Barbed Shot

Barbed Shot
Barbed Shot Row 2 Beast Mastery hunter talent Replaces [Steady Shot] 40 yd range 18 sec recharge Instant Requires Ranged Weapon Fire a shot that tears through your enemy, causing them to bleed for (475% of Attack power) damage over 12 sec. Sends your pet into a frenzy, increasing attack speed by 30% for 12 sec, stacking up to 3 times. Generates 20 Focus over 8 sec. Max 2 Charges
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Physical
Charges	2
Recharge	18 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Kill Command]
Other information
Improvements	[Poisoned Barbs]
Related buffs
Barbed Shot Generating 20 Focus over 8 sec. Duration: 8 seconds Frenzy Attack speed increased by 30%. Duration: 12 seconds Max stacks: 3
Related debuff
Barbed Shot Suffering (95% of Attack power) damage every 2 sec. Duration: 12 seconds

Barbed Shot is a row 2 Beast Mastery hunter talent.

Improvements

• [Barbed Wrath]
• [Brutal Companion]
• [Master Handler]
• [Savagery]
• [Scent of Blood]
• [Stomp]
• [Thrill of the Hunt]
• [War Orders]
• [Wild Call]

Notes

• Multiple Focus regeneration buffs from Barbed Shot can be active at the same time. These are displayed as separate buff icons with separate durations.
• Using Barbed Shot on a target that already has the bleed effect will not cause the damage to stack up. Any remaining damage from the previous bleed will be lost.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): Now replaces [Steady Shot].
  
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Travel speed increased and visuals have been updated.
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-29): Damage reduced by 25%.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22):
  • Damage increased by 100%.
  • Cooldown increased to 18 seconds (was 12 seconds) and duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
  • Pet frenzy duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
    
• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13):
  • Damage reduced by 25%.
  • No longer reduced by 7% in PvP combat.
    
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 talent (was a level 12 ability).
  
• Hotfix (2021-07-12): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Now affected by [Bestial Wrath]. Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Damage increased by 125%. Barbed Shot bleed damage now ignores armor.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added, replacing [Dire Frenzy].
  

External links

Barbed Shot	Frenzy
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