Scatter Shot, a Marksmanship Hunter talent in WoW Forever

Scatter Shot is an active talent in row 5 of the Marksmanship tree. It needs 20 points in Marksmanship, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It moved since Classic Era, from row 5, column 1 to row 5, column 4 of the Marksmanship tree.

Scatter Shot

1 rank

• 8% of base mana
• 15 yd range
• Instant
• 30 sec cooldown

• Requires 20 points in Marksmanship

A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.

Every rank of Scatter Shot

Rank	Text
Rank 1	A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.

Where it sits in the Marksmanship tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Rapid Recuperation
• Barrage

Row above (row 4)

• Trueshot Aura
• Mortal Shots

Row below (row 6)

• Ranged Weapon Specialization

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Scatter Shot.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.