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Tranquilizing Shot

Tranquilizing Shot

20 Focus	40 yd range

Instant cast
Requires Hunter
Requires level 35

Requires Ranged Weapon
Removes 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect from an enemy target.

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Duration

n/a

School

Nature

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

20 Focus

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Dispel (Enrage)
Value: 1

Effect #2

Dispel (Magic)
Value: 1

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Comment by jclcoolrunner04

i am not sure but i would think it would work against a bm hunters pet when it goes into a "bestial rage," and therefore mos bm hunters go 1 talent further to get themselves "enraged" and maybe it will un"enrage" the hunter once u tranq shot the pet?? i havent been able to try it out though

Comment by Raziel

What are frenzy effects ?

Comment by tang1993

What does it dispel like what things???

Comment by Morkeliph

I have to say, this is the most worthless ability Hunter's have. it has no PvP application, and only VERY limited PvE application, since only a very few mobs ever Frenzy. It would be a much better ability if instead of removing a Frenzy effect it just applied the opposite effect, slowing attack speed for a period of time, and worked like a sting instead. But that could make Hunters OP...

Comment by Spongey

Does this work on warriors with death wish

Comment by wyhn

You are able to use this with a pet with "frenzy" effect (after getting a critical hit) beastmastery spec, right?

Comment by meowza

I did not compile this - just posting it here:

This list is taken from the good people at TKA Something (http://tkasomething.com/tranq.php)

Azshara: Maws
Burning Steppes: Klinfran the Crazed
Winterspring: Artorius the Doombringer
Molten Core: Magmadar
Blackwing Lair: Death Talon Seether , Chromaggus & Flamegor
Zul'Gurub: High Priest Thekal & Hakkar the Soulflayer
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj: Qiraji Slayer & Princess Huhuran
Naxxramas: Gluth
Terokkar Forest: Slaag
Black Morass: Aeonus
Shadow Labyrinth: Cabal Zealot (in Demon Hound mode)
The Arcatraz: Soul Devourer
Underbog: Lykul Stinger
Serpentshrine Cavern: Tidewalker Warrior & Underbog Colossus
Hyjal Summit: Ghoul
Black Temple: Leviathan , Ashtongue Feral Spirit , Bonechewer Brawler & Hand of Gorefiend
Zul'aman: Amani Bear , Amani Bear Mount , Amani Dragonhawk & Halazzi
Sunwell Plateau: Cataclysm Hound

Comment by Shinsua

Sigh
Owlkin Frenzy
Berserk

Yup. . .
Oh wells. . .
Owlkin Frenzy has no CD so. . .moo

Comment by Smilomaniac

Regarding anti druid berserk, I'd like to see an answer on this as well.

If it can, it's fairly strange, it's like twisting the knife when comparing hunters to feral druids in pvp.
A well played hunter will at any time outplay a druid regardless of whatever the druids level skill is.
That in itself is just fine every class has its anti classes, but it shouldn't be an automatic victory against feral druids just because they have an ability that removes our 3 minute CD.

Comment by Ultrageno

does this remove Buffs?

Comment by MacGruff

Can anyone give me a definitive - Yes or No - answer to whether or not Patchwerk (Naxxramus) can have his Frenzy removed by a hunter using Tranquilizing Shot?

Please no conjecture, please hunters only reply whether you have been able to dispel Frenzy on Patchwerk, "Yes, I tried it, and it immediately removed the Frenzy" or "No, I tried it, it was not resisted, it just doesn't work."

Thanks!

Comment by sam814in

does it have a chance to dispel pally's bubble?

Comment by alexgame

Remove bubble hearth? And what IS MAGIC EFFECT?

Comment by vmega

Can it dispell Unbreakable Armor?

Comment by whuggy

Is it possible to remove paladin's Divine Shield with this shot?

Comment by Asbeel

With no CD and 1'' GCD the Hunter is the fastest dispeller of the Western!

Yehaa~~! :D

Comment by Wotar

I hear this is good to use on priests/mage who levitate/slow fall when jumping off cliffs in Arathi Basin.

Comment by Agetro

Great way to be able CC those pesky Defias Envokers in Deadmines. This and a Shaman's Purge remove their Shield. If you can time it right, follow with a Freezing Trap.

Comment by deshwitat91

Can hunter use this shot to remove the shield of Pally or their wings?

