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Explosive Shot
Ability hunter explosiveshot
  • Explosive Shot
  • Row 10 hunter talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 20 Focus
  • 30 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Requires Weapon
  • Fires an explosive shot at your target. After 3 sec, the shot will explode, dealing (217% of Attack power) Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Properties
Class Hunter
School Fire
Cooldown 30 seconds
Talents
Talent required Inv engineering 90 bola [Arctic Bola]
Related debuff
Ability hunter explosiveshot
  • Magic
  • Explosive Shot
  • Exploding for (217% of Attack power) Fire damage after 3 sec.
  • Duration: 3 seconds

Explosive Shot is a row 10 hunter talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with Ability hunter rapidregeneration [Barrage].

Trivia[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21): Damage increased by 20% in PvP.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 10 class talent (was a level 25 Marksmanship talent). Now also works with two-handed melee weapons.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): No longer maximum target capped and now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 25 (was 30). Now capped at 6 targets.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Will now blow up after 3 seconds at the target's location, even if the target dies while Explosive Shot is applied to them.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Redesigned.
    Previous effect: Fires a slow-moving munition directly forward. Activating this ability a second time detonates the Shot, dealing up to (131.04% of Attack power) Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds. If you do not detonate Explosive Shot, 10 Focus and some of the cooldown will be refunded.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-07-18): Explosive Shot will now correctly despawn if the projectile collides with an obstacle or reaches maximum range, and refund partial cost and cooldown.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now requires level 30 (was 60). Now refunds 10 Focus and part of the cooldown if you don't detonate the shot.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 20 Focus (was 0).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a level 60 Marksmanship talent (was a level 10 Survival ability). Redesigned.
    Previous effect: You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing (51.5% of attack power) Fire damage initially and every second for 2 sec. (6 sec cooldown)
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 25%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Damage reduced by 15%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-23): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage increased by 27%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-01): Explosive Shot can now properly trigger Ability hunter thrillofthehunt [Thrill of the Hunt]. Explosive Shots that have no cost due to the effects of Ability hunter lockandload [Lock and Load] can not trigger this effect.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Changed to a specialization ability.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Hotfix (2009-04-21): Critical strikes from Explosive Shot should properly trigger Ability hunter thrillofthehunt [Thrill of the Hunt] again.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Base damage lowered by 10%. Attack power scaling reduced by 12.5%. The periodic damage from this ability no longer triggers Ability paladin judgementblue [Judgement of Wisdom] and Spell holy righteousfury [Judgement of Light].
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Damage increased substantially, and additional scaling added to compensate Survival Hunters for the decrease in power of Steady Shot. No longer deals damage to secondary target.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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