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Pierce is a level 30 skill from the Amazon's Passive and Magic Skill Tree.

Pierce

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Critical Strike, Penetrate
Synergies: None
Details: This skill gives the Amazon's projectiles, javelins, bolts, or arrows, a chance to pass through a target and continue on, possibly hitting a second (or third, or fourth) enemy. Each target takes the full damage of the attack, including all possible skill bonuses, elemental hits, etc.

Pierce is most noticeable when monsters are in a tight cluster or a long row, such as in narrow hallways.
Pierce pairs very well with Lightning Fury, but helps a lot on all of the bow skills (especially Strafe) and other ranged attacks as well.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance
1	23%	6	59%	11	73%	16	82%
2	34%	7	63%	12	75%	17	82%
3	42%	8	65%	13	77%	18	83%
4	49%	9	69%	14	79%	19	84%
5	55%	10	71%	15	80%	20	85%

Pierce's true power is revealed with a look at the odds of hitting multiple targets. More points don't make that big a difference in the odds of hitting two enemies, but the odds are compounded when figuring if a given shot will hit three or four or five enemies. This makes a huge difference when using a skill that triggers on each hit, such as Lightning Fury or Immolation Arrow.

Slvl / Targets	10	12	14	16	18	20	25
1	71%	75%	79%	82%	83%	85%	90%
2	50%	56%	62%	67%	69%	75%	81%
3	36%	42%	49%	55%	57%	61%	73%
4	25%	32%	39%	45%	47%	52%	65%
5	18%	24%	31%	37%	39%	44%	59%

Lore:
After long hours of training, an Amazon warrior's bow arm can develop tremendous strength. With this strength, and some additional training, the Amazon is able to maximize the power of her bow, enabling her to penetrate multiple targets with a single arrow.

Classes of the Diablo games - Skills [e] Diablo II: Amazon Barb Necro Paladin Sorceress LoD: Assassin Druid Other: Diablo I Diablo III

The Amazon - Amazon Skills [e]
Bow and Crossbow Skills		Javelin and Spear Skills		Passive and Magic Skills
• Magic Arrow • Fire Arrow • Cold Arrow • Multiple Shot • Exploding Arrow	• Ice Arrow • Guided Arrow • Immolation Arrow • Strafe • Freezing Arrow	• Jab • Power Strike • Poison Javelin • Impale • Lightning Bolt	• Charged Strike • Plague Javelin • Fend • Lightning Strike • Lightning Fury	• Inner Sight • Critical Strike • Dodge • Slow Missiles • Avoid	• Penetrate • Decoy • Evade • Valkyrie • Pierce

The Barbarian - Barbarian Skills [e]
Combat Masteries Skills		Combat Skills		Warcry Skills
• Sword Mastery • Axe Mastery • Mace Mastery • Polearm Mastery • Throwing Mastery	• Spear Mastery • Increased Stamina • Iron Skin • Increased Speed • Natural Resistance	• Bash • Leap • Double Swing • Stun • Double Throw	• Leap Attack • Concentrate • Frenzy • Whirlwind • Berserk	• Howl • Find Potion • Taunt • Shout • Find Item	• Battle Cry • Battle Orders • Grim Ward • War Cry • Battle Command

The Necromancer - Necromancer Skills [e]
Curse Skills		Poison & Bone Skills		Summoning Skills
• Amplify Damage • Dim Vision • Weaken • Iron Maiden • Terror	• Confuse • Life Tap • Attract • Decrepify • Lower Resist	• Teeth • Bone Armor • Poison Dagger • Corpse Explosion • Bone Wall	• Poison Explosion • Bone Spear • Bone Prison • Poison Nova • Bone Spirit	• Raise Skeleton • Skeleton Mastery • Clay Golem • Golem Mastery • Raise Skeletal Mage	• Blood Golem • Summon Resist • Iron Golem • Fire Golem • Revive

The Paladin - Paladin Skills [e]
Combat Skills		Defensive Auras		Offensive Auras
• Sacrifice • Smite • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Charge	• Vengeance • Blessed Hammer • Conversion • Holy Shield • Fist of the Heavens	• Prayer • Resist Fire • Resist Cold • Resist Lightning • Defiance	• Cleansing • Vigor • Meditation • Redemption • Salvation	• Might • Holy Fire • Thorns • Blessed Aim • Concentration	• Holy Freeze • Holy Shock • Sanctuary • Fanaticism • Conviction

The Sorceress - Sorceress Skills [e]
Cold Skills		Fire Skills		Lightning Skills
• Ice Bolt • Frozen Armor • Frost Nova • Ice Blast • Shiver Armor	• Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Chilling Armor • Frozen Orb • Cold Mastery	• Fire Bolt • Warmth • Inferno • Blaze • Fireball	• Fire Wall • Enchant • Meteor • Fire Mastery • Hydra	• Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Static Field • Lightning • Nova	• Chain Lightning • Teleport • Thunder Storm • Energy Shield • Lightning Mastery

The Assassin - Assassin Skills [e]
Martial Arts Skills		Shadow Disciplines Skills		Traps Skills
• Tiger Strike • Dragon Talon • Dragon Claw • Fists of Fire • Cobra Strike	• Dragon Tail • Claws of Thunder • Blades of Ice • Dragon Flight • Phoenix Strike	• Claw Mastery • Psychic Hammer • Burst of Speed • Cloak of Shadows • Weapon Block	• Fade • Shadow Warrior • Mind Blast • Venom • Shadow Master	• Fire Blast • Shock Web • Blade Sentinel • Charged Bolt Sentry • Wake of Fire	• Blade Fury • Lightning Sentry • Wake of Inferno • Death Sentry • Blade Shield

The Druid - Druid Skills [e]
Elemental Skills		Shapeshifting Skills		Summoning Skills
• Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor	• Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon	• Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage	• Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury	• Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine	• Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly

Diablo I - Spells				Hellfire - Spells [e]
Rogue - Sorcerer - Warrior				Barbarian - Bard - Monk
• Apocalypse • Blood Star • Bone Spirit • Chain Lightning • Charged Bolt • Elemental • Fireball	• Firebolt • Fire Wall • Flame Wave • Flash • Golem • Guardian • Healing	• Heal Other • Holy Bolt • Identify • Inferno • Infravision • Lightning • Mana Shield	• Nova • Phasing • Resurrect • Stone Curse • Telekinesis • Teleport • Town Portal	• Berserk • Immolation • Jester • Lightning Wall • Magi	• Mana • Reflect • Ring of Fire • Search • Warp

Diablo III Classes		Diablo III Class Info [e]
Diablo III: • Barbarian • Demon Hunter • Monk • Necromancer • Witch Doctor • Wizard	Other classes: • Archivist (April Fool's) • Dervish (rejected) • Fan-made classes	Skill info: • Active skills • Passive skills • Signature skills • Fan-made skills	Archetypes: • Caster • Melee • Ranged	Archetype sub-types: • DPS • Healer • Summon/Spawn • Tank • Utility

