Explosion

For the fusion effect, see Combustion.

An  **Explosion**? deals damage in an area around the target of the explosion. Most explosions will cause enemies to stagger, which briefly prevents them from moving on their own or shooting. After getting staggered they are briefly immune to being affected again.

Explosion damage benefits from skill damage, even if it was inflicted by a weapon. This lets effects such as  Sucker Punch and  Spirit Bible work on explosive weapons, however it still doesn't count as dealing skill damage so will not trigger effects such as  Surprise Bonus and  Rich's Privileges.

## Sources of Explosions

Explosions are triggered by any of the following:

* Bone Dragon,  Frenzied Shark,  Justice,  Scorching Rounds,  Thunder Storm and  Tiger Cannon cause an explosion with every shot.
* Shrieker causes a small explosion when hitting an enemy, or a larger one when hitting a solid object.
* Glimmering causes a delayed explosion.
* Concealed Ammo and  Fire Tower cause an explosion with its  Weapon Skill?.
* Crimson Firescale shoots multiple exploding bombs with its  Weapon Skill?.
* Sting causes an explosion with every third shot.
* Deafening Mortar causes a series of short range explosions all at once. Its  Weapon Skill? fires 3 explosive mortar shells.
* Explosive Grenade causes an explosion.
* Explosive Bullets causes an explosion based on the held weapon's base damage, up to once every 2 seconds.

## Effects on Explosions

Some things can improve explosions in a variety of ways.

* Anything that increases Skill damage also improves explosion damage, such as  Brutal Gloves.
* ● Explosion AoE -20%, +40% RoF and -40% Reload Time.
* ● Explosion AoE +2m, Lucky Shot Chance +15%.
* ● *Ammo and DMG on triple hit*(full text).
* ◆ Projectile +1 for next shot when hitting 3 targets in a single shot.
* ◈ *AoE Double Projectile*(full text).
* ◈ Reduces the skill cost to 3 firescale bombs and the weapon shoots even more fireballs is exclusive to  Crimson Firescale.
* ◈ Recover half of the bullets consumed as reserve when killing an enemy with Weapon Skill is exclusive to  Concealed Ammo.
* ◈ +30% weapon DMG, when using the weapon skill, every 6 bullets in the magazine will cause one more explosion is exclusive to  Concealed Ammo.
* ◈ Glimmering causes one additional explosion is exclusive to  Glimmering.
* ◈ Killing an enemy on Crit Hit causes a fiery explosion that inflicts Burning effect to all enemies in the area is exclusive to  Scorching Rounds.
* ◈ Explosion AoE +3m, and explosions generated by hitting a block share explosion bonus is exclusive to  Scorching Rounds.
* ◈ Hitting the same enemy 3 times in a row with the same element triggers an elemental explosion is exclusive to  Talisman.
* ◈ Gravity projectile deals +50% DMG to enemies it draws in center is exclusive to  Bone Dragon.
* ◈ Weapon skill consumes all magazine ammo and fires more mortar shells is exclusive to  Deafening Mortar.
* ◈ +50% DMG Dealt for every bounce the projectile made. (up to +100% DMG.) is exclusive to  Frenzied Shark.
* ◈ Grenade does not detonate over time, but detonates when there is an enemy within the blast radius is exclusive to  Frenzied Shark.
* ◈ +25% Lucky Shot Chance for each projectile detonate at the same time is exclusive to  Justice.
* ◈ A lava area that continuously deals DMG to enemies it will be generated upon the bomb hitting the ground is exclusive to  Justice.
* ◈ Piercing +1. Guarantees critical explosion DMG after piercing a weak spot is exclusive to  Shrieker.
* ◈ For every enemy hit, +25% DMG Dealt (up to +100%) to current attack is exclusive to  Shrieker.
* ◈ +50% DMG on a direct hit is exclusive to  Tiger Cannon.

 Ao Bai can improve explosions with multiple ascensions.

* Sustained Fire increases explosion damage after killing an enemy or destroying an item.
* Explosion Enhancement increases explosion range and damage.
* Mad Bomber increases explosion damage and chance for double damage.
* Precise Explosion increases explosion damage against fewer targets.
* Grenade Master and  Double Explosions improve only  Explosive Grenade.