Comment by Wiliusas

Everything except Divine Shield from Paladins. Hand of Freedom, too :)
... And Mage's Ice Block and others spells which grant immunity!
Everything except Divine Shield from Paladins
Was talking only about Paladins:)

Comment by Lunarpaw

I hear this is a good choice for tagging a pet after you place a frost trap as it does no damage and it turns off auto-attack, can someone verify this for me, I want to know what I should use to tag Loque'nahak when my hunter hits 76 and I start hunting for him.

Comment by nguyenhothanh

If I remember correctly once the beast are affected by your traps it will be tagged as your target. Anyway, if you need to tag it with a shot then use Distracting Shot, since it causes no damage and stop your Auto-Shot (guarantee).
From blue post:
"Casting Trap Launcher, Distracting Shot, and Scare Beast now cancel Auto Shot when cast. This is to make it easier to crowd control creatures with Auto Shot while moving enabled."

Also, Loque'nahak is a rare spawn, thus he's tougher than most of the mobs, so you don't really need to worry about killing him before Taming finish. Instead, you should worry about the other way around, since he hits quite hard.

Comment by Wiliusas

Would be thankful to hear an answer if this used to have, has, or will have any dispel priorities when there's more than one beneficial magic effect on the target. For example, if it's target is a Mage with Arcane Intellect and Ice Barrier, or a Priest with a stamina buff or some sort of short duration buff, which increases damage/survivability slightly and Power Word: Shield, would this ALWAYS dispel the Ice Barrier/Power Word: Shield first, and the other buff only if there's no "important" or particular buffs left on the target? As I said, an answer is urgent and would be appreciated.

Comment by Wiliusas

Well, the only reason I thought so was that it had a quite long coodlown for a dispel. Thanks.

Comment by Aoir

Was this ability altered? Because I'm using the JS Hunter Bar addon, and I was mashing the shot on a mage, and got an alert that I had dispelled Time Warp. I thought Mass Dispel was the only ability in the game that could do that (dispel heroism/BL effects, that is).

Comment by Aerozia

what does this dispel?

Comment by SoooWhoCares

In PVE this skill might shine every now and then but in PVP it's just frustrating.

Usually you'll want to dispell shields (Priest, Mage), Hots or a Pally's Hand of Freedom but you'll see: You often can't, because there's always only one dispell and only the latest magic effect get's dispelled. You'll have a hard time when trying to put this skill to good use. Once you dispelled something mana classes also often have their cd ready to renew what you just dispelled.

It also pains me that it costs 20 focus but doesn't do a single bit of damage.
So all in all:
-The dispell is unreliable: Any hot can prevent it that you can dispell an important effect (flag carrier running with Hand of Freedom to which you can't get through with the dispell because all the hots are blocking you from doing so).
-If the shot dispells the wrong effect (like because a class just got a proc or something) you just wasted 20 focus on dispelling a proc (or something).
-Because of the combination of costing 20 focus, blocking the GCD and doing no damage plus being unreliale I'd more call this a luck shot. If everything goes well your dispell did what you wanted it to do and you can now kill your target. If you had to waste too much focus on one target you won't be able to dispell, put some pressure on that enemy because you're out of focus and did less damage than usual because this shot does no damage by itself and prevented you from using damage doing shots.

If it would try to dispell spells that are 'owned' by the targeted class 1st it'd be 10 times more reliable.
But I'd be happy too if it would do at least some damage so that it isn't a total loss if the dispell on the important effect fails.
Or if they just lowered the costs.

Comment by DwarfViking

Can this work on a Disc priests Power Word: Shield?
I haven't noticed really...nor see if there was any specific order the buffs are purged away.

Comment by htemex

Tranquilizing Shot CAN proc your wild quiver mastery so be careful if you are using it to clean the buffs off of someone in a Freezing Trap.

Comment by killmurlocs

Someone should make a macro that casts this ability and says "You mad bro?". It makes sense, you are trying to dispel an enrage effect, so if you need to use it then they must be mad.

Comment by doctorgray

You're likely to be frustrated with this spell in a random battleground or rated bg for that matter. With lots of healers comes lots of random spells and buffs, which makes peeling the buff you want off the target very difficult. This spell shines much more in the Arena environment

1. You can "clean" a target such as a mage before the battle starts or in the beginning in order to force him to recast buffs or to give yourself a better chance of dispelling important game changing buffs.

2. It's extremely useful versus classes that have a base enrage that is required to use other abilities. You can also peel Unholy Frenzy off their healer if their UH-DK is smart enough to cast it on him to avoid cc.

3. While it may not do damage, using it at the right moments may create pressure anyway. This is done through either dispelling a defensive cd thereby removing their defenses or dispelling an offensive cd, thereby allowing you to continue being offensive.

Think of Pressure in two sets that compliment each other.
1. Offensive Pressure (Damage Done, Healing Prevented, etc)
2. Defensive Pressure (Healing Done, Damage Prevented, etc).
These are not completely separate ideas. They can compliment each other in PVP. Especially if you use Defensive Pressure (i.e. Absorbs, Resists, etc) to alllow you to continue to put out offensive pressure.

Notes on this specific spell: It does proc Wild Quiver occasionally if you are Marksman, so be careful cleaning a cc'ed target. It can dispel any normally "purgeable" spell such as Freedom, Protection, Heroism, etc. It will not dispel things such as Ice Block, "Bubble", or anything that would normally require a Shattering Throw/Mass Dispel.

Comment by Noxheart

Ive heard it removes ice barrier

Comment by WowBiscuit

This ability is critical for Hunters in BGs, especially <90 BGs where class balance swings wildly and key abilities are often overly relied upon by your enemies: OP disc priests with that nasty dmg reflection glyph, enraged warriors, seemingly invulnerable frost shielded mages all fall quickly if you take away their OP ability, leaving them dead and you time to kill everyone else.

On top of all that a typical <90 BG seemingly always includes one twinked-out enemy toon that lays waste to everyone. Tranq Shot really shines here, but it requires a different thought process than just jumping in guns/bows blazing as you try for killing blows. If you can play a supporting role for just a moment to help take down that one twink, then you set yourself up to turn the rest of the enemy team into pincusions while the twink waits on a rez.

You don't really need much or any team coordination to make this work depending on your gear. Treat it like a 3 phase boss fight.

Phase 1 - First Dispell.
Hang back a bit as the teams initially clash. Let your teammates wade into the fray first to grab the target's attention. Target the twink and unload 2-4 Tranq Shots to purge those magic effects. Shields, Enrages, buffs, most anything dispellable will disappear. When the BG first starts you will likely need 4+ Tranqs to dispell that key ability due to all the initial pre-round buffing. After the initial clash there will generally be fewer buffs to purge so subsequently most Tranqs will take out a key ability with the first or second shot.

Phase 2 - Build Focus, Create Pressure & Ready Second Dispell
Once you initially Tranq their key ability, timing becomes critical. It's very likely one dispell of their key ability will not be enough for a twink and some healing classes. You will need a second cycle to maximize the window where they are denied their key ability to give you and your team time to kill him.

Using a Disc Priest as an example, by the time the teams meet mid field or at the cap point, the Priest will likely already be half-way through their PW: Shield cooldown. So you can smile when you pop their initial bubble, but know it will be back up quickly. Once the first bubble pops, start the second phase. Let your auto-shots roll, throw a little CC into the mix to supress offensive spell casting or healing. Most importantly, get your focus back up: wait for dmg procs rather than big dmg/high cost shots to put pressure on him while maintaining focus energy. That way you are ready to hit that timely dispell Tranq when they recast their bubble and move into phase 3. Once you see the second bubble, it should only require one Tranq Shot to pop bubble #2 as that will likely be his only buff or one of a very few.

Phase 3 - Burn Him Down
The second time you dispell his key ability you have a full cooldown period to burn him down. Having focus energy is critical for this phase. Hit him with your nukes and throw CC to prevent self-healing. If your team is helping he should go down quickly before his cooldown ends.

Miss the window and you should fall back to a mix of dispelling, CC and damage to keep up the pressure. Repeat the cycle when you have full focus.

You may not earn the killing blow on a twink, but any regular toons melt quickly and even twinks will go down handily if your team is helping at all. Now get your focus energy back up and use the break to kill everyone else in sight.

IMO there is nothing more satisfying for a BG player than having an enemy player create a lvl 1 toon on your realm to yell at you for ruining their expensive twink. Intelligent use of Tranq Shot has caused this to happen on several occasions in my experience. Happy hunting!

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