Unload

Dual Wield. Blast your foe repeatedly with both pistols. Gain initiative if all attacks hit. — In-game description

Unload

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand pistol

Type

Dual Wield

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

13011

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10.5½  

3

6

 

Unload

Dual Wield. Blast your foe repeatedly with both pistols. Gain initiative if all attacks hit.

 Damage (8x): 1,320 (3.6)^?

 Damage (8x): 792 (2.16)^?

 Might (8s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (6s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Initiative: 2

 Initiative: 1

 Number of Shots: 8

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Deadly Ambition — Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.

Critical Strikes

• Deadly Aim — Your pistol and harpoon gun attacks now pierce and have increased strike damage.

Acrobatics

• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Trickery

• Preparedness — Increases maximum initiative by 3. Gain increased expertise.
• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Deadeye

• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.

Notes

• 1 stack of Might is gained per hit (per enemy, when Deadly Aim is traited).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 0.4 to 0.45 in PvE only.
November 28, 2023	Reduced the initiative cost from 5 to 3 PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per hit from 0.4 to 0.27. Reduced might duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
July 10, 2018	Initiative cost and initiative gain have been split between game modes. The PvP and WvW versions will now cost 6 initiative and refund 1 initiative if all attacks hit. The PvE version will continue to use the previous 5-initiative cost and 2-initiative refund.
May 16, 2017	This skill now refunds 2 initiative if all attacks hit.
May 03, 2016	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to apply 5 seconds of might instead of the intended 8 seconds of might.
April 19, 2016	This skill now grants 1 stack of might for 8 seconds when striking an enemy.
September 29, 2015	Increased damage per shot by 26%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.
September 09, 2014	Increased the speed of this skill by 20%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Unload has been added to the game.