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Talents / Hunter / Improved Arcane Shot
Talent · Hunter · Marksmanship changed

Improved Arcane Shot

Improved Arcane Shot was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot." 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

Improved Arcane Shot rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.2 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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2 points spent changed

Improved Arcane Shot rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.4 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.6 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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3 points spent changed

Improved Arcane Shot rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.6 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.9 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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4 points spent changed

Improved Arcane Shot rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.8 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.2 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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5 points spent changed

Improved Arcane Shot rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Arcane Shot
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.5 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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Improved Arcane Shot changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.2 sec.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.4 sec.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.6 sec.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.8 sec.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1 sec." ] [ "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.6 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.9 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.2 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.", "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.5 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot." ]
rankValues [ [ 0.2 ], [ 0.4 ], [ 0.6 ], [ 0.8 ], [ 1 ] ] [ [ 0.3 ], [ 0.6 ], [ 0.9 ], [ 1.2 ], [ 1.5 ] ]

Questions about Improved Arcane Shot

Was Improved Arcane Shot nerfed in WoW Forever?

Improved Arcane Shot is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot."

What changed for Improved Arcane Shot in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot." 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