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-Pierce is an Amazon skill.  See [[piercing]] for information about the [[special modifier]].
+<noinclude>:''Where you looking for '''[[piercing]]''', the [[special modifier]]?''
+</noinclude>
+<noinclude>Pierce is a level 30 skill from the [[Amazon Passive and Magic Skills|Amazon's Passive and Magic Skill Tree]].</noinclude>
+==[[Pierce]]==
+'''Required Level:''' 30<br />
+'''Prerequisites:''' [[Critical Strike]], [[Penetrate]]<br />
+'''Synergies:''' None<br>
+'''Details:''' This skill gives the Amazon's projectiles, javelins, bolts, or arrows, a chance to pass through a target and continue on, possibly hitting a second (or third, or fourth) enemy. Each target takes the full damage of the attack, including all possible skill bonuses, elemental hits, etc.
+* Pierce is most noticeable when monsters are in a tight cluster or a long row, such as in narrow hallways.
+* Pierce pairs very well with [[Lightning Fury]], but helps a lot on all of the bow skills (especially [[Strafe]]) and other ranged attacks as well.
+{{Skill Progression
+|header=Pierce Chance
+| 23%
+| 34%
+| 42%
+| 49%
+| 55%
+| 59%
+| 63%
+| 65%
+| 69%
+| 71%
+| 73%
+| 75%
+| 77%
+| 79%
+| 80%
+| 82%
+| 82%
+| 83%
+| 84%
+| 85%
+}}
+Pierce's true power is revealed with a look at the odds of hitting multiple targets. More points don't make that big a difference in the odds of hitting two enemies, but the odds are compounded when figuring if a given shot will hit three or four or five enemies. This makes a huge difference when using a skill that triggers on each hit, such as [[Lightning Fury]] or [[Immolation Arrow]].
+{|class="tablebox"
+! [[Slvl]] /<br>Targets
+! 10
+! 12
+! 14
+! 16
+! 18
+! 20
+! 25
+|-
+! 1
+| 71%
+| 75%
+| 79%
+| 82%
+| 83%
+| 85%
+| 90%
+|-
+! 2
+| 50%
+| 56%
+| 62%
+| 67%
+| 69%
+| 75%
+| 81%
+|-
+! 3
+| 36%
+| 42%
+| 49%
+| 55%
+| 57%
+| 61%
+| 73%
+|-
+! 4
+| 25%
+| 32%
+| 39%
+| 45%
+| 47%
+| 52%
+| 65%
+|-
+! 5
+| 18%
+| 24%
+| 31%
+| 37%
+| 39%
+| 44%
+| 59%
+|}
+'''Lore:'''<br>
+''After long hours of training, an [[Amazon]] warrior's bow arm can develop tremendous strength. With this strength, and some additional training, the Amazon is able to maximize the power of her bow, enabling her to penetrate multiple targets with a single arrow.
+<noinclude>
+{{Skill navbox D2|Amazon}}
+[[Category:Passive and Magic skills]]
+[[Category:Amazon skills]]
+</noinclude>

Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance
1	23%	6	59%	11	73%	16	82%
2	34%	7	63%	12	75%	17	82%
3	42%	8	65%	13	77%	18	83%
4	49%	9	69%	14	79%	19	84%
5	55%	10	71%	15	80%	20	85%

Slvl / Targets	10	12	14	16	18	20	25
1	71%	75%	79%	82%	83%	85%	90%
2	50%	56%	62%	67%	69%	75%	81%
3	36%	42%	49%	55%	57%	61%	73%
4	25%	32%	39%	45%	47%	52%	65%
5	18%	24%	31%	37%	39%	44%	59%

Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance
1	23%	6	59%	11	73%	16	82%
2	34%	7	63%	12	75%	17	82%
3	42%	8	65%	13	77%	18	83%
4	49%	9	69%	14	79%	19	84%
5	55%	10	71%	15	80%	20	85%

Slvl / Targets	10	12	14	16	18	20	25
1	71%	75%	79%	82%	83%	85%	90%
2	50%	56%	62%	67%	69%	75%	81%
3	36%	42%	49%	55%	57%	61%	73%
4	25%	32%	39%	45%	47%	52%	65%
5	18%	24%	31%	37%	39%	44%	59%

Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance	Slvl	Pierce Chance
1	23%	6	59%	11	73%	16	82%
2	34%	7	63%	12	75%	17	82%
3	42%	8	65%	13	77%	18	83%
4	49%	9	69%	14	79%	19	84%
5	55%	10	71%	15	80%	20	85%

Slvl / Targets	10	12	14	16	18	20	25
1	71%	75%	79%	82%	83%	85%	90%
2	50%	56%	62%	67%	69%	75%	81%
3	36%	42%	49%	55%	57%	61%	73%
4	25%	32%	39%	45%	47%	52%	65%
5	18%	24%	31%	37%	39%	44%	59%