Kill Command

For the Survival version, see [Kill Command].

Kill Command
Kill Command Row 1 hunter talent 50 yd range 30 Focus 7.5 sec cooldown Instant Give the command to kill, causing your pet to savagely deal (173% of Attack power) Physical damage to the enemy.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Physical
Cooldown	7.5 seconds

"In truth, she needs no order to kill. I only tell her whom to spare."

TCG artwork.

Kill Command is a row 1 hunter class talent. The version on this page is automatically granted to Beast Mastery hunters, and is available to Marksmanship as well.

Survival hunters see a different version that generates Focus and has a chance to reset its own cooldown.

Improvements

Class

• [Improved Kill Command]
• [Killer Instinct]
• [Alpha Predator]

Beast Mastery

• [Mastery: Master of Beasts]
• [Cobra Sting]
• [War Orders]
• [Hunter's Prey]
• [Dire Command]
• [Dire Pack]

Notes and trivia

• Kill Command is a basic Hunter spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "'Kill!', he commanded."

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2023-07-28): Fixed an issue where [Ebon Might] from an Augmentation Evoker did not properly increase the damage of Kill Command.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-03-27): Kill Command damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 talent in the class tree, available to Beast Mastery and Marksmanship (was a level 10 Beast Mastery ability).
  
• Hotfix (2021-07-12): Damage increased by 15% in non-PvP situations.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-17): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 10 (was 3).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 3 (was 10)
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-30): Damage has been increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 34%.
  
• Hotfix (2012-10-04): Kill Command, [Glaive Toss], and [Powershot] will now properly activate [Thrill of the Hunt].
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Beast Mastery specialization ability. Now requires the pet to be within 25 yards of the target.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Put back on global cooldown (based on forum posts, this was a mistake). (Source)
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25):
  • Will not charge the hunter mana if their pet is on passive.
  • No longer affects the Hunter’s current target.
    
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22):
  • Removed from global cooldown.
  • This ability will now still work even when your pet is out of your line of sight.
    
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Added.
  

See also

• Kill Command, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB