Rapid Fire

Rapid Fire, a Hunter Marksmanship ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Increases ranged and melee attack speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Ranged and melee attack speed increased by 40%." 100 Mana, instant cast, 5 min cooldown, requires level 26. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Rapid Fire tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rapid Fire

Arcane school

100 Mana · Instant · 300 sec cooldown

Requires level 26

Increases ranged attack speed by 40% for 15 sec.

Increases ranged attack speed by 40%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rapid Fire

Arcane school

100 Mana · Instant · 300 sec cooldown

Requires level 26

Increases ranged and melee attack speed by 40% for 15 sec.

Ranged and melee attack speed increased by 40%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Increases ranged attack speed by $s1%$?$w2>0[ and melee attack speed by $w2%][].	Ranged and melee attack speed increased by $s1%$?$w2>0[, Mana regeneration increased by $w2%, and $w3% of mana regeneration continued while casting][].
description	Increases ranged attack speed by $s1% $?a415817[and melee attack speed by $s2%][] for $d.	Increases ranged and melee attack speed by $s1% for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 140, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 39, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 138, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 140, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 110, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 134, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 319, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Rapid Fire changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Rapid Fire

Talents that affect Rapid Fire

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Rapid Fire

Was Rapid Fire nerfed in WoW Forever?

Rapid Fire is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Increases ranged and melee attack speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Ranged and melee attack speed increased by 40%."

What changed for Rapid Fire in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip now says "Increases ranged and melee attack speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Ranged and melee attack speed increased by 40%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Rapid Fire in WoW Forever?

Rapid Fire is a Hunter ability in WoW Forever, in the Marksmanship spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value