One Shot, One Kill, One Purpose
The Hunter is a master of ranged combat and feral companionship. Our philosophy is to ensure each path—the Beast Master, the Marksman, and the Survivor—is not just a choice of tools, but a distinct and powerful identity. We tune early-game dominance, bolster late-game scaling, and inject engaging mechanics to fulfill the fantasy of the ultimate predator.
Beast Mastery 🐾
Target DPS Tune: -4-8% (Tuning early dominance, improving QoL/Scaling)
The symbiotic bond between hunter and beast, forged in the heart of the wild. We strengthen this connection, ensuring the pet is a resilient and devastating extension of the master's will.
Core Fixes 🔧
Pets gain a massive baseline boost to Stamina and Armor scaling and now take 50% reduced damage from non-player AoE, making them far more resilient in raids.
Pet AI pathing and responsiveness are significantly improved, reducing delays and making them re-engage targets much more quickly after crowd control or movement.
Power Infusions ✨
Replaces the old passive effect with an active, instant command for your pet to deal high damage, making the ability more interactive and impactful.
A new shot that applies a bleed and enrages your pet, increasing its attack speed. This adds a compelling DoT management layer to the BM rotation.
An optional talent allowing you to summon a second pet from your stable to fight alongside your main one, adding immense visual flair and passive cleave damage.
When you and your pet both land a critical hit within 3 seconds of each other, you both gain Convergence for 6 seconds, granting you 5% increased damage and your pet 10% increased attack speed.
Marksmanship 🎯
Target DPS Buff: +4-8%
The patient sniper who finds and exploits weaknesses from afar. We sharpen their focus, reduce cast times, and reward precision with devastating burst potential.
Core Fixes 🔧
The base cast time of Aimed Shot is reduced from 3.0s to 2.5s, making it a more fluid and less punishing part of the rotation.
The frustrating 5-8 yard melee deadzone is removed. Auto-shot can now be used within melee range, providing a massive quality-of-life improvement.
Trueshot Aura now scales dynamically, adding a portion of the Hunter's own Attack Power to the raid buff, making their gear progression more valuable to the group.
Power Infusions ✨
A new 41-point talent giving your Steady and Aimed Shot critical strikes a chance to reset the cooldown of Aimed Shot and make it instant cast, creating thrilling burst cycles.
(As an alternate talent path) An instant shot that refreshes your Serpent Sting and deals weapon damage, providing a powerful, synergistic signature ability.
Using Chimera Shot marks the target with Master’s Aim for 6 seconds, causing your next three Aimed Shots to ignore 10% of the target’s armor.
Survival 🌲
Target: No DPS Adjustment (Focus on Utility/Mechanics)
The cunning trapper and master of tactical explosives. We transform Survival from a niche support spec into a dynamic and explosive damage dealer with unique utility.
Core Fixes 🔧
Hunters can now throw traps from 40 yards away via a new baseline ability, finally allowing them to use their core utility safely and effectively in combat.
Traps can now be placed while in combat. Their trigger radius and responsiveness are improved, making them far more reliable tools of control.
Power Infusions ✨
This iconic WotLK ability becomes the core rotational shot for Survival, firing an explosive charge that deals high fire damage over time and scales with Attack Power.
Triggering your traps has a chance to make your next two Explosive Shots free and have no cooldown, creating an exciting, proc-based gameplay loop that rewards clever trap usage.
A new talent that fires a shadowy DoT. While active, your periodic trap damage can reset the cooldown of Explosive Shot, adding another layer of synergy to your kit.
While you or your pet are within 15 yards of a trap you placed, you both gain 5% movement speed and 3% increased damage.