Hunter
What Forever changes
Beast Mastery adds Summon Hawk, Marksmanship gains Careful Aim, Lone Wolf and the Sniper Shot capstone, and Survival is rebuilt as a melee spec around Mongoose Bite, Strider Kick and Lacerating Strikes. Humans can now be Hunters.
- 18
- new talents
- 21
- reworked
- 14
- removed
- 1
- new trainer spells
Marksmanship
Specializations
Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.
Beast Mastery
Your pet and your hawks do half the work; Bestial Wrath turns the pet loose.
Bestial WrathSend 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.
Marksmanship
Shots, stings and Sniper Shot, with Careful Aim converting Intellect into Attack Power.
Sniper ShotA long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
Survival
A melee hunter: Mongoose Bite, Strider Kick and bleeding wounds from Lacerating Strikes.
Lacerating StrikesYour Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec
Trainer changes
Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.
New spells
- LacerateLevel 30
Former talents, now trained
ThunderstompLevel 50
Learned at a different level
Great StaminaLevel 10
Natural ArmorLevel 10
Multi-ShotLevel 18
Aimed ShotLevel 20
Arcane ResistanceLevel 20
Fire ResistanceLevel 20
Frost ResistanceLevel 20
GrowlLevel 20
Nature ResistanceLevel 20
Shadow ResistanceLevel 20
Scorpid StingLevel 22
Aspect of the BeastLevel 30
CounterattackLevel 30
Trueshot AuraLevel 32
Races
Who can be a Hunter. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.
Perception
Will to Survive
Sword Specialization
The Human Spirit
Find Treasure
Stoneform
Big Game Hunter
Mace Specialization
Elune's Light
Shadowmeld
Quickness
Wisp Spirit
Read Ley Line
Walk on Air
Elemental Insight
Wind Blessed
Blood Fury
Shatter Curse
Axe Specialization
Hardiness
Cultivation
War Stomp
Endurance
Plainsrunning
Berserking
Rapid Regeneration
Beast Slaying
Regeneration
SkysightWalk on AirElemental InsightWind BlessedGrimoire builds
Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.
Beast Mastery
31 / 20 / 0Pet and hawks do the heavy lifting: Unleashed Fury and Ferocity buff both, and Summon Hawk keeps up to two hawks diving at the target.
- Careful Aim turns Intellect into Attack Power, so mail with Intellect is not wasted.
Marksmanship
12 / 39 / 0Shot-weaving with Sniper Shot at the top. Rapid Killing and Rapid Recuperation keep mana and Rapid Fire flowing on trash.
- Lone Wolf (+20% damage with no pet active) is a strong alternative for fights where the pet dies or cannot reach.
Survival (melee)
0 / 20 / 31Forever’s Survival is a melee spec: Mongoose Bite procs from Hunter’s Mark, bleeds through Lacerating Strikes, and Strider Kick hits for full weapon damage while speeding you up.
- Predator's Edge raises melee crit damage and off-hand damage by 50%, so dual-wielding is on the table.
Abilities by level
Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.
Auto Shot
Raptor StrikeRank 1
Track Beasts
Aspect of the Monkey
Serpent StingRank 1
Arcane ShotRank 1
Hunter's MarkRank 1
Concussive Shot- Raptor StrikeRank 2
Aspect of the HawkRank 1
Call Pet
Dismiss Pet
Feed Pet- Great StaminaRank 1New level
- Natural ArmorRank 1New level
Revive Pet- Serpent StingRank 2
Tame Beast
Track Humanoids
- Arcane ShotRank 2
Distracting ShotRank 1- Great StaminaRank 2New level
Mend PetRank 1- Natural ArmorRank 2New level
Wing ClipRank 1
Eagle Eye
Eyes of the Beast
Scare BeastRank 1
Immolation TrapRank 1
Mongoose BiteRank 1- Raptor StrikeRank 3
- Aspect of the HawkRank 2
- Great StaminaRank 3New level
- Multi-ShotNew level
- Natural ArmorRank 3New level
- Serpent StingRank 3
Track Undead
- Aimed ShotRank 1New level
- Arcane ResistanceRank 1New level
- Arcane ShotRank 3
