Grappling Hook

The Grappling Hook is a power skill which fires a hook in front of the player.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • The hook stops on contact with an enemy or terrain or when it reaches max range, then retracts after a moment.
    • If any hook hits nothing, its cooldown is reduced to 1 second.
  • If the hook hits an enemy, it inflicts 1 base damage. When hit via a melee weapon, enemies snagged by the hook are stunned for 1 second and take additional damage, dependent on the skill's own stats.
  • The hook retracts back toward the player, dragging any attached enemies along with it, but detaches from those that collide with terrain on the way to the player.
• Tags: Ranged, ShortCooldown, UnlockInPublicEvent
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: Octavio
    • "Throws an additional Grappling Hook behind you."

Notes

• Despite scaling with different stats, Grappling Hook works well with Heart of Ice as it can reliably trigger the mutation.

Trivia

• Its flavor text is a reference to Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat series.
• The blueprint is dropped by Catchers, and it mimics exactly their unique ability.

History

0.0: Introduced. 0.1: Base damage decreased from 5 to 1. Now adds 60% bonus damage to hooked enemies. Increased stun duration to 1 second. Increased speed. Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds. Base cost decreased from 2000 to 1750 gold. Unlock cost decreased from 40 to 35 cells. Description changed. 0.3: Added tag "UnlockInPublicEvent". 0.4: Cooldown increased from 3 to 6 seconds. Now scales with Tactics. Base cost decreased from 1750 to 1500 gold. 0.6: Base damage increased from 1 to 70. Scaling changed from Tactics to Tactics/ Survival. Removed tag "NoDamage". 0.7: Added legendary affix "ArrowSalve". Added tag "ShortCooldown". 1.1: Base damage decreased from 70 to 1. Bonus damage decreased from 60% to 40%. Cooldown decreased from 6 to 3 seconds. Description changed. 1.4: Cooldown now resets on a miss. Changed from Tactics/Survival to Brutality/Tactics 1.8: Legendary affix changed from "ArrowSalve" to "ArrowsOnDestroy". 2.1: Range increased from 10 to 13. Changed from Brutality/Tactics to Brutality. 2.9: Unlock cost decreased from 35 cells to 40. 3.0: Added the Legendary Affix "Fire on Use". Doesn't scale exponentially anymore. 3.5: Changed the legendary affix from "Fire on Use" to "Octavio".

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