Bleak Powder
Black Arrow now explodes in a cloud of shadow and sulfur on impact, dealing (250% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies within an 8 yd cone behind the target. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Tree position
In the Beast Mastery Hunter talent tree, Bleak Powder sits in the Dark Ranger hero talent tree, row 2 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in Dark Ranger.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Bleak Powder from Black Arrow.
Black ArrowYou attempt to finish off a wounded target, dealing (348.4% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and (400% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. Only usable on enemies above 80% health or below 20% health.
Connected below
Bleak Powder leads on to Dark Chains or Shadow Dagger.
Dark ChainsWhile in combat, Disengage will chain the closest target to the ground, causing them to move 40% slower until they move 8 yards away.
Shadow DaggerWhile in combat, Disengage releases a fan of shadow daggers, dealing (0.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage per second and reducing affected target's movement speed by 30% for 6 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Bleak Arrows, Soul Drinker and Corpsecaller.
Bleak ArrowsYour auto shot now deals Shadow damage, allowing it to bypass armor. Auto shot damage increased by 100%.
Soul DrinkerKill Command has a 20% chance and Barbed Shot has a 50% chance to grant Deathblow.
CorpsecallerWhen summoning a Dire Beast, you have a 10% chance to instead summon a Dark Hound that deals significantly increased damage.
Talent trees
Bleak Powder is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Hunter: Beast Mastery (DPS), Marksmanship (DPS), Survival (DPS).
Bleak Powder Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)