Hunter in WoW Forever: talents, builds and changes from Classic
The 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.
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.
Talents & builds
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
Beast Mastery
0
Marksmanship
0
Survival
0
Required level
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Points
0 / 51 · 51 left
0 / 0 / 0
Builds
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
DPS · PvPLevel 30 (26 points: 5 come from the Legacy perk Talented) · See its BiS
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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
Auto Shot with your pet
From level 1
Starts shooting (the "!" keeps a second press from turning it off) and sends your pet at the same target.
#showtooltip Auto Shot
/petattack
/cast !Auto Shot
Hunter's Mark and pet attack
From level 6
Marks 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][]
One button for your pet
From level 12
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 Pet
Pet attack or come back
From level 1
Plain 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.