Tactical Reload
Explosive Shot has a 100% chance to grant the Lock and Load effect.
Tree position
In the Marksmanship Hunter talent tree, Tactical Reload sits in the Marksmanship specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Marksmanship Talents.
Choice node
Tactical Reload shares its node with Unstable Trigger. A character takes one of the two.
Unstable TriggerExplosive Shot can now be used a second time if cast within 3.1 sec. Explosive Shot will incorporate any remaining damage from previous Explosive Shots on your target.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Tactical Reload from Explosive Shot and Explosive Shot.
Explosive ShotFires an explosive shot at your target that lasts for 3 sec. Every 1 sec the target burns for (337.7% of Attack Power) Fire damage and explode, dealing 50% of the damage to all enemies. Any remaining damage from your previous Explosive Shot will be added into a new Explosive Shot. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Explosive ShotFires an explosive shot at your target that lasts for 3 sec. Every 1 sec the target burns for (337.7% of Attack Power) Fire damage and explode, dealing 50% of the damage to all enemies. Any remaining damage from your previous Explosive Shot will be added into a new Explosive Shot. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Connected below
Tactical Reload leads on to Master Marksman.
Master MarksmanYour ranged ability critical strikes cause the target to bleed for an additional 10% of the damage dealt over 6 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Kill Shot, Trueshot, Precision Detonation and Critical Precision.
Kill ShotYou attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing (1050% of Attack Power) Physical damage. Only usable on enemies with less than 20% health.
TrueshotIncreases your critical strike chance by 10% and critical strike damage by 20% for 15 sec. Cooldown recovers 40% faster, cast time reduced by 40%, and Focus cost reduced 60%. Applies Sentinel's Mark.]?(!a1253599&a470943)[ Applies Spotter's Mark.][]
Precision DetonationExplosive Shot lasts 1.1 sec longer.
Critical PrecisionPrecise Shots now increases the critical strike chance of Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot by 10%
Talent trees
Tactical Reload is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Hunter: Beast Mastery (DPS), Marksmanship (DPS), Survival (DPS).
Tactical Reload Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
- Spell changed from 473520 to 1301406 (patch 12.1.0)