Marksmanship Hunter Talents

The War Within Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Marksmanship Hunter talents for The War Within Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Hunter specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Hunter class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Hunter's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Natural Mending	Passive	Every 10 Focus you spend reduces the remaining cooldown on Exhilaration by 1.0 sec.
Posthaste	Passive	Disengage also frees you from all movement impairing effects and increases your movement speed by 50% for 4 sec.
Kill Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range	You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing 1,681 Physical damage. Only usable on enemies with less than 20% health.
Rejuvenating Wind	Passive	Maximum health increased by 8%, and Exhilaration now also heals you for an additional 12.0% of your maximum health over 8 sec.
Hunter's Avoidance	Passive	Damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 5%.
Improved Kill Shot	Passive	Kill Shot's critical damage is increased by 25%.
Wilderness Medicine	Passive	Mend Pet heals for an additional 25% of your pet's health over its duration, and has a 25% chance to dispel a magic effect each time it heals your pet.
Tar Trap	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Hurls a tar trap to the target location that creates a 8 yd radius pool of tar around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches. All enemies have 50% reduced movement speed while in the area of effect. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Tranquilizing Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Removes 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect from an enemy target.
Concussive Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 5 Sec Cooldown	Dazes the target, slowing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec. Steady Shot will increase the duration of Concussive Shot on the target by 3.0 sec.
Survival of the Fittest	Instant	Reduces all damage you and your pet take by 30% for 6 sec.
Entrapment	Passive	When Tar Trap is activated, all enemies in its area are rooted for 4 sec. Damage taken may break this root.
Counter Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 24 Sec Cooldown	Interrupts spellcasting, preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
Kodo Tranquilizer	Passive	Tranquilizing Shot removes up to 1 additional Magic effect from up to 2 nearby targets.
Devilsaur Tranquilizer	Passive	If Tranquilizing Shot removes only an Enrage effect, its cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Misdirection	Instant - 100 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Misdirects all threat you cause to the targeted party or raid member, beginning with your next attack within 30 sec and lasting for 8 sec.
Scout's Instincts	Passive	You cannot be slowed below 80% of your normal movement speed while Aspect of the Cheetah is active.
Padded Armor	Passive	Survival of the Fittest gains an additional charge.
Lone Survivor	Passive	Reduce the cooldown of Survival of the Fittest by 30 sec, and increase its duration by 2.0 sec. Reduce the cooldown of Counter Shot and Muzzle by 2 sec.
Specialized Arsenal	Passive	Kill Command deals 10% increased damage.
Disruptive Rounds	Passive	When Tranquilizing Shot successfully dispels an effect or Counter Shot interrupts a cast, gain 10 Focus.
No Hard Feelings	Passive	When Misdirection targets your pet, it reduces the damage they take by 50% for 5 sec.
Scare Beast	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range	Scares a beast, causing it to run in fear for up to 20 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect. Only one beast can be feared at a time.
Intimidation	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Commands your pet to intimidate the target, stunning it for 5 sec.
Explosive Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Fires an explosive shot at your target. After 3 sec, the shot will explode, dealing 1,529 Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Binding Shot	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Fires a magical projectile, tethering the enemy and any other enemies within 5 yds for 10 sec, stunning them for 3 sec if they move more than 5 yds from the arrow.
Bursting Shot	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Fires an explosion of bolts at all enemies in front of you, knocking them back, snaring them by 50% for 6 sec, and dealing 27 Physical damage.
Scatter Shot	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	A short-range shot that deals 23 damage, removes all harmful damage over time effects, and incapacitates the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.
Territorial Instincts	Passive	Casting Intimidation without a pet now summons one from your stables to intimidate the target. Additionally, the cooldown of Intimidation is reduced by 5 sec.
Trigger Finger	Passive	You and your pet have 5.0% increased attack speed. This effect is increased by 100% if you do not have an active pet.
Blackrock Munitions	Passive	The damage of Explosive Shot is increased by 8%.
Keen Eyesight	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 4%.
Tar-Coated Bindings	Passive	Binding Shot's stun duration is increased by 1 sec.
Scrappy	Passive	Casting Kill Command reduces the cooldown of Intimidation and Binding Shot by 0.5 sec.
Quick Load	Passive	When you fall below 40% health, Bursting Shot and Scatter Shot have their cooldown immediately reset. This can only occur once every 25 sec.
Pathfinding	Passive	Movement speed increased by 4%.
Binding Shackles	Passive	Targets stunned by Binding Shot, knocked back by High Explosive Trap, knocked up by Implosive Trap, incapacitated by Scatter Shot, or stunned by Intimidation deal 10% less damage to you for 8 sec after the effect ends.
Camouflage	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	You and your pet blend into the surroundings and gain stealth for 1 min. While camouflaged, you will heal for 2% of maximum health every 1 sec.
