[Hunter] Improved Steady Shot Bug

[lordryan555]

If you have Improved Steady Shot, casting 2 Steady Shots in succession on targets whom are immune to damage will still provide the buff. Useful for when Mages Ice block and you have nothing to do but watch them sit in it. Well, now you can get a hefty 15% haste bonus from them dillydallying in Ice block. There's many other uses, Paladin bubble, banished targets and so forth. Where the exploit comes in, is usually proc abilities don't proc off of immune targets, you don't get Master Marksman stacks from immune targets, so this is actually quite useful.

[Zankoku]

ISS is not a proc ability, therefore Working as Intended

Edit: Just by checking the Wowhead tooltips, you can see the difference. ISS applies an aura, while MMM procs.


Edited for clarification on classification of abilities

[lordryan555]

According to a Wowhead comment on Improved Steady Shot, it used to have a major flaw which made the second Steady Shot proc the spell upon hitting the target, causing damage. This would ultimately make following up your second Steady Shot with any instant cast ability, namely Arcane Shot, cause the 15% haste buff to not proc because Steady Shot actually is a tad bit slower to hit the target than Arcane Shot. If this was true, they fixed it and made Improved Steady Shot proc off of the spell cast finishing rather than the target receiving damage therefore making this "exploit" or "intended game mechanic" possible. I'm personally leaning more towards exploit because I can't seem to name a single other proc ability working on immune targets, if you care to name one, I'll happily remove this post.

[Zankoku]

Once again, ISS is NOT a proc.

Tooltip states that you must cast 2 SS in a row to get the buff. Even if you hit an immune target, you still casted 2 SS in a row, therefor satisfying the conditions of applying the aura.