Lethal Attacks
Hunter · Marksmanship · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Lethal Attacks works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Lethal Attacks ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%.
Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
What Lethal Attacks does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side. In Classic Era it is called Lethal Shots.
- Rank 1 Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 5%.
Where Lethal Attacks sits in the Marksmanship tree
Lethal Attacks is a Marksmanship talent for Hunter. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Hawk Eye, Improved Concussive Shot
How often people take Lethal Attacks
103 of the 120 public Hunter builds saved here — 86% — put at least one point in Lethal Attacks. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage