Serpent Sting (Classic)

For the retail debuff, see  [Serpent Sting].

Serpent Sting
Serpent Sting (9 ranks) Level 4 hunter ability 8-35 yd range 15 Mana Instant Stings the target, causing 20 Nature damage over 15 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	4
Related debuff
Poison Serpent Sting Causes 4 Nature damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

Laced with poisonous toxins, the serpent sting burns the very blood of its target.

Serpent Sting is a hunter ability.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Removed. The  [Serpent Sting] debuff is now applied by other abilities.
  
• Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 9 class talent (was a level 12 Survival ability/level 15 Marksmanship talent). Now has a cost of 10 Focus and a duration of 18 seconds for all specializations (was 20 Focus and 12 seconds for Survival). No longer deals increased damage for Survival.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Marksmanship: Duration increased to 18 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Marksmanship: Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2018-07-27): Fixed a bug causing Serpent Sting to sometimes not correctly fire additional arrows at nearby targets when talented into [Hydra's Bite].
  
• Hotfix (2018-07-26): Periodic damage is now able to critically strike.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Reworked into an active ability, rather than being a passive attached to other abilities. Automatically learned at level 12 for Survival, or available as a talent at level 15 for Marksmanship. Icon changed to
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased to 115% (was 87%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Changed into a talent. Now affects [Raptor Strike] and [Carve] instead of [Multi-Shot] and [Arcane Shot].
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): No longer deals an initial "tick" of damage when the periodic effect is first applied.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-15): Serpent Sting's damage has increased by 60%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Serpent Sting's damage has been increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Serpent Sting has been redesigned based on [Serpent Spread] and is now available only to Survival Hunters. Icon changed to
  • Serpent Spread has been renamed into Serpent Sting.
  • Serpent Sting now causes Multi-Shot and Arcane Shot to also apply a Serpent Sting poison dealing instant and periodic damage.
  • Cobra Shot no longer extends the duration of Serpent Sting.
    
• Hotfix (2012-11-29): Serpent Sting's damage has been increased by 100%, and its cost has been reduced to 15 Focus (was 25).
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now available at level 10 for 10 23.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Gained bonus damage equal to 20% of the hunter's Attack Power, up from 10%.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Now scales with ranged attack power instead of spell damage. It was considered to be a nature-spell-damage based attack thus was buffed by all nature and general spell-damage buffs including but not limited to:  [Wizard Oil], [Improved Divine Spirit], [Wrath of Air Totem]. This is no longer the case.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): "Serpent Sting's" initial, non-threatening application no longer consumes a charge of [Misdirection].
  

See also

• Serpent Sting, TCG card

External links

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