Black Arrow

Black Arrow
Black Arrow Row 1 Dark Ranger hunter hero talent Replaces [Kill Shot] 40 yd range 10 Focus 10 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing (268.272% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and (35% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 14 sec. Only usable on enemies above 80% health or below 20% health.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Shadow
Cooldown	10 seconds
Other information
Improvements	[Banshee's Mark], [Bleak Powder], [Ebon Bowstring], [Shadow Hounds], [Soul Drinker], [The Bell Tolls]
Related debuff
Black Arrow Suffering (2.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage every 1 sec. Duration: 14 seconds

Black Arrow is a Dark Ranger hunter hero talent.

Notes and trivia

• Black Arrow is one of the Dark Ranger hero unit's abilities in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It increases the damage of the Dark Ranger's attacks, and enemies killed while the effect is active are raised as skeletal Dark Minions.
• Many dark rangers in World of Warcraft can use abilities by this name. Notably, Sylvanas Windrunner uses a Black Arrow ability during her encounter in the Sanctum of Domination.
• One of Sylvanas's abilities in Heroes of the Storm is called Black Arrows. When activated, it causes all of her attacks to briefly stun non-player enemies.
• Sylvanas uses a black arrow to stun the Lich King during the Escape from Arthas encounter in the Halls of Reflection.
• A version of Black Arrow existed in the original World of Warcraft beta, which dealt 150 Shadow damage, slowed the target by 30%, and drained 150 mana over 30 seconds. It was ultimately removed prior to launch.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-10-07):
  • Damage reduced by 8% for Beast Mastery and 6% for Marksmanship. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Now deals 15% less damage in PvP combat.
    
• Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05):
  • [The Bell Tolls]' previous effect is now baseline: now usable on enemies with greater than 80% health or less than 20% health.
  • Periodic damage is now a rolling periodic.
  • Damage increased by 44%.
    
• Hotfix (2025-03-25):
  • Damage increased by 50%.
  • Periodic effect duration increased to 14 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat for Marksmanship.
    
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25):
  • Damage increased by 26% for Beast Mastery, and 15% for Marksmanship.
  • Fixed an issue causing Black Arrow to deal more damage than intended in PvE only.
    
• Hotfix (2025-01-14): Fixed an issue where Black Arrow was dealing more damage than intended.
  
• Patch 11.0.7 (2024-12-17): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-26): Damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-12): Damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-06): Will now appropriately damage the primary target when out of combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-31):
  • Fixed an issue where Black Arrow could hit targets that are breakable crowd controlled.
  • Periodic damage will no longer cancel breakable crowd control.
    
• Hotfix (2024-10-29): Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-24): [Mastery: Sniper Training] no longer benefits Black Arrow twice.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Redesigned – You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing high Shadow damage and low Shadow damage over time for 10 seconds. Only usable on enemies with more than 80% health or less than 20% health. Now replaces [Kill Shot]. Visual effects updated.

  Old: Fire a Black Arrow into your target, dealing (720% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 18 sec. Each time Black Arrow deals damage, you have a 10% chance to generate a charge of [Aimed Shot]/ [Barbed Shot] and reduce its cast time by 50%.
  

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Re-added and redesigned as a row 1 Dark Ranger hero talent (was a level 30 Marksmanship talent): Fire a Black Arrow into your target, dealing (720% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 18 sec. Each time Black Arrow deals damage, you have a 10% chance to generate a charge of Barbed Shot/a 10% chance to generate a charge of Aimed Shot and reduce its cast time by 50%. Icon updated from

  Old: Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing (640% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 8 sec and summoning a Dark Minion to taunt it for the duration. When you kill an enemy, the remaining cooldown on Black Arrow will reset.
  

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2017-04-17): Damage increased by 4%.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-17): Damage increased by 8%.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 10 Focus (was 40).
  
• Hotfix (2016-07-25): Corrected bugs that caused many ranged player abilities (including Black Arrow) to auto-acquire a nearby target if used without an enemy targeted.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a level 30 Marksmanship talent (was a level 50 Survival ability). Redesigned.

  Previous effect: Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing (567% of Attack power) damage over 20 sec. Your Black Arrow periodic damage has a 20% chance to trigger [Lock and Load], causing your next two Explosive Shots to cost no Focus and trigger no cooldown. When Black Arrow is dispelled, its cooldown is reset. (35 Focus cost, 24 sec cooldown)
  

• Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Now has a cooldown of 24 seconds (down from 30 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • The effects of Lock and Load have been incorporated into Black Arrow: Your Black Arrow periodic damage has a 20% chance to trigger Lock and Load, causing your next two Explosive Shots to cost no Focus and trigger no cooldown.
  • Black Arrow's cooldown is reset if it is dispelled.
    
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Black Arrow now deals 10% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 50 Survival ability (was a tier 7 Survival talent).
  
• Patch 4.3.2 (2012-01-31): Now ticks every 2 seconds for 20 seconds, as opposed to every 3 seconds for 15 seconds. The total damage dealt by the ability is unchanged.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Damage done has been increased by roughly 40%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer increases the target's damage taken. Moved from tier 9 to tier 7 and now requires [Wyvern Sting].
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Ranks 5 and 6 training costs have been lowered significantly.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Black Arrow
  Black Arrow (6 ranks) Tier 9 Survival hunter talent 35 yd range 6% of base mana 30 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon Fires a Black Arrow at the target, increasing all damage done by you to the target by 6% and dealing (10% of Ranged attack power + 785) Shadow damage over 15 sec. Black Arrow shares a cooldown with Trap spells.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Improvements	[Lock and Load], [Resourcefulness], [Sniper Training], [T.N.T.], [Trap Mastery]
  Related debuff
  Magic Black Arrow All damage taken increased by 6%, and 157 Shadow damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Black Arrow
  Black Arrow Tier 7 Survival hunter talent 40 yd range 6% of base mana 30 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing 2852 Shadow damage over 20 sec. Black Arrow shares a cooldown with other Fire Trap spells.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Talents
  Talent required	[Wyvern Sting]
  Other information
  Improvements	[Resourcefulness], [Thrill of the Hunt], [T.N.T.], [Toxicology], [Trap Mastery]
  Related debuff
  Magic Black Arrow 285 Shadow damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 20 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Black Arrow
  Black Arrow Level 50 Survival hunter ability 40 yd range 35 Focus 30 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing 1570 damage over 20 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	50
  Improvements	[Lock and Load], [Trap Mastery]
  Related debuff
  Magic Black Arrow 157 Shadow damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 20 seconds

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