Kill Shot

Kill Shot
Kill Shot Row 1 hunter talent 40 yd range 10 Focus 10 sec cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon/​Two-Handed Melee Weapon You attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing (253%/297% 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 row 1 hunter talent. It's automatically granted to Marksmanship hunters.

Improvements

• Class

  • [Bombardment]
  • [Improved Kill Shot]

• Beast Mastery

  • [Hunter's Prey]

• Marksmanship

  • [Mastery: Sniper Training]
  • [Killer Accuracy]
  • [Deathblow]
  • [Razor Fragments]
  • [Deadeye]

• Survival

  • [Coordinated Assault]
  • [Coordinated Kill]
  • [Ranger]
  • [Birds of Prey]

Patch changes

• 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 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 42 ability). Rank 2 split off to become [Improved Kill Shot].
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added and redesigned.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-13): Fixed an issue where Kill Shot (Beast Mastery, Marksmanship) 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 (Beast Mastery, Marksmanship) 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 (Mage) or Guardian Spirit (Priest).
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-08): Kill Shot's (Beast Mastery, Marksmanship) damage has been reduced by 10%.
  
• 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 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Minimum range of 5 yards added.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds, down from 35 sec.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

External links

BM / MM	Survival
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