Kindling Flare	Passive	Stealthed enemies revealed by Flare remain revealed for 3 sec after exiting the flare.
Trailblazer	Passive	Your movement speed is increased by 30% anytime you have not attacked for 3 sec.
Roar of Sacrifice	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Instructs your pet to protect a friendly target from critical strikes, making attacks against that target unable to be critical strikes, but 10% of all damage taken by that target is also taken by the pet. Lasts 12 sec.
Serrated Tips	Passive	You gain 5% more critical strike from critical strike sources.
Moment of Opportunity	Passive	When a trap triggers, you gain Aspect of the Cheetah for 3 sec. Can only occur every 1 min.
Born To Be Wild	Passive	Reduces the cooldowns of Aspect of the Cheetah, and Aspect of the Turtle by 30 sec.
Ghillie Suit	Passive	You take 20% reduced damage while Camouflage is active. This effect persists for 3 sec after you leave Camouflage.
Improved Traps	Passive	The cooldown of Tar Trap, High Explosive Trap, Implosive Trap, and Freezing Trap is reduced by 5.0 sec.
Emergency Salve	Passive	Feign Death and Aspect of the Turtle removes poison and disease effects from you.
High Explosive Trap	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 40 Sec Cooldown	Hurls a fire trap to the target location that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing 305 Fire damage and knocking all enemies away. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Implosive Trap	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Hurls a fire trap to the target location that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing 304 Fire damage and knocking all enemies up. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Unnatural Causes	Passive	Your damage over time effects deal 10% increased damage. This effect is increased by 50% on targets below 20% health.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Marksmanship Hunters with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Marksmanship Hunters from other Hunter specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Aimed Shot	2.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	A powerful aimed shot that deals 1,947 Physical damage.
Rapid Fire	Channeled - 40 Yd Range - 20 Sec Cooldown	Shoot a stream of 7 shots at your target over 1.8 sec, dealing a total of 2,234 Physical damage. Usable while moving. ach shot generates 1 Focus.
Multi-Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Fires several missiles, hitting your current target and all enemies within 10 yards for 266 Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Precise Shots	Passive	Aimed Shot causes your next 2 Arcane Shots or Multi-Shots to deal 70% more damage and cost 50% less Focus.
Surging Shots	Passive	Rapid Fire deals 35% additional damage, and Aimed Shot has a 15% chance to reset the cooldown of Rapid Fire.
Streamline	Passive	Rapid Fire's damage is increased by 15%, and Rapid Fire also causes your next Aimed Shot to cast 30% faster.
Improved Steady Shot	Passive	Steady Shot now generates 10 Focus.
Crack Shot	Passive	Arcane Shot and Chimaera Shot Focus cost reduced by 20.
Penetrating Shots	Passive	Gain critical strike damage equal to 40% of your critical strike chance.
Trick Shots	Passive	When Multi-Shot hits 3 or more targets, your next Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire will ricochet and hit up to 5 additional targets for 65% of normal damage.
Master Marksman	Passive	Your melee and ranged special attack critical strikes cause the target to bleed for an additional 15% of the damage dealt over 6 sec.
Fan the Hammer	Passive	Rapid Fire shoots 3 additional shots.
Careful Aim	Passive	Aimed Shot deals 50% bonus damage to targets who are above 70% health.
Heavy Ammo	Passive	Trick Shots now ricochets to 2 fewer targets, but each ricochet deals an additional 25% damage.
Light Ammo	Passive	Trick Shots now causes Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire to ricochet to 2 additional targets.
Bulletstorm	Passive	Each additional target your Rapid Fire or Aimed Shot ricochets to from Trick Shots increases the damage of Multi-Shot by 7% for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. The duration of this effect is not refreshed when gaining a stack.
Lock and Load	Passive	Your ranged auto attacks have a 8% chance to trigger Lock and Load, causing your next Aimed Shot to cost no Focus and be instant.
Steady Focus	Passive	Using Steady Shot twice in a row increases your haste by 8% for 15 sec.
Deathblow	Passive	Aimed Shot has a 15% and Rapid Fire has a 25% chance to grant a charge of Kill Shot, and cause your next Kill Shot to be usable on any target regardless of their current health.
Barrage	Channeled - 40 Yd Range - 20 Sec Cooldown	Rapidly fires a spray of shots for 2.7 sec, dealing an average of 820 Physical damage to all nearby enemies in front of you. Usable while moving. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Grants Beast Cleave.
Night Hunter	Passive	Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire critical strike chance increased by 5%.
Tactical Reload	Passive	Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire cooldown reduced by 10%.
Serpentstalker's Trickery	Passive	Aimed Shot also fires a Serpent Sting at the primary target. erpent Sting Fire a shot that poisons your target, causing them to take 109 Nature damage instantly and an additional 725 Nature damage over 18 sec.
Chimaera Shot	Instant - 40 Yd Range	A two-headed shot that hits your primary target for 433 Nature damage and another nearby target for 215 Frost damage.
Killer Accuracy	Passive	Kill Shot critical strike chance and critical strike damage increased by 20%.
Rapid Fire Barrage	Passive	Barrage now instead shoots Rapid Fires at your target and up to 4 nearby enemies at 30% effectiveness, but its cooldown is increased by 40 sec.
In the Rhythm	Passive	When Rapid Fire fully finishes channeling, gain 8% haste for 6 sec.
Lone Wolf	Passive	Increases your damage by 5% when you do not have an active pet.
Bullseye	Passive	When your abilities damage a target below 20% health, you gain 1% increased critical strike chance for 6 sec, stacking up to 30 times.
Hydra's Bite	Passive	When Aimed Shot strikes an enemy affected with your Serpent Sting, it spreads Serpent Sting to 2 enemies nearby. Serpent Sting's damage over time is increased by 20%.
Volley	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Rain a volley of arrows down over 6 sec, dealing up to 1,902 Physical damage to any enemy in the area, and gain the effects of Trick Shots for as long as Volley is active.
Legacy of the Windrunners	Passive	Aimed Shot coalesces 2 Wind Arrows that shoot your target for 106 Physical damage. Each time Rapid Fire deals damage, there is a 5% chance to coalesce a Wind Arrow at your target.
Trueshot	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Reduces the cooldown of your Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire by 70%, and causes Aimed Shot to cast 50% faster for 15 sec. While Trueshot is active, you generate 50% additional Focus.
Focused Aim	Passive	Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire damage increased by 5.0%.
Razor Fragments	Passive	When the Trick Shots effect fades or is consumed, or after gaining Deathblow, your next Kill Shot will deal 75% increased damage, and shred up to 5 targets near your Kill Shot target for 25% of the damage dealt by Kill Shot over 6 sec.
Wailing Arrow	Passive	After summoning 20 Wind Arrows, your next Aimed Shot becomes a Wailing Arrow. ailing Arrow Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing 1,891 Shadow damage to your target and an additional 597 Shadow damage to all enemies within 8 yds of your target. Non-Player targets struck by a Wailing Arrow have their spellcasting interrupted and are silenced for 3 sec.
Eagletalon's True Focus	Passive	Trueshot lasts an additional 3.0 sec, reduces the Focus Cost of Aimed Shot by 50%, and causes your Arcane Shot, Chimaera Shot, and Multi-Shot to be cast again at 30% effectiveness.
Calling the Shots	Passive	Every 50 Focus spent reduces the cooldown of Trueshot by 2.5 sec.
Small Game Hunter	Passive	Multi-Shot deals 75% increased damage and Explosive Shot deals 25% increased damage.
Kill Zone	Passive	Your spells and attacks deal 8% increased damage and ignore line of sight against any target in your Volley.
Readiness	Passive	Trueshot grants Wailing Arrow and you generate 2 additional Wind Arrows while in Trueshot. Wailing Arrow resets the cooldown of Rapid Fire and generates 2 charges of Aimed Shot.
Unerring Vision	Passive	While Trueshot is active you gain 1% critical strike chance and 2% increased critical damage dealt every 1 sec, stacking up to 10 times.
Salvo	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Your next Multi-Shot or Volley now also applies Explosive Shot to up to 2 targets hit.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Marksmanship Hunter class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Sentinel

Name	Cast	Effect
Sentinel	Passive	Your attacks have a chance to apply Sentinel on the target, stacking up to 10 times. While Sentinel stacks are higher than 3, applying Sentinel has a chance to trigger an implosion, causing a stack to be consumed on the target every sec to deal 415 Arcane damage.
Don't Look Back	Passive	Each time Sentinel deals damage to an enemy you gain an absorb shield equal to 1% of your maximum health, up to 10%.
Extrapolated Shots	Passive	When you apply Sentinel to a target not affected by Sentinel, you apply 1 additional stack.
Sentinel Precision	Passive	Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite and Wildfire Bomb deal 10% increased damage.
Release and Reload	Passive	When you apply Sentinel on a target, you have a 15% chance to apply a second stack.
Catch Out	Passive	When a target affected by Sentinel deals damage to you, they are rooted for 3 sec. May only occur every 1 min per target.
Sideline	Passive	When Sentinel starts dealing damage, the target is snared by 40% for 3 sec.
Invigorating Pulse	Passive	Each time Sentinel deals damage to an enemy it has an up to 15% chance to generate 5 focus. Chances decrease with each additional Sentinel currently imploding applied to enemies.
Sentinel Watch	Passive	Whenever a Sentinel deals damage, the cooldown of Coordinated Assault is reduced by 1 sec, up to 15 sec.
