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Comment by FrEdDy32

This work with chimshot maybe ? :D

Comment by Exhorder

Currently on the spell hit/crit table which is most likely not working as intended.

Edit: Fixed as of 4.0.3a

Comment by 101881

I don't suppose they changed this again to work with Chimera shot?

Comment by spinnerdh

True, my hunter is geared and his multi shots do round 700 dmg give or take, and the improved serpent sting procs and then does around 900 dmg give or take. Not to mention that each target gets serpent sting on them, which with the talent noxious stings adds an additional 10% dmg that I deal to them, this includes the passive dot dmg from serpent sting and any other multi shot or improved serpent sting dmg I do, so that after the first multi shot, the next multi shot will do 10% more dmg. One thing I would like to know however is whether the mastery from the survival spec increases elemental dmg after dmg calculation or before dmg calculation.

Comment by creatorslave

will this actualy be usefull later on when cata comes hunters will have cobra shot witch extends duration so no reaply is needed.
does this mean its useless in having then?

Comment by 585305

I would like to note one use, especially for crowded servers. The damage caused by this talent does NOT obey projectile travel time. It hits the instant you cast that. Great for tagging mobs if you open with it. Use it in dense questing zones, or even just if there's someone else being a pain.

That it doesn't proc on Chimera is a bit disheartening, but at least I got some use out of it.

Comment by 311352

To specific, this talent works only if u "apply" serpent sting on a target. Therefore, no matter you shot a mob with serpent sting or apply to aoe target with serpent spread talent, it will all work. However, it dose not work with "refresh" effect such as chimera shot or cobra shot. It is a useful skill to solo or for aoe puepose. But it is pretty much useless in long fight, such as heroic/raid boss fight unless you forget to refresh your serpent sting. It acturally happens when the fight have lots of adds encountered such as Admiral Ripsnarl in deadmine. As long as we need 2 more points to reach tier 2 talent and hunter vs wild has nothing to do with dps, its still a good talent.

Comment by Eillesthis

So, to recap, if you have either rank of the Serpent Spread/Serpent Spread talent as well as this talent, a Multi-Shot will give you the same instant Improved Serpent Sting as you get with the regular Serpent Sting, as well as the shorter DoT Serpent Sting/Serpent Sting, on all targets. With the double instants you may not care about the DoTs, since the mobs won't be around that long, but if you have the Noxious Stings talent your next Multi-Shot will do even more damage. Mucho AoE.

Cobra Shot/Chimera Shot, as expected, does not give you another instant, it just extends the timer on the DoT.

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Improved Serpent Sting

Improved Serpent Sting

Talent

Your Serpent Sting also does instant damage equal to 30% of its total periodic effect.

Also increases the periodic critical strike chance of your Serpent Sting by 10%.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Dummy (22)
Value: 31
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script
Affected Spells:

	Serpent Sting

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Modifies Critical Strike Chance (7)
Value: 11
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Serpent Sting

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Is Ability
Passive spell
Aura is hidden
Cast time is hidden

Improved Serpent Sting

Buff

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