Mortal Shots

Hunter · Marksmanship · opens at 15 points spent · 5 ranks

Mortal Shots works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

Mortal Shots ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%.
  2. Rank 2 Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 12%.
  3. Rank 3 Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 18%.
  4. Rank 4 Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 24%.
  5. Rank 5 Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%.

What Mortal Shots does in Classic Era

Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.

  1. Rank 1 Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 6%.
  2. Rank 2 Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 12%.
  3. Rank 3 Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 18%.
  4. Rank 4 Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 24%.
  5. Rank 5 Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 30%.

Where Mortal Shots sits in the Marksmanship tree

Mortal Shots is a Marksmanship talent for Hunter. You need 15 points in Marksmanship before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Careful Aim first.

How often people take Mortal Shots

46 of the 130 public Hunter builds saved here — 35% — put at least one point in Mortal Shots. Counted across the 1498 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Builds that take Mortal Shots

8 of the public Hunter builds written up here spend points on Mortal Shots.

Where this came from

Changed in Forever.

  • Forever client build 1.60.1.69893