Black Arrow

For the NPC in Kun-Lai Summit, see Black Arrow (NPC).

Black Arrow
Black Arrow Hunter talent 40 yd range 35 Focus 30 sec cooldown Instant cast Requires ranged weapon Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing X Shadow damage over 20 sec. Black Arrow shares a cooldown with other Fire Trap spells.
Usable by
Class	Hunter
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	30 seconds
Talents
Talent tree	Survival, tier 7
Talent required	[Wyvern Sting]
Points required	30
Improvements	[Resourcefulness], [T.N.T.], [Thrill of the Hunt], [Toxicology], [Trap Mastery]
Related debuff
Magic Black Arrow [X/10] Shadow damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 20 seconds

Black Arrow is a hunter talent ability available at level 69, after spending 30 talent points in the survival tree. The hunter fires a black arrow at the target that deals Shadow damage over 20 seconds. The arrow shares a cooldown with [Immolation Trap] and [Explosive Trap].

Improvements

• Affected by [Trap Mastery] (increases periodic damage), [Resourcefulness] (reduced cooldown) and [T.N.T.] (increases chance to proc [Lock and Load]).

Notes

• In the Wrath of the Lich King beta, Black Arrow also drained mana from the victim. This was changed to 6% increased damage taken by target, probably because of redundancy arising from the already existing [Viper Sting].

Mists of Pandaria

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

Black Arrow will no longer be tied in with the traps nor share a cooldown with Explosive Trap. This ability will be similar to Serpent Sting, in which, it will have no cooldown and simply be a dot, and include damage done to enemies in a straight line from the hunter to their target.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Black Arrow now deals 10% more damage.
  
• Patch 4.3.2 (2012-01-31): Now ticks every 2 seconds for 20 seconds, as opposed to every 3 seconds for 15 seconds. The total damage dealt by the ability is unchanged.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Damage done has been increased by roughly 40%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer increases the target's damage taken. Moved from tier 9 to tier 7, now requires [Wyvern Sting].
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Ranks 5 and 6 training costs have been lowered significantly.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.
  

External links

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