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Talent · Hunter · Marksmanship changed

Efficiency

Efficiency was changed in WoW Forever: moved from row 1 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%." Hunter Marksmanship talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Efficiency rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Efficiency
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 2%.

WoW Forever
Efficiency
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%.

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2 points spent changed

Efficiency rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Efficiency
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 4%.

WoW Forever
Efficiency
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 6%.

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3 points spent changed

Efficiency rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Efficiency
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 6%.

WoW Forever
Efficiency
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 9%.

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4 points spent changed

Efficiency rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Efficiency
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 8%.

WoW Forever
Efficiency
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 12%.

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5 points spent changed

Efficiency rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Efficiency
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 10%.

WoW Forever
Efficiency
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%.

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Efficiency changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 2 1
rankTexts [ "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 2%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 4%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 6%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 8%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 10%." ] [ "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 6%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 9%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 12%.", "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%." ]
rankValues [ [ 2 ], [ 4 ], [ 6 ], [ 8 ], [ 10 ] ] [ [ 3 ], [ 6 ], [ 9 ], [ 12 ], [ 15 ] ]
tier 0 1

Questions about Efficiency

Was Efficiency nerfed in WoW Forever?

Efficiency is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: moved from row 1 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%."

What changed for Efficiency in WoW Forever?

Moved from row 1 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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