Seasoned Marksman

Seasoned Marksman [Quest]
Cooldown: 30 seconds

❢ Quest: Every Minion killed near you grants 0.2 Attack Damage, and Takedowns grant 0.5 Attack Damage.

❢ Reward: Upon gaining 40 bonus Attack Damage, you can also activate Seasoned Marksman to increase your Attack Speed by 40% for 4 seconds.

Tier 1 (Hero Level 1)

Seasoned Marksman was a generic Quest Talent that gave to provide steadily increasing Basic Attack damage from killing Minions and Heroes. As of the March 2nd balance patch in 2021, all instances of original Seasoned Marksman have been modified or removed from the game altogether.

Seasoned Marksman had little effect early on but later in the game it could provide a sizeable boost to DPS if stacked well. Additionally, it provided a strong but short-lived active component once stacked enough. Unlike most other Quests, once the reward was obtained it could continue stacking, allowing for an effectively uncapped amount of damage. The damage was attached to the Hero's base damage, so it was also multiplied by damage modifiers, like Follow Through. The bonus damage did scale on leveling up, however.

Heroes with Seasoned Marksman

Modified version

• Illidan's level 1 "Unending Hatred", Minion kills grant 0.2 damage, Takedowns grant 1 damage, upon reaching 20 damage gain a bonus 20 damage. No active component.
• Falstad'a level 1 "Frequent Flyer", Minion kills grant 0.2 damage, Takedowns grant 0.5 damage. Can be activated to gain 40% Attack Speed and Tailwind, but doesn't require completing the quest.

Removed

These Heroes no longer have Seasoned Marksman as a Talent option:

• Artanis
• Kerrigan
• Raynor
• Thrall
• Tyrande
• Zeratul