Hunter Talent Builds in WoW Forever
Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and Survival builds for the WoW Forever Hunter, each laid out on the talent trees with a breakdown of what its talents add. Pick one for DPS, PvP or leveling and load it into the talent builder to move its points around.
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Beast Mastery
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What the talents add13 of 16 talents
Leveling order
Hunter leveling, PvP and endgame builds
Each card is one build and the trees it spends in. The small trees show every talent it takes.
Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Build
- Bestial Wrath macro
- Mortal Shots
Read the build: Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Build
Pet driven damage, where the beast at your side carries the fight and each of its critical strikes speeds it up.
- Stings
- Ranged DPS
- Burst cooldown
What the talents add 13 of 16 talents
Attributes
- Attack Power equal to 100% of your Intellect
Defense
- +9% Health and Armor on pets
Damage
- While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active
- +15% damage on pets and hawks
- +10% critical strike chance on pets and hawks
- pet: 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike
- +5% crit chance with all attacks
- +20% damage on Serpent Sting
- 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%
- +30% critical strike damage bonus on ranged abilities
Mana
- 50% Mana regeneration while casting
Control
- +30% movement speed on pets
Other
- +20% Focus regeneration on pets
- 6 sec shorter cooldown on Viper Sting
- +45 sec duration on Scorpid Sting
- 2 min shorter cooldown on Rapid Fire
From 13 of 16 talents. Left out: 3 buttons.
How this build is meant to be played
A hunter never fights alone, and this build is for players who want the tamed beast at their side to do the heavy lifting. Unleashed Fury makes every pet attack hit harder. Ferocity raises how often your pet lands a critical strike, and that feeds Frenzy, which answers each pet critical strike with a burst of faster attacks. Bestial Wrath is the button to save for the moment a fight turns, sending your pet into a rage that adds a lot of extra damage and cannot be stopped unless it dies. The points left over go into your own shots, so you keep hitting hard from range while the pet works.
Closest build 35 of 51 points shared
Only in Beast Mastery Leveling 16 points
- and 2 more talents
Beast Mastery Hunter Leveling Build
- Bestial Wrath macro
- Rapid Killing
Read the build: Beast Mastery Hunter Leveling Build
A leveling build for questing alone, with a sturdier pet and a Mana pool that lasts across more fights.
- Solo play
- Low downtime
- Fast travel
What the talents add 16 of 18 talents
Defense
- +15% Health and Armor on pets
- +2% Dodge bonus on Aspect of the Monkey
- While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec
Healing
- Mend Pet: 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals
Damage
- Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active
- +15% damage on pets and hawks
- +10% critical strike chance on pets and hawks
- pet: 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike
- +5% crit chance with all attacks
- +20% damage on Serpent Sting
- 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%
Mana
- Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 30%
- Reduces the Mana cost by 20%
- 50% Mana regeneration while casting
- 15% cheaper Shots, Stings, and melee abilities
Control
- +30% movement speed on pets
Other
- Your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability
- +6% speed bonus on Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack
- +20% Focus regeneration on pets
- 6 sec shorter cooldown on Viper Sting
- +45 sec duration on Scorpid Sting
- 2 min shorter cooldown on Rapid Fire
From 16 of 18 talents. Left out: 2 buttons.
How this build is meant to be played
Time spent waiting is the slowest part of leveling alone, so these points go into a pet that lasts and a hunter who recovers quickly. Endurance Training gives your pet more Health and Armor, and Spirit Bond slowly heals you both while the pet is out, which means fewer stops to rest. When the pet does fall, Improved Revive Pet shortens the cast, trims the Mana cost and brings it back with more health. Efficiency lowers the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings, and Pathfinding speeds up Aspect of the Cheetah for the runs between quests. The pet's damage talents stay in the build, and they keep each kill short.
Closest build 35 of 51 points shared
Only in Beast Mastery DPS 16 points
Marksmanship Hunter DPS Build
- Sniper Shot
- Deadly Aspects
- Improved Tracking
Read the build: Marksmanship Hunter DPS Build
A build that lives on its shots, with Arcane Shot coming back sooner and Aimed Shot dealing more damage.
- Ranged DPS
- No pet
- Crit damage
What the talents add 13 of 15 talents
Attributes
- Attack Power equal to 100% of your Intellect
Damage
- While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- +5% crit chance with all attacks
- +20% damage on Serpent Sting
- 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%
- You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet
- +30% critical strike damage bonus on ranged abilities
- +15% damage on Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities
- +5% damage with ranged weapons
- While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%
Mana
- 9% cheaper Shots, Stings, and melee abilities
- 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
Other
- 6 sec shorter cooldown on Viper Sting
- +45 sec duration on Scorpid Sting
- 2 min shorter cooldown on Rapid Fire
- 1.5 sec shorter cooldown on Arcane Shot. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot
From 13 of 15 talents. Left out: 2 buttons.
How this build is meant to be played
Lone Wolf decides how this build plays: you fight with no pet out, and in return every attack you make deals more damage. It suits players who would rather manage their own shots than a companion. Careful Aim turns your Intellect into extra Attack Power, and Mortal Shots makes each ranged critical strike land for more. Rapid Killing keeps the tempo up: kill an enemy the game does not rate as trivial, or let one die while your Serpent Sting is still on it, and the next Shot you fire hits harder. Rapid Recuperation lets your Mana keep regenerating while you cast each time you land Serpent Sting or spend that bonus, so long fights do not drain you dry.
Closest build 25 of 51 points shared
Only in Beast Mastery DPS 26 points
- and 5 more talents
Survival Hunter DPS Build
- Lacerating Strikes
- Rapid Killing
- Deadly Aspects
Read the build: Survival Hunter DPS Build
Close quarters hunter damage, built on melee critical strikes and an off hand weapon that pulls its weight.
- Melee DPS
- No pet
- Bleeds
What the talents add 16 of 17 talents
Attributes
- Attack Power equal to 100% of your Intellect
- +3% hit chance
- +10% chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities
- +15% Agility
Defense
- +6% Health
Damage
- While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec
- +5% crit chance with all attacks
- 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%
- You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet
- While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%
- +4% critical strike chance on melee abilities
- Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%
- Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%
- Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec
Mana
- 60% cheaper Trap and melee abilities
- 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
Control
- 30% shorter movement impairing effects
Other
- 2 min shorter cooldown on Rapid Fire
- 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
From 16 of 17 talents. Left out: 1 button.
How this build is meant to be played
With Predator's Edge at the core, this hunter fights up close: the talent makes melee ability critical strikes hurt more and raises the damage of the weapon in your off hand by a wide margin. It rewards players who enjoy being in the thick of a fight and plays with the pet dismissed, since Lone Wolf lifts every attack's damage while none is out. Resourcefulness makes melee abilities cheaper in Mana. Expose Prey gives your attacks on a target marked with Hunter's Mark a chance to open up Mongoose Bite, