Explosive Arrows

Explosive Arrows

An ability found on the second slot of Bows.

It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Explosive Arrows	Energy Cost	37	Your next 10 arrows will explode on enemy contact. This gets activated by normal attacks, as well as with spells. Each explosion deals 65 damage in a 5m radius.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	20s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power.

Equipment

Ranged Weapon Elder's Bow Elder's Bow of Badon Elder's Longbow Elder's Mistpiercer Elder's Wailing Bow Elder's Warbow Elder's Whispering Bow

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)
Version 1.13.369.136513	20 February 2019	Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7)	Bows Enchanted Quiver (Bow) Auto Attack Damage Increase per stack: 25% → 35% Explosive Arrows (Bow) Capped the number of potential triggered effects at 25: each Rain of Arrows hit can now activate up to 5 Explosive Arrows, each of which can hit up to 5 targets Magic Arrow (Warbow) Projectile Speed: 15.33 m/s → 16.08 m/s
Version 1.11.357.113403	12 March 2018	Lancelot Update	Bows: Removed the Passive Aggressive Rush Added a New Passive: Piercing Arrows - Each normal attack increases the target's damage received by 1% for 3s (stacks up to 4 times) Deadly Shot: Cast Time: 1.5s -> 1s Damage: 109.51 -> 82.37 Cast Speed Increase: 20% -> 15% Energy Cost: 4 -> 3 Explosive Arrows: Now activated each time an arrow hits an enemy (can now also be activated by your abilities, i.e. while active each hit of a Multishot triggers an explosion) Number of Shots: 5 -> 10 Damage: 26.30 -> 21.45 Buff Duration: 10s -> 15s Cooldown: 15s -> 20s Energy Cost: 11 -> 12 Speed Shot: The buff now also increases attack speed Movespeed increase: 33% -> 20% Ray of Light It can now hit multiple enemies Radius: 2m -> 3m