Kill Shot

Kill Shot
Kill Shot Row 1 hunter talent 40 yd range 10 Focus 10 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon/ Two-Handed Melee Weapon You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing (320%/400% of Attack power) Physical damage. Only usable on enemies with less than 20% health.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Physical
Cooldown	10 seconds

Kill Shot is a hunter class talent. It's automatically granted to all three specializations.

Improvements

• Class

  • [Specialized Arsenal]

• Beast Mastery

  • [Hunter's Prey]

• Marksmanship

  • [Deadeye]
  • [Improved Deathblow]
  • [Mastery: Sniper Training]

• Survival

  • [Born to Kill]
  • [Cull the Herd]
  • [Ranger]
  • [Sic 'Em]

• Pack Leader

  • [No Mercy]

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2024-11-06): Will now appropriately damage the primary target when out of combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage is no longer increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now automatically granted to all three specializations (was granted to Marksmanship).
  
• Hotfix (2024-03-12): : Now deals 25% increased damage in PvP (was 10%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-08-21): : Now deals 10% increased damage in PvP (was 9% decreased).
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): : Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-06-26): : Damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 42 ability). Rank 2 split off to become [Improved Kill Shot].
  
• Hotfix (2021-07-12): : Damage inreased by 15%. : Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added and redesigned. Now available to all three specializations (was Beast Mastery and Marksmanship).

  Previous effect: You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing 785% Physical damage. Only usable on enemies with less than 20% health. If the target dies, the Hunter will regain 15% of maximum health. If Kill Shot fails to kill the target, the cooldown is reset.
  

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-13): Fixed an issue where Kill Shot can occasionally fail to reset its cooldown if it fails to kill the target.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-10): Resolved a number of additional situations that could cause Kill Shot to not correctly reset its cooldown.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-09): Kill Shot should now correctly reset its cooldown when it fails to kill the target due to [Cauterize] or [Guardian Spirit].
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-08): Kill Shot's damage has been reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-03): Should now correctly reset its cooldown if the target becomes immune, have abilities, or talents that trigger to prevent the target from dying.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Kill Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now heals the Hunter for 15% of maximum health if it kills the target.
  • No longer available to Survival Hunters.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 150% to 420%. Bonus damage removed. If Kill Shot fails to kill the target, it will now cause the cooldown to be reset, but cannot happen more often than every 6 sec.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now requires level 35 (was 71) and has a 10-second cooldown.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Minimum range of 5 yards added.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds (was 35 seconds).
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Kill Shot
  Kill Shot (3 ranks) Level 71 hunter ability 45 yd range 7% of base mana Instant Requires Ranged Weapon You attempt to finish the wounded target off, firing a long range attack dealing 200% weapon damage plus (40% of Ranged attack power + 410). Kill Shot can only be used on enemies that have 20% or less health.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	71
  Improvements	[Cobra Strikes], [Marked for Death], [Sniper Training]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Kill Shot]

• Cataclysm Classic

  Kill Shot
  Kill Shot Level 35 hunter ability 45 yd range 10 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon You attempt to finish the wounded target off, firing a long range attack dealing 151% weapon damage plus (45% of Ranged attack power + 543). Kill Shot can only be used on enemies that have 20% or less health.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	10 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	35
  Improvements	[Sniper Training]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Kill Shot]

• MoP Classic

  Kill Shot
  Kill Shot Level 35 hunter ability 45 yd range 10 seconds cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon You attempt to finish the wounded target off, firing a long range attack dealing 420% weapon damage. Kill Shot can only be used on enemies that have 20% or less health. If Kill Shot fails to kill the target, the cooldown is instantly reset, but cannot be reset more often than once every 6 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	10 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	35

External links

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