Rapid Shot

Rapid ShotAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Fire
Tier: 5
Level: 1
Attack Speed: 550% of baseLoads your Crossbow with a large clip of heavily modified bolts that cause Heat to build up on your crossbow, before unleashing a stream of flaming bolts that gain Fire Damage based on your Heat. Heat also grants bonus damage to Grenades you fire, but dissipates rapidly when not building up. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
Knocks Back Enemies
Maximum 17 Heat
Rapid Shots Gain 7% of Damage as extra Fire Damage per Heat
Charges for 800% of Attack Time before firing if used when you have no Heat
Gain Heat 4 times per second while firing
Grenades Gain 6% of Damage as extra Fire Damage per HeatPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemRapidShot

Rapid Shot is a fire projectile attack skill which requires a crossbow.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost
1	0	0	0	27
2	3	0	0	31
3	6	9	9	36
4	10	13	13	41
5	14	17	17	46
6	18	20	20	52
7	22	24	24	58
8	26	28	28	65
9	31	32	32	72
10	36	37	37	79
11	41	41	41	87
12	46	46	46	95
13	52	51	51	104
14	58	57	57	114
15	64	62	62	124
16	66	64	64	135
17	72	70	70	147
18	78	75	75	159
19	84	80	80	172
20	90	86	86	186

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Fire AttunementFire AttunementSupport, Attack, Fire Category: Fire Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Fire Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Lightning DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Fiery DeathFiery DeathSupport, Spell, AoE, Fire Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it Ignites to have a chance to explode on death.Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have 60% chance to explode on death Explosion Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Hit Chance: 8.00% Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the Corpse's Maximum Life Explosion radius is 2 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	DeliberationDeliberationSupport Category: Deliberation Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage 30% more Movement Speed penalty while using Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	ForkForkSupport, Projectile Category: Fork Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage after ForkingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	ImmolateImmolateSupport, Fire, Payoff Category: Immolate Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, granting them extra Fire damage against Ignited enemies but making them unable to Ignite enemies themselves.Supported Skills cannot Ignite Supported Attacks Gain 30% of Damage as extra Fire Damage against Ignited enemiesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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Item acquisition

Rapid Shot has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Rapid Shot has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Rapid Shot: No longer has a delay before firing bolts, or 50% less reload speed. It now has 100 Maximum Ammunition at all Gem levels (previously 50-87) and 30-45 Maximum Heat at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 17-24). It now deals 37-94% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 21-47%). Quality now grants +0-15 Maximum Heat (previously +0-5). Heat no longer grants Rapid Shot Damage gained as Fire. Instead, reaching Maximum Heat prevents you from using the skill for 10 seconds. It now generates Heat once per attack instead of once per 0.25 seconds. Heat now begins decaying after 4 seconds without gaining Heat, at a rate of 10 Heat per second. Heat no longer grants grenade skills damage gained as fire. Instead, Explosive Grenade and Cluster Grenade consume 15 Heat to gain 50% of damage as fire damage, while Incendiary Shot consumes 30 Heat to gain 50% more ignite magnitude.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.