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11 Quick Hand is a talent in the Marksman branch of the Windrose Talent System. Increases the speed of the manual Active Reload animation. Separate multiplier from Planning Ahead's Passive Reload speed.
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33 Reload Type Comparison
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55 Windrose firearms refill through two separate systems. Quick Hand only speeds the manual Active Reload; the automatic Passive Reload is governed by a different talent. The table contrasts the two so the talent is spent on the right rotation.
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77 Reload TypeHow It TriggersSped Up ByActive ReloadManual reload input between shotsQuick HandPassive ReloadTicks automatically during melee or other non-firing actionsPlanning Ahead
88 Firearm Effectiveness
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1010 The percentage bonus is identical on every firearm, but the real-time saving is largest on guns with the slowest native reload. The Musket gains the most wall-clock time, the Pistol the least.
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1212 FirearmNative Reload SpeedRelative Value of Quick HandMusketSlowestHighest, fits extra shots into a boss phaseBlunderbussMediumModeratePistolFastestLowest, the gun already reloads quickly
1313 Summary
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1515 PropertyValueBranchMarksmanTier1Max rank3Points per rank1
1616 Effect by Rank
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1818 RankActive Reload SpeedRank 1+10%Rank 2+17.5%Rank 3+25%
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2121 Strong for Pistol and Musket rotations that use Active Reload manually. Situational if the build relies primarily on Passive Reload during melee swaps.
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2323 Pairs Well With
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2525 Planning AheadBulletstorm
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2727 Pairings In Detail
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2929 TalentWhy It PairsPlanning AheadPlanning Ahead speeds the Passive Reload that Quick Hand does not touch. Running both covers manual and automatic refills so the gun is rarely empty in either melee or ranged phases.BulletstormBulletstorm rewards a high volume of shots, and a faster Active Reload from Quick Hand keeps that volume up across a long fight.
3030 See Also
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3232 Marksman branch overviewTalent System the four-branch progression frameworkStats and Talents stat allocation and respec
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3434 Build Role
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3636 Quick Hand speeds the Active Reload animation. Usable on any ranged rotation that relies on manual reloading rather than waiting for Passive Reload, especially Musket boss rotations.
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3838 Math Example
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4040 A Musket Active Reload of 5 seconds at rank 0 becomes 3.75 seconds at rank 3 Quick Hand (+25% faster). Over a 60-second boss phase that normally fits 10 shots, the faster reload fits 12 shots, a 20% uplift in shots-per-fight.
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4242 Notes
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4444 Does not affect Passive Reload, which ticks automatically during melee or other non-firing actions. Use Planning Ahead for Passive Reload scaling.Strongest on Musket (slowest native reload) and weakest on Pistol (fast native reload).