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Powershot

15 Focus	40 yd range

2.25 sec cast	45 sec cooldown

Requires Hunter
Requires level 90

Requires Ranged Weapon
A powerful shot which deals 450% Physical damage to the target and 225% Physical damage to all enemies between you and the target. All enemies hit are knocked back.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

15 Focus

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

2.25 seconds

Cooldown

45 seconds

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Dummy
Server-side script

Effect #2

Knock Back (200)
Value: 100
Radius: 5 yards

Effect #3

Weapon Damage - %
Value: 225
Radius: 5 yards

Effect #4

Normalized Weapon Damage
Radius: 5 yards

Effect #5

Knock Back (200)
Value: 100
Radius: 5 yards

Effect #6

Weapon Damage - %
Value: 225
Radius: 5 yards

Effect #7

Normalized Weapon Damage
Radius: 5 yards

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Hunter DPS Guide
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Marksmanship, Survival)

Hunter Pet Tanking

Warlords of Draenor
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Comments

Comment by loik

I love these new spells that Blizz is adding, i was tired about all those shadow and arcane/nature damage, now we are (or will be) real hunters, with more than 1 pet and lots of AoE damage :D!
- And knockback!

Comment by luxxar

It will be probably combined with Narrow Escape.

Comment by kuritany

So... if I kill 50 zergs with that do I get an achievement?

Comment by w3maniak

Allways scout LM in Arathi Basin for hidden hunter since MoP, else they'll Powershot you down from Camouflage

Seems like wasn't good enough, so now they give us something better

Comment by Toroq

As someone playing both a prot warr and a hunter at 90, I'm convinced that Powershot is a talent hunters pick for the sole purpose of annoying others in heroics. Dat knockback.

This is still true at 100. Damn knockbacks!

Comment by Ebyssius

This can be used underwater.

Edit: Why the hate? The knock back is great (and sometimes hillarious). I like using this spell on sharks as it is awesome to see them flung backwards. If you are fighting a creature who is near the surface and you angle yourself just right you can make the mob jump out of the water into the air. Pretty fun.
Lighten up haters.

Comment by Ovahealz

This spell seems to be bugged at the moment in PvP. Sometimes, when you use it, it does nothing even though it hits the target. No "dodge" or "miss" message. It just plain does nothing. I recommend taking Glaive Toss instead, since its better and not broken.

Comment by MrTwisted

I love Powershot...now only if we can get a glyph to make it NOT knock back? Maybe make it a short stun? Positioning yourself to put the mobs back to a wall is gonna be tricky...

Comment by Dakumah

Tested Powershot today in Arathi Basin and found the following:-

Powershot will do the knockback if you start firing it whilst Camouflaged, it simply brings you out of Camouflage.

So brilliant shot, especially when, if lined up right, you can knockback lots of targets.

Comment by Killzar

They're finally updating the tooltip to mention that this skill CAN BE DODGED.

Comment by Reap148

If you swap your T6 talent alot, this macro might help you a fair bit.

#showtooltip
/cast Glaive Toss
/cast Powershot
/cast Barrage
/script local s1,s2,s3,gsi=117050,109259,120360,GetSpellInfo SetMacroSpell(GetRunningMacro(),gsi(gsi(s1))or gsi(gsi(s2))or gsi(gsi(s3)))

Comment by Jerodast

When knockbacks were first introduced, people were already sad that it turned some PvP fights into gimmicks where instead of actually fighting the enemy, you just jockeyed for position to one-shot them. But, there was still some strategy, because you could try to counterposition when you saw them approaching, and they had to get close to you to pull it off. So we lived with it. Mostly.

Now a class with stealth can do it from 40 yards away. That's smart design.

Comment by Lillers

Blizzard can just remove this spell or change the knockback. Play the right BG and stand in the right place and you can insta-kill anyone by just shooting them down the map.

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