Classes

Hunter

Hunters know the uncharted places of the world. Gifted with a deep empathy for all life, they have an uncanny knack for befriending wild animals and taming them as pets. In addition, hunters can use their finely honed senses to become master trackers. Wherever hunters go, they fight back the ravages of sickness, exploitation, and industrialization.

Hunter abilities Hunter Talent Calculator

Resource: Mana
Specializations: Beast Mastery · Marksmanship · Survival
Races: 8

What's changed in WoW Forever

A summary of Blizzard's Class Deep Dive articles. They were published during the beta, so numbers and talents may differ in the live game.

Hunters keep their identity as ranged fighters with a trusted companion, with more flexibility. Pets are more distinct, and talents support pet-focused play, ranged precision, and trap or melee builds.[1]

Hunter as the developers describe it

Damage is a Hunter's only role, but solo and in small groups the pet can tank. Hunters have the longest range of any class, but their ranged abilities don't work in the dead zone within 8 yards of an enemy.

Baseline abilities

Aimed Shot is baseline for every Hunter at level 20, and it no longer shares a cooldown with Arcane Shot.
Traps can be used in combat. Their cooldown is now 30 seconds, and Frost and Fire traps have separate cooldowns.
Aspect of the Beast now also grants melee Attack Power.
Pets gain stats from your gear, but they can no longer receive player buffs that increase their stats.
Every pet family can learn Bite or Claw (some both) and Dive or Dash, and each family now has one ability of its own.
Foxes join as a new pet family. Their ability, Trickster's Dance, increases dodge chance and attack speed for 12 seconds.

Beast Mastery talents

Summon Hawk (16-point gold medal): deals instant damage and summons a Hawk that attacks your target for 18 seconds. You can have up to 2 Hawks at once.
Focused Fire (new talent): increases all damage you and your pet deal while your pet is active.
Deadly Aspects (formerly Improved Aspect of the Hawk): melee attacks can also increase your attack speed while Aspect of the Beast is active, supporting melee builds.
Thick Hide has been merged into Endurance Training, which now gives your pet both Health and Armor.

Marksmanship talents

Lone Wolf (11-point gold medal): 20% more damage with all attacks while you have no active pet.
Trueshot Aura moves up to the 21-point gold medal and gets new lower-level ranks.
Sniper Shot (31-point gold medal): a shot with a 4-second cast and 15-second cooldown that hits harder than Aimed Shot. It also increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards.
Careful Aim (new talent): increases melee and ranged Attack Power by up to 100% of your Intellect.

Survival talents

Counterattack moves up a row and becomes the 16-point gold medal.
Strider Kick (21-point gold medal): an instant weapon damage attack that also increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Lacerating Strikes (31-point gold medal): Mongoose Bite also makes the target Bleed over 21 seconds.
Wyvern Sting, Killer Instinct and Improved Feign Death have been combined into the new Resourcefulness talent, which lowers the mana cost of Traps and melee abilities.

For all classes

Talents start at level 10 and keep the familiar tree structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, now joined by a new 16-point milestone.[2][1][3][4][5]
Key class buffs that used to come from talents, such as Blessing of Kings and Improved Mark of the Wild, are now baseline for their classes.[1][5]
To change talents, including Legacy talents, visit a class trainer in a major city. Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.[2][1][3][4][5]
These summaries are based on articles published during the beta, so numbers and talents may differ in the live game. This site's talent calculator uses the official live data.[2][1][3][4][5]

Specializations and key talents

For each tree, the talents you actively use (talents with a use effect) and the final-row talent. See the full trees in the talent calculator.

Beast Mastery

16 talents · up to 44 points

Summon HawkRow 4
Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 57 Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.
IntimidationRow 5
Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.
Bestial WrathRow 7
Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed.

See the full Beast Mastery tree

Marksmanship

16 talents · up to 52 points

Trueshot AuraRow 4
Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 20.
Scatter ShotRow 5
A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.
Sniper ShotRow 7
A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 320 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.

See the full Marksmanship tree

Survival

18 talents · up to 52 points

DeterrenceRow 3
When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.
CounterattackRow 4
A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Strider KickRow 5
A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
Lacerating StrikesRow 7
Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec