Rapid Killing, a WoW Forever Hunter talent, in words
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Rapid KillingA Marksmanship Hunter talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Marksmanship tree (level 20), 2 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Marksmanship row 3
Rapid Killing2 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Marksmanship Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 10%.Rank 2: Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 32% of Hunter buildsTaken in 32% of the 30,420 complete Hunter builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 40% of Beast Mastery buildsTaken in 40% of the 7,870 builds that lead in Beast Mastery.
- 76% of Marksmanship buildsTaken in 76% of the 7,961 builds that lead in Marksmanship, its own tree.
- 10% of Survival buildsTaken in 10% of the 14,589 builds that lead in Survival.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Marksmanship tree
- UnlocksRapid Recuperation: it needs Rapid Killing at max rank.
- Same row (10 points in Marksmanship, level 20)Improved Arcane Shot, Lone Wolf.
- Row above (level 15)Improved Stings, Efficiency, Careful Aim.
- Row below (level 25)Trueshot Aura, Mortal Shots.
- Gone from Classic MarksmanshipImproved Hunter's Mark, Improved Scorpid Sting.
Every Marksmanship talent 16
- Hawk Eyerow 1
- Improved Concussive Shotrow 1
- Lethal Attacksrow 1
- Improved Stingsrow 2
- Efficiencyrow 2
- Careful Aimrow 2
- Rapid Killingrow 3
- Improved Arcane Shotrow 3
- Lone Wolfrow 3
- Trueshot Aurarow 4
- Mortal Shotsrow 4
- Rapid Recuperationrow 5
- Barragerow 5
- Scatter Shotrow 5
- Ranged Weapon Specializationrow 6
- Sniper Shotrow 7
Every Beast Mastery talent 16
- Deadly Aspectsrow 1
- Endurance Trainingrow 1
- Focused Firerow 2
- Improved Aspect of the Monkeyrow 2
- Pathfindingrow 2
- Improved Revive Petrow 2
- Bestial Swiftnessrow 3
- Unleashed Furyrow 3
- Improved Mend Petrow 4
- Ferocityrow 4
- Summon Hawkrow 4
- Spirit Bondrow 5
- Intimidationrow 5
- Bestial Disciplinerow 5
- Frenzyrow 6
- Bestial Wrathrow 7
Every Survival talent 18
- Improved Trackingrow 1
- Deflectionrow 1
- Entrapmentrow 2
- Savage Strikesrow 2
- Survivalistrow 2
- Improved Wing Cliprow 2
- Clever Trapsrow 3
- Surefootedrow 3
- Deterrencerow 3
- Survival Tacticsrow 4
- Predator's Edgerow 4
- Counterattackrow 4
- Resourcefulnessrow 5
- Expose Preyrow 5
- Survivalist's Disciplinerow 5
- Strider Kickrow 5
- Lightning Reflexesrow 6
- Lacerating Strikesrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Rapid Killing in the Hunter calculator, read every Hunter talent in words (Beast Mastery and Survival too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.