Originally Posted by Rephaim
Serpent Sting can be counted just like Arcane Shot, except with a 15 second cooldown. If that is the case, Serpent sting does more damage per 1.5 seconds than Arcane shot, 440DPS, which is also higher than Steady Shot.
Of course that depends on having an open debuff slot, but for the time it takes to cast, Serpent Sting is better than Arcane Shot.
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I also like to consider it as an arcane with a 15 second cooldown, but it tends to do less damage than arcane shot.
It doesn't crit and receives no bonus from AP buffs. When I was explaining to one of our hunters why he shouldn't use serpent sting, the average damage he did from arcane was greater than the average damage from serpent sting, factoring everything in.
It might not be the case for BM hunters and the significantly lower AP but it's not great even then.