From WoWWiki
| Improved Hamstring |
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| Usable by |
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| Class | Warrior |
| Properties |
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| Location | Arms, Tier 6 |
| Affects | Hamstring |
| Ranks | 3 |
| Requirements |
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| Points required | 25 |
| Talent required | None |
| Related debuff |
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Improved Hamstring gives your Hamstring ability a chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.
Rank table
| Rank | Chance to immobilize
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| 1 | 5%
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| 2 | 10%
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| 3 | 15%
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Notes
Hamstring is probably the only ability that the warrior always must use. It knows no difference in race, class or gender. It must always be applied no matter what-- on the risk of the shameful death of a cloth-wearer's fun little kite. Improved Hamstring gives a rather large chance (considering how often the skill is used) to give the warrior five whole seconds to smash his/her victim's face. As a side bonus, it has a great psychological effect (mainly panic) on the target player. Not being able to suddenly move for quite a while forces them to use cooldowns they wouldn't have used otherwise.
Bottom line: PvPers, If you're going deep into Arms to get mortal strike, you better stop by to grab Improved Hamstring. A complete immobilizer (instead of a snare) is the best for a warrior, who always needs to be close to do massive damage. It will turn the tide in most battles, pretty much guaranteeing you win 15% more of them (given that you use it right). However, getting this isn't just an "I-Win" talent, some degree of skill is needed to fully utilize this talent. Learning to use hamstring at opportune moments helps. Mindlessly spamming hamstring for this to proc is wasting rage, and shooting yourself in the crotch.
In PvE situations, you may pass it up and put your 3 points into something more worthwhile, like talents which increase your general DPS.
