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For the artifact trait, see Ability marksmanship [Rapid Killing].
Rapid Killing
Ability hunter rapidkilling
  • Rapid Killing (2 ranks)
  • Marksmanship, Tier 3
  • Reduces the cooldown of your Rapid Fire ability by 1/2 min. In addition, after killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot or Chimera Shot causes 10/20% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.
Requirements
Class Hunter
Tree Marksmanship
Points required 10
Properties
Affects Inv spear 07 [Aimed Shot], Ability impalingbolt [Arcane Shot], Ability hunter chimerashot2 [Chimera Shot], Ability hunter runningshot [Rapid Fire]
Related buff
Ability hunter rapidkilling
  • Rapid Killing
  • Damage of your next Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot or Chimera Shot increased by 10%.
  • Duration: 20 seconds

Rapid Killing is a hunter talent found in the Marksmanship tree.

Tips and tactics[]

  • While the bonus damage on your next shot is not the reason this talent is taken for PvE DPS, the damage bonus can still be put to good use. If you use Ability hunter assassinate2 [Kill Shot] to "steal" killing blows on targets, you will (in addition to the high damage dealt by Kill Shot) significantly increase the damage of your next shot. Since the buff lasts 20 seconds, you do not have to use a single target shot right away. This is especially useful in AoE situations where you are mainly using Ability upgrademoonglaive [Multi-Shot] but still want to "snipe" targets with Kill Shot for maximum damage.
  • Since Chimera Shot deals the most damage of all the shots affected by this talent, and so should ideally be your next shot fired after killing a target.
  • This talent can be somewhat inconvenient while leveling, as the extra damage makes it more likely that you pull aggro off your pet. You can avoid this, and even turn it to your advantage, by using Ability hunter misdirection [Misdirection] once you get it.

Patch changes[]

  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Redesigned. No longer reduces cooldown of Ability hunter runningshot [Rapid Fire]. No longer increases damage of Ability hunter chimerashot2 [Chimera Shot] or Ability impalingbolt [Arcane Shot], but increases damage of Ability hunter cobrashot [Cobra Shot]. Moved from tier 3 to tier 1.
    Old: Reduces the cooldown of your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, after killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot or Chimera Shot causes 10% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): This will now proc off Chimera Shot, but no longer works with auto-shot.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.

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