timing	3	Damage +12% per point Attack Speed -4% per point	Puncture deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers), but has less attack speed (multiplicative with other modifiers).
Stay of Execution	1	Melee Range Per Second Charged +100% Bow Damage Per Second Charged +100%	Puncture can be charged up, causing Puncture with a melee weapon to deal damage in a larger area and causes Puncture with a bow to deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per second charged. After 1 second it releases automatically.
Splinter	5	Physical Res Shred Chance +20% per point	Puncture has a chance to shred enemy physical resistance.
Thrill of Anticipation	5	Damage Per Second +50% per point	Puncture deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per second charged.
Press The Attack	2	Frenzy Duration (seconds) 1 per point	Attacking with Puncture and hitting at least one enemy grants Frenzy for a short duration.
Efficacious Toxin	5	Efficacious Toxin Chance +10% per point	Puncture has a chance to apply Efficacious Toxin on hit, causing them to take increased damage over time.
Toxic Delivery	3	Poison Chance +20% per point	Puncture has a chance to poison on hit.
Penumbral Ambush	1	Mirage Created +2 Mana Cost +15	Using Puncture causes several Mirages to briefly appear at either side of you, attacking in the same direction as you.
Bloodthirst	4	Bleed Chance +15% per point Bleeding Fury Max Stacks 3 Bleeding Fury Duration (seconds) 3	Hits with Puncture grant you Bleeding Fury, a buff that grants bleed chance and stacks up to 3 times. Each stack falls off after 3 seconds of not attacking.
Hunger	3	Bleeding Fury Max Stacks +1 per point	Bleeding Fury can have more maximum stacks.
Shatter	5	Armour Shred Chance +10% per point Armour Shred Effect +10% per point	Puncture has a chance to shred enemy armor. Armor Shred applied by Puncture has increased effect.
Death's Imprint	4	Shadow Dagger Chance +25% per point	Puncture has a chance to apply a Shadow Dagger on hit.
Inescapable	2	Hit Damage +5% per point	Puncture deals more hit damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per stack of slow on the target.
Seized Prey	4	Hit Damage Against Slowed +4% per point Hit Damage Against Immobilized +8% per point	Puncture hits deal more damage slowed and Immobilized targets (multiplicative with other modifiers) against.
Scalebane	1	Bleed -> Poison Chance Physical -> Poison Shred Chance	Converts bleed chance from all sources to poison chance. Converts physical resistance shred from all sources to poison resistance shred.
Cross Forward	2	Melee Range +15% per point	When used with a melee weapon Puncture has increased range.
Redouble	2	Bow Hit Damage Per Pierce +10% per point	When used with a bow, Puncture deals more hit damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per enemy pierced.
Debilitation	5	Maximum Ailments Counted 1 per point Hit Damage Per Negative Ailment +7%	Puncture hits deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per unique negative ailment on the target.
Night's Descent	1	Charge Speed +100% Blinds on Hit	If you use Puncture with a bow while you have a Black Arrow, Puncture charges 100% faster and blinds on hit.
Sealed Fate	1	Immobilize on Hit	Every 10 seconds, your next Puncture Immobilizes enemies on hit, causing them to be unable to move for 1 second.
Cadence of Death	1	Damage +20% Area +20%	Every third Puncture deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and in a larger area.
Sanguine Obsession	1	Poison -> Bleed Chance	Converts poison chance from all sources to bleed chance. This has no effect if you have Scalebane.
Mutilate	3	Health Per Stack Consumed +5 per point Bleed Stacks Consumed Bleed Stacks Deal Damage Instantly	Instead of applying bleed, the greater Puncture consumes all stacks of bleed on the target, causing them to deal damage immediately and restoring health per stack consumed.