Hunter in WoW Forever
Ranged attacker with a pet partner. Traps work in combat, Aimed Shot is baseline at 20, pets scale with your gear and the Fox joins the pet families.
Specs
Bestial Wrath, Frenzy, Ferocity, Unleashed Fury and Summon Hawk. The pet does a third of your damage and scales with your gear, so this is the easiest leveler in the game and a real raid spec.
Sniper Shot, Trueshot Aura, Mortal Shots, Barrage and Ranged Weapon Specialization. The highest ranged damage once gear arrives, and Trueshot Aura is a raid buff.
Lightning Reflexes for 15% Agility, Lacerating Strikes, Expose Prey, Predator's Edge and Resourcefulness. The trap and control spec; Expose Prey makes you a raid utility pick.
Talent trees
Green dot = new in Forever. Click any talent for every rank. Open the interactive calculator to spend points.
What's different from Classic
- Aimed Shot. Trainable now, not a talent, and quicker: 2 sec cast (Classic 3), 6 sec cooldown shared with Multi-Shot. Level 20, ranks to 60. A reader caught the cast time on Xaryu's stream.
- Call Owl. Call Pet is named after your pet. The demo Hunter's read Call Owl.
- Aspect of the Beast. Changed: rank 1 makes you untrackable and adds 50 melee attack power (Classic: untrackable only). Spotted by a reader on Xaryu's stream.
Talent-by-talent: 15 new, 23 changed, 3 moved and 9 unchanged. Spellbook: 19 new spells and 33 with changed ranks or numbers. Full detail on the Hunter changes page.
New Hunter talents
- Focused Fire (Beast Mastery row 2, 2 ranks): Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
- Summon Hawk (Beast Mastery row 4, 1 rank): Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power 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.
- Careful Aim (Marksmanship row 2, 5 ranks): Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.
- Rapid Killing (Marksmanship row 3, 2 ranks): Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%.
- Lone Wolf (Marksmanship row 3, 1 rank): You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.
- Rapid Recuperation (Marksmanship row 5, 2 ranks): Afflicting a target with Serpent Sting allows 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec, increased to 100% when Rapid Killing is consumed.
- Sniper Shot (Marksmanship row 7, 1 rank): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
- Improved Tracking (Survival row 1, 5 ranks): While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.
- Survival Tactics (Survival row 4, 2 ranks): Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%.
- Predator's Edge (Survival row 4, 5 ranks): Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%.
- Resourcefulness (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the Mana cost of your Trap and melee abilities by 60%, and grants your melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 100% chance to allow 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
- Expose Prey (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Grants your melee and ranged attacks against enemies afflicted by Hunter's Mark a 10% chance to allow an activation of Mongoose Bite. Lasts 10 sec.
- Survivalist's Discipline (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 40%.
- Strider Kick (Survival row 5, 1 rank): A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
- Lacerating Strikes (Survival row 7, 1 rank): Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec
31-point talents
- Bestial Wrath (Beast Mastery): 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. · 12% of base mana | 100 yd range | Instant | 2 min cooldown
- Sniper Shot (Marksmanship): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec. · 365 Mana | 8-45 yd range | 4 sec cast | 15 sec cooldown
- Lacerating Strikes (Survival): Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec
New spells in the Hunter book
- Aspect of the Beast (Learned at level 30): The hunter takes on the aspects of a beast, becoming untrackable and increasing Melee Attack Power by 50. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
- Summon Hawk (Learned at level 25): Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power 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.
- Enchanted Flare (Learned at level 32): Exposes all hidden and invisible enemies within 10 yards of the targeted area, and staves off magical darkness for 30 sec.
- Sniper Shot (Learned at level 40): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
- Trueshot Aura (Learned at level 25): Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 20.
- Counterattack (Learned at level 25): 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.
- Lacerate (Learned at level 30): Wounds the target causing them to bleed for 147 damage over 21 sec.
- Strider Kick (Learned at level 30): A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
- Dismember (Learned at level 12): Viciously bites enemy appendages for 11 to 13 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 6 sec.
- Dust Cloud (Learned at level 12): Your tallstrider kicks up an abrasive cloud of dust, reducing the target's Armor by 65 for 30 sec.
- Mine! (Learned at level 10): Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 10 to 12 damage and disarming them for 3 sec.
- Pinch (Learned at level 12): Pinches an enemy's legs for 19 to 21 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.
- Savage Rend (Learned at level 12): Slash an enemy with razor talons, causing the target to Bleed for 30 damage over 18 sec.
- Sonic Blast (Learned at level 12): Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 15 to 17 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 20 sec.
- Swipe (Learned at level 12): Swipe 3 nearby enemies, inflicting 4 damage.
- Tendon Rip (Learned at level 12): Tears at an enemy's legs for 12 damage over 9 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.
- Thunderstomp (Learned at level 30): Shakes the ground with thundering force, doing 53 to 61 Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
- Trickster's Dance (Learned at level 20): Increases your pet's chance to Dodge by 50% and decreases the time between your pet's attacks by 30% for 12 sec.
- Web (Learned at level 12): Entangles an enemy in a corrosive web, immobilizing them and dealing 12 Nature damage over 4 sec.
Questions players ask
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Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753. Talent trees and every rank's text from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70753. Some Hunter numbers follow Blizzard's development notes of 2 Nov 2026, ahead of any game data.