DAMAGE
HunterThe ranged hunter and its pet; Forever's talents add summoned hawks, a Lone Wolf option for playing without a pet and a more melee-minded Survival, and Humans can finally be Hunters.
What it was in Classic and what it is now, row by row.
| — | Classic | WoW Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Races | Classic
| WoW Forever |
| Talents | ClassicThe patch 1.12 trees: 51 points and a final talent at 31 | WoW ForeverSame layout plus a new talent at 16 points: 14 new, 4 replace another, 21 changed and 11 unchanged |
| Hit and crit | ClassicSeparate for spells and for melee and ranged | WoW ForeverUnified: one stat for spells, melee and ranged |
Classic data: wago.tools — Talent, TalentTab and SpellName from the Classic Era 1.15.9 client
Beast Mastery
Damage
Damage through the pet, backed by summoned hawks and Bestial Wrath.
Marksmanship
Damage
Empowered ranged shots, with Lone Wolf for playing without a pet.
Survival
Damage
Traps and melee combat with Mongoose Bite, Lacerating Strikes and Strider Kick.
Versus Classic
Tap a type to highlight it in the trees. Every talent tells you what it was in Classic.
Click to add a point · right-click to remove itTap a talent to see its details and add or remove points
Builds by role · the BiS ones, level 30 (or 20 where there is no 30 yet). The level 30 ones have 26 points: 21 from your level and 5 extra from the Legacy perk Talented
My builds · only in this browser
Save a build with “Save build” and it will be here, in this browser.
Data from Wowhead's calculator (beta client, September 24). Values may change between beta builds. Classic comparison: Classic Era 1.15.9 client data via wago.tools.
Macros ready to copy, with spell names exactly as the game has them. Paste each one into a new macro and drag it to your bar. What a macro is and how to make one
Starts shooting (the "!" keeps a second press from turning it off) and sends your pet at the same target.
Human
Dwarf
Night Elf
Skyborne (High Order)
Orc
Tauren
Troll
Skyborne (Windshapers)#showtooltip Auto Shot
/petattack
/cast !Auto ShotMarks whatever is under your mouse (or your target) and sends your pet there.
#showtooltip Hunter's Mark
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Hunter's Mark
/petattack [@mouseover,harm,nodead][]If it's dead, it revives it; if you don't have it out, it calls it; if it's alive, it heals it.
#showtooltip
/cast [@pet,dead,exists] Revive Pet; [nopet] Call Pet; Mend PetPlain press attacks; with Shift held, it comes back to you.
/petattack [nomod]
/petfollow [mod:shift]They use the modern game's macro syntax, which is what Forever runs underneath. We haven't tested them one by one in the beta yet: if one fails, tell us on the board.
What the October 1 WoW Forever beta update brings: level cap 30, the Excavation Site (26-31), Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, less experience from dungeon quests, a reworked Fury warrior and every class change.
How the hunter plays in WoW Forever: the pet that scales with your gear, Lone Wolf for playing without it, melee Survival, what you learn from 1 to 40, which stats to look for and how to level. With a talent build per tree you can load in the calculator, useful macros and the items worth chasing.
A WoW Forever race guide: which classes each race can play, all 40 racials (active and passive) with beta client numbers, what matters for PvP, groups or leveling, and what changed from Classic.
Blizzard's Classic+ launches on November 4. What changes from Classic: 469 reworked talents, the Skyborne, the Undead Paladin, new zones, nine dungeons and the raids — with the source next to every fact.