# Piercer
*Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 206*
**Prerequisite**: 4th
You gain the following benefits.
**Ability Score Increase.** Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
**Puncture.** Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack that deals Piercing damage, you can reroll one of the attack's damage dice, and you must use the new roll.
**Enhanced Critical.** When you score a Critical Hit that deals Piercing damage to a creature, you can roll one additional damage die when determining the extra Piercing damage the target takes.