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- "And now, to add that special finishing touch..."
—Levander of the Sanguine ShotTCGSW 43
Chimera Shot is an instant shot that deals 125% of ranged weapon damage as nature damage, refreshes the current sting on the target and triggers an additional effect based on the sting.
Rank table
| Rank | Level | Cost
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| 1
| 60 | Talented
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Notes
- The Scorpid Sting triggered effect from Chimera Shot does not disarm ranged weapons, unlike Dismantle, Disarm and Fiery Payback.
- Chimera Shot causes a percentage of damage equal to your ranged weapon damage. As a result, slow ranged weapons will prove more beneficial due to their high top-end damage.
- The Serpent Sting triggered effect can critically strike.
Tips and tactics
- Glyph of Serpent Sting is helpful with this attack, since adding an additional 428 damage to your sting at level 80 provides 171 extra damage to your Chimera Shot.
- Since the cooldown of Chimera Shot is shorter than the duration of Serpent Sting, a hunter should never need to reapply the sting during longer fights. It is automatically refreshed every time it is fired.
- While not as mana efficient, Chimera Shot can be used instead of Arcane Shot while kiting, as it instantly reapplies the Sting effect. Not only will the hunter be doing more damage, but they will never have to worry about re-applying Serpent Sting.
- Chimera Shot can be used to effectively double the length of Viper Sting. Use Chimera Shot as Viper Sting wears out to reapply the effect, causing it to drain mana longer before its cooldown refreshes.
- With Chimera Shot, a Marksmanship hunter has four high-damage instant cast shots on different cooldowns (Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot, Chimera Shot and Silencing Shot), and five if you include Kill Shot, which only works when the enemy is below 20% health. With all these instant shots, a hunter can deal a decent amount of burst damage without ever standing still. Although not horribly mana efficient nor the best means of DPS, this gives Marksman hunters an edge in PvP where they generally do not have the opportunity to stand still for long periods of time.
Talents
- Hawk Eye increases the range of Chimera Shot by 2/4/6 yards.
- Mortal Shots increases the critical strike damage bonus of Chimera Shot by 6%/12%/18%/24%/30%.
- Efficiency reduces the mana cost of Chimera Shot by 3%/6%/9%/12%/15%.
- Improved Stings increases the damage of Serpent Sting by 10%/20%/30% and therefore increases the damage of this sting's triggered effect from Chimera Shot.
- Master Marksman reduces the mana cost of Chimera Shot by 5%/10%/15%/20%/25%.
- Marked for Death further increases the critical strike damage bonus by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
Glyphs
- Glyph of Serpent Sting adds two ticks to the ability, thus increasing the overall damage of the Serpent Sting triggered effect from Chimera Shot.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): The secondary effects of this shot will now still be triggered even when the target dies from the ability's damage.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
External links
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