Piercing Attack

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Two weapons Fires Magic Arrows Explosive Arrows Piercing Attack Attack Rating AR vs Demons AR vs Undead % Attack Rating Defense Enhanced Defense Defense per hit % Defense Defense vs Melee Defense vs Missile Target Defense Ignore Defense Block Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When Struck Piercing Attack adds a chance for arrows, bolts, javelins, throwing axes and throwing knives to pierce a target, which sums with that of the Amazon's Pierce skill and other Piercing Attack items (although when two weapons are used only that of the primary or attacking weapon is added; that of the other weapon is ignored). >100% chance is redundant. Piercing occurs whenever a hit check is successful, or skipped (Lightning Bolt and Lightning Fury always hit). Subsequent blocking of the missile will prevent it applying its damage and modifiers to that target, but won't prevent it from piercing. Guided Arrow can no longer pierce. The missile can pierce a maximum of four times, allowing it to hit up to five targets. Blade Fury does not pierce. If a hit check is not successful but piercing is successful, the missile may appear to pierce its target and even display graphical effects, but it doesn't actually do so: damage and modifiers are not applied to subsequent targets. After an unsuccessful hit check on the first Zealot, Freezing Arrow appears to pierce and explode on the second Zealot, but he is neither damaged nor frozen. Bow Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +25% Stormstrike Short Battle Bow 25 No +50% Kuko Shakaku Cedar Bow 33 No Crossbow Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +33% Gut Siphon Demon Crossbow 71 No +35% Doomslinger Repeating Crossbow 28 No +50% Ichorsting Crossbow 18 No +66% Demon Machine Chu-Ko-Nu 49 No +100% Buriza-Do Kyanon Ballista 41 No Throwing knife Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +50% Warshrike Winged Knife 75 Yes (LoD only) Belt Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +33% Razortail Sharkskin Belt 32 No Helm Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +33% Wisdom helm 45 No (D2R only) Set bonus Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder +50% Vidala's Rig (Full) 14 No