Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support

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Spell. Target foe is struck for 54...90 piercing damage and begins Bleeding for 5...25 seconds. This attack has a 10% chance of doing an additional +540...900 piercing damage. If this attack hits a Charr it has a 25% chance of doing an additional +540...900 piercing damage.

Concise description

Spell. Deals 54...90 piercing damage and inflicts Bleeding condition (5...25 seconds). 10% chance of +540...900 piercing damage. 25% chance of +540...900 piercing damage if target foe is a Charr.

Progression
Ebon Vanguard rank Damage Additional Damage Bleeding	0 54 540 5 1 56 564 6 2 61 612 9 3 64 636 10 4 68 684 13 5 71 708 14 6 76 756 17 7 78 780 18 8 83 828 21 9 85 852 22 10 90 900 25

[edit] Acquisition

• Falling Out (From Corpse of Brave Brent Poltroon in Dalada Uplands)

[edit] Notes

• This is the only Spell that inflicts physical damage.
• This can be one of the most effective skills for killing Charr bosses, as it can finish a boss off in 1 hit.
• When you successfully inflict the additional damage, one of a number of quotes appears in the chat log:
  • Balthazar bless my strength, teach my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
  • I am a Stone. I do not move. I do not tremble. I have no fear.
  • One arrow one kill.
  • Snap! Headshot!

[edit] Trivia

• "Snap! Headshot!" is most likely a reference to "Boom Headshot!!", a common phrase in many 'first person shooter' games.
• "One arrow one kill." is most likely a reference to the phrase "One shot, one kill" which has gained notoriety in movies as a glorification of the "sniper mystique". The phrase refers to sniper tactics which make use of both stealth and efficiency to eliminate an important target using one shot although whether this reflects the reality of sniping is subject to debate.
• "Balthazar bless my strength, teach my hands to war, and my fingers to fight" is a reference to Psalm 144: "Blessed be the Lord, my strength, who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight."
• This could also be a reference to the movie Saving Private Ryan, in which Private Daniel Jackson recites lines similar to these while providing sniper support.
• "I am a Stone. I do not move. I do not tremble. I have no fear." is a quotation from the movie Enemy at the Gates, a World War II movie about snipers in the Battle of Stalingrad.