| Explosive Shot | |
|---|---|
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| Properties | |
| Class | Hunter |
| School | Fire |
| Cooldown | 30 seconds |
| Talents | |
| Talent required |
 [Arctic Bola] |
| Related debuff | |
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Explosive Shot is a row 10 hunter talent.
It is an exclusive choice node with 
[Barrage].
Trivia
- Explosive Shot is...
- A rare Hunter talent in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. The flavor text reads: "'Enjoy the fireworks, mon.' —The Longeye"
- A rare Hunter spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Pull the pin, count to 5, then shoot. Then duck."
Patch changes
Hotfix (2023-08-21): Damage increased by 20% in PvP. - Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
- 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.
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): No longer maximum target capped and now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. - Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 25 (was 30). Now capped at 6 targets.
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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 20 Focus (was 0). - 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)
- 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)
Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 25%. - Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Damage reduced by 15%.
- Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 15%.
Hotfix (2013-09-23): Damage increased by 10%. - Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage increased by 27%.
- Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Damage increased by 10%.
- Hotfix (2012-10-01): Explosive Shot can now properly trigger
[Thrill of the Hunt]. Explosive Shots that have no cost due to the effects of 
[Lock and Load] can not trigger this effect. 
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Damage increased by 15%. - Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Changed to a specialization ability.
Hotfix (2009-04-21): Critical strikes from Explosive Shot should properly trigger [Thrill of the Hunt] again. - 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
[Judgement of Wisdom] and 
[Judgement of Light]. - 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.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
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