| Explosive Shot | |
|---|---|
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Hunter |
| Properties | |
| School | Fire |
| Cooldown | 30 seconds |
| Other information | |
| Level available | 25 |
| Related debuff | |
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- "Enjoy the fireworks, mon."—The Longeye
Explosive Shot is a level 25 Marksmanship hunter talent.
Trivia
- Explosive Shot is a rare Hunter spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Pull the pin, count to 5, then shoot. Then duck."
Patches and hotfixes
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): 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. Now fires an explosive shot at your target. After 3 seconds, the shot will explode, dealing Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
- Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 20 Focus (was 0).
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned into a Marksmanship hunter talent (from Survival).
- Previous: You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing (51.5% of attack power) Fire damage initially and every second for 2 sec.
- Previous: You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing (51.5% of attack power) Fire damage initially and every second for 2 sec.
- Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 25%.
- Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 15% less damage.
- Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 15%.
- Hotfix (2013-09-23): Explosive Shot's damage has been increased by 10%.
- Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 27%.
- Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Explosive Shot now deals 10% more damage.
- 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): Explosive Shot damage has been increased by 15%.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Changed to a specialization ability.
- Hotfix (2009-04-21): Critical strikes from the Hunter ability 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.
See also
- Explosive Shot, TCG card
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