Sniper Shot, a Marksmanship Hunter talent in WoW Forever
Sniper Shot is an active talent in row 7 of the Marksmanship tree. It needs 30 points in Marksmanship, so the earliest you can take it is level 40 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Sniper Shot
1 rank
- 365 Mana
- 8-45 yd range
- 4 sec cast
- 15 sec cooldown
- Requires 30 points in Marksmanship
- Requires Trueshot Aura at 1/1
A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
Every rank of Sniper Shot
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec. |
Where it sits in the Marksmanship tree
- Needs
Trueshot Aura at 1/1
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- None
- Row above (row 6)
- Row below
- None: this is the last row
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Sniper Shot.
Compared with Classic Era
Sniper Shot has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
Open the Hunter talent calculator
All Marksmanship talents
- Hawk Eye
- Improved Concussive Shot
- Lethal Attacks
- Improved Stings
- Efficiency
- Careful Aim
- Rapid Killing
- Improved Arcane Shot
- Lone Wolf
- Trueshot Aura
- Mortal Shots
- Rapid Recuperation
- Barrage
- Scatter Shot
- Ranged Weapon Specialization
- Sniper Shot
The other Hunter trees: Beast Mastery and Survival. Everything that changed for the Hunter since Classic is on the changes page.
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.