Aspect of the Cheetah
DisengageRank 1- Distracting ShotRank 2
- Fire ResistanceRank 1New level
Freezing TrapRank 1- Frost ResistanceRank 1New level
- GrowlRank 3New level
- Mend PetRank 2
- Nature ResistanceRank 1New level
- Shadow ResistanceRank 1New level
- Hunter's MarkRank 2
- Scorpid StingNew level
- Beast Lore
- Great StaminaRank 4New level
- Natural ArmorRank 4New level
- Raptor StrikeRank 4
- Immolation TrapRank 2
Rapid Fire- Serpent StingRank 4
Track Elementals
- Aimed ShotRank 2New level
- Arcane ShotRank 4
- Aspect of the HawkRank 3
Frost Trap- Mend PetRank 3
- Arcane ResistanceRank 2New level
- Aspect of the BeastRank 1New level
- CounterattackRank 2New level
- Distracting ShotRank 3
Feign Death- Fire ResistanceRank 2New level
- Frost ResistanceRank 2New level
- Great StaminaRank 5New level
- GrowlRank 4New level
- LacerateRank 1New spell
- Mongoose BiteRank 2
- Natural ArmorRank 5New level
- Nature ResistanceRank 2New level
- Scare BeastRank 2
- Shadow ResistanceRank 2New level
Flare- Raptor StrikeRank 5
Track Demons- Trueshot AuraRank 2New level
- DisengageRank 2
Explosive TrapRank 1- Serpent StingRank 5
- Aimed ShotRank 3New level
- Arcane ShotRank 5
- Great StaminaRank 6New level
- Immolation TrapRank 3
- Mend PetRank 4
- Natural ArmorRank 6New level
Summon HawkRank 2New spell
Viper StingRank 1
- Aspect of the HawkRank 4
- Wing ClipRank 2
- Arcane ResistanceRank 3New level
- Aspect of the BeastRank 2New level
Aspect of the Pack- Distracting ShotRank 4
- Fire ResistanceRank 3New level
- Freezing TrapRank 2
- Frost ResistanceRank 3New level
- GrowlRank 5New level
- Hunter's MarkRank 3
- LacerateRank 2New spell
- Nature ResistanceRank 3New level
- Raptor StrikeRank 6
- Shadow ResistanceRank 3New level
Track Giants- Trueshot AuraRank 3New level
VolleyRank 1
- CounterattackRank 3New level
- Great StaminaRank 7New level
- Natural ArmorRank 7New level
- Serpent StingRank 6
- Aimed ShotRank 4New level
- Arcane ShotRank 6
- Explosive TrapRank 2
- Mend PetRank 5
- Mongoose BiteRank 3
Aspect of the WildRank 1- Immolation TrapRank 4
- Scare BeastRank 3
- Viper StingRank 2
- Aspect of the HawkRank 5
- DisengageRank 3
- Great StaminaRank 8New level
- Natural ArmorRank 8New level
- Raptor StrikeRank 7
- Sniper ShotRank 2New spell
- Summon HawkRank 3New spell
- Arcane ResistanceRank 4New level
- Aspect of the BeastRank 3New level
- Distracting ShotRank 5
- Fire ResistanceRank 4New level
- Frost ResistanceRank 4New level
- GrowlRank 6New level
- LacerateRank 3New spell
- Nature ResistanceRank 4New level
- Serpent StingRank 7
- Shadow ResistanceRank 4New level
- ThunderstompRank 4Was a talent
Track Dragonkin- Trueshot AuraRank 4New level
- VolleyRank 2
- Aimed ShotRank 5New level
- Arcane ShotRank 7
- Mend PetRank 6
- CounterattackRank 4New level
- Explosive TrapRank 3
- Great StaminaRank 9New level
- Natural ArmorRank 9New level
- Aspect of the WildRank 2
- Immolation TrapRank 5
- Raptor StrikeRank 8
- Viper StingRank 3
- Aspect of the HawkRank 6
- Hunter's MarkRank 4
- Mongoose BiteRank 4
- Serpent StingRank 8
- Sniper ShotRank 3New spell
- VolleyRank 3
- Aimed ShotRank 6New level
- Arcane ShotRank 8
- Aspect of the BeastRank 4New level
- Aspect of the HawkRank 7
- Distracting ShotRank 6
- Freezing TrapRank 3
- Great StaminaRank 10New level
- GrowlRank 7New level
- LacerateRank 4New spell
- Mend PetRank 7
- Natural ArmorRank 10New level
- Serpent StingRank 9
- Summon HawkRank 4New spell
Tranquilizing Shot- Trueshot AuraRank 5New level
- Wing ClipRank 3
Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and the new melee Survival in World of Warcraft: Forever. Hawks, Sniper Shot, Careful Aim, three builds, stat priorities and leveling.