| Steady Shot | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Hunter |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | (GCD 1 sec) |
| Level required | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Requirements | Requires Ranged Weapon |
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- Draw… inhale… exhale… release. — Amaria Kelsur
Steady Shot is a hunter ability learned at level three that is free to cast, causes damage, and helps regenerate Focus.
Contents |
Modified by
- [Focused Aim] (core ability)
- [Careful Aim] (
marksmanship spec ability)
- [Steady Focus] ( marksmanship spec ability)
- [Piercing Shots] ( marksmanship spec ability)
Notes
- Steady Shot cannot be used while running.
- It is a casting ability, suffering from delays by enemy attacks.
Tips and tactics
To understand how steady shot is affected by haste ratings it's important to understand how haste is calculated. A haste bonus is multiplied by frequency to achieve post-haste speed. World of Warcraft expresses all speeds as period rather than frequency, so the period must be divided by 1+bonus.
As for example in the above case:
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Steady Shot Cast Time = 2 / 1.15 (hunter base ranged haste) / 1.2 (Serpent's Swiftness) = 1.4493
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Steady Shot is affected by haste bonuses and ranged attack speed bonuses including Rapid Fire and Bloodlust.
Hunters are the only class whose GCD is unaffected by haste.
Patch changes
- / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Available at level 3 for 57. It generates 9 Focus.
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20):
- Now gains 10% of attack power as damage instead of 20%.
- Arcane Shot: Mana cost lowered to match the cost of Steady Shot.
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008):
- Now uses ammo. In result, its bonus damage has been slightly reduced. Players can notice a damage increase based upon what ammo they use.
- Now has a 2.0 cast time, up from 1.5.
- No longer clips Auto Shot making weapon speed less relevant.
- Steady Shot is available beginning at level 50 instead of 62.
- Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Tooltip clarified to indicate base weapon damage is used in the damage calculation.
- Patch 2.2.0 (25-Sep-2007): The tooltip stating the percentage of Attack Power gained by Steady Shot was inaccurate and has been corrected. The damage remains unchanged.
- Patch 2.0.6 (23-Jan-2007): The base damage for Arcane Shot has been reduced by about 9% and the bonus damage from ranged attack power reduced from 20% to 15%.
This patch made Arcane Shot and Steady Shot do roughly the same amount of damage.
- Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Special ability shots no longer add the ranged weapon speed or take into account ranged weapon haste when determining the actual cooldown. The tooltip and cooldown timers should now properly reflect the actual cooldown.
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