Active Reload
While reloading, pressing Reload during the highlighted portion will instantly finish your reload and grant you Fire Rate, Bullet Lifesteal and Move Speed.
Passive — works automatically once bought.
Active Reload is a skill-based weapon item: while reloading, tap Reload again during the highlighted slice of the bar to instantly finish the reload and turn on Fire Rate, Bullet Lifesteal and Move Speed for a few seconds. It is one of the cheapest ways to add real combat power early — the catch is you have to land the timing.
When to buy
It's a strong early weapon pickup for any hero who spends a lot of time shooting — hitscan carries and sustained-fire heroes love it. The Bullet Lifesteal keeps you topped up in lane and the burst of Fire Rate + Move Speed lets you turn a reload into a re-engage instead of dead time. Skip it if you mostly fight off cooldowns and rarely empty a clip, or if you can't reliably hit the window under pressure.
Hitting the window
The active part of the reload bar is a fixed length of time, so heroes with slower base reloads get a wider, more forgiving slice — and items or abilities that speed up your reload shrink it. Miss the window and the reload simply fails, but the cooldown only starts once you actually proc it, so you don't get punished for whiffing — just try again. Practice the rhythm in the sandbox until the tap is muscle memory, then start reloading the instant a fight goes quiet so the buff is live the moment you re-peek.
Is Active Reload worth it?
Yes for shooting-heavy heroes — it's a cheap Tier 2 that pays out lane sustain through Bullet Lifesteal plus a Fire Rate and Move Speed spike in every fight. Its value scales with how consistently you hit the timing window, so it's only dead weight if you can't land it.
What happens if I miss the timing?
The reload fails and you have to start it again, but the buff cooldown doesn't trigger until you successfully proc it — so a whiff costs you a little time, not the item itself.
Best with Grey Talon
~54.3%
- Active Reload
- Active Reload indicator UI slightly adjusted
- Added a new T2 Weapon item, Active Reload
Built-by, win rate, build rate and top hero are sample until the match API is wired in. Effect, cost, value and the build tree are real client data.
Raw dataproperties, shop fields & API
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- id
- upgrade_active_reload
- slug
- active-reload
- token
- upgrade_active_reload
- kind
- upgrade
- updatedAt
- 2026-06-06T16:23:38.392Z
shop
- category
- weapon
- tier
- 2
- cost
- 1600
- groupLabel
- Magazines
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- EShopFilterWeaponDamage
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- —
- upgradeIds
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properties (6)
| label | key | value |
|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | AbilityCooldown | 12s |
| Duration | AbilityDuration | 7s |
| Fire Rate | BonusFireRate | 25% |
| Ammo | BonusClipSizePercent | 20% |
| Bullet Lifesteal | BulletLifestealPercent | 16% |
| Move speed | BonusMoveSpeed | 0.75m |
Upgrades
| lvl | AP | upgrades |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fire Rate +15, Move speed +3m, Bullet Lifesteal +12, Ammo +10 |