Eyes Closed	Passive	For 8 sec after activating Coordinated Assault, all abilities are guaranteed to apply Sentinel.
Symphonic Arsenal	Passive	Multi-Shot and Butchery discharge arcane energy from all targets affected by your Sentinel, dealing 178 Arcane damage to up to 5 targets within 8 yds of your Sentinel targets.
Overwatch	Passive	All Sentinel debuffs implode when a target affected by more than 3 stacks of your Sentinel falls below 20% health.
Crescent Steel	Passive	Targets you damage below 20% health gain a stack of Sentinel every 3 sec.
Lunar Storm	Passive	Every 15 sec your next Wildfire Bomb summons a celestial owl that conjures a 10 yd radius Lunar Storm at the target's location for 8 sec. A random enemy affected by Sentinel within your Lunar Storm gets struck for 398 Arcane damage every 0.4 sec. Any target struck by this effect takes 10% increased damage from you and your pet for 8 sec.

Dark Ranger

Name	Cast	Effect
Black Arrow	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Fire a Black Arrow into your target, dealing 4,649 Shadow damage over 18 sec. Each time Black Arrow deals damage, you have a 10% chance to generate a charge of Barbed Shot or Aimed Shot.
Overshadow	Passive	Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire deal 20% increased damage.
Shadow Hounds	Passive	Each time Black Arrow deals damage, you have a 10% chance to manifest a Dark Hound to charge to your target and deal Shadow damage.
Death Shade	Passive	When you apply Black Arrow to a target, you gain the Deathblow or Hunter's Prey effect.
Dark Empowerment	Passive	When Black Arrow resets the cooldown of an ability, gain 15 Focus.
Grave Reaper	Passive	When a target affected by Black Arrow dies, the cooldown of Black Arrow is reduced by 12 sec.
Embrace the Shadows	Passive	You heal for 15% of all Shadow damage dealt by you or your pets.
Smoke Screen	Passive	Exhilaration grants you 3 sec of Survival of the Fittest. Survival of the Fittest activates Exhilaration at 50% effectiveness.
Dark Chains	Passive	Disengage will chain the closest target to the ground, causing them to move 40% slower until they move 8 yards away.
Shadow Lash	Passive	When Call of the Wild or Trueshot is active, Black Arrow deals damage 50% faster.
Shadow Surge	Passive	When Multi-Shot hits a target affected by Black Arrow, a burst of Shadow energy erupts, dealing moderate Shadow damage to all enemies near the target. This can only occur once every 6 sec.
Darkness Calls	Passive	All Shadow damage you and your pets deal is increased by 10%.
Shadow Erasure	Passive	Kill Shot has a 15% chance to generate a charge of Barbed Shot or Aimed Shot when used on a target affected by Black Arrow.
Withering Fire	Passive	When Black Arrow resets the cooldown of Barbed Shot or Aimed Shot, a barrage of dark arrows will strike your target for Shadow damage and increase the damage you and your pets deal by 10% for 6 sec.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Marksmanship Hunter 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Survival Tactics		Feign Death reduces damage taken by 90% for 3 sec.
Chimaeral Sting		Stings the target, dealing 801 Nature damage and initiating a series of venoms. Each lasts 3 sec and applies the next effect after the previous one ends. corpid Venom: 90% reduced movement speed. pider Venom: Silenced. iper Venom: 20% reduced damage and healing.
Trueshot Mastery		Reduces the cooldown of Trueshot by 20 sec, and Trueshot also restores 100% Focus.
Ranger's Finesse		Casting Aimed Shot provides you with Ranger's Finesse. After gaining 3 stacks of Ranger's Finesse, increase your next Volley's radius and duration by 50% or your next Bursting Shot's slow by an additional 25% and its knockback distance. Consuming Ranger's Finesse reduces the remaining cooldown of Aspect of the Turtle by 20 sec.
Sniper Shot		Take a sniper's stance, firing a well-aimed shot dealing 15% of the target's maximum health in Physical damage and increases the range of all shots by 30% for 6 sec.
Hunting Pack		Aspect of the Cheetah has 50% reduced cooldown and grants its effects to allies within 15 yds.
Consecutive Concussion		Concussive Shot slows movement by an additional 20%. Using Steady Shot 3 times on a concussed enemy stuns them for 4 sec.
Wild Kingdom		Call in help from one of your dismissed Cunning pets for 10 sec. Your current pet is dismissed to rest and heal 30% of maximum health.
Interlope		Misdirection now causes the next 3 hostile spells cast on your target within 10 sec to be redirected to your pet, but its cooldown is increased by 15 sec. Your pet must be within 20 yards of the target for spells to be redirected.
Diamond Ice		Victims of Freezing Trap can no longer be damaged or healed. Freezing Trap is now undispellable, but has a 5 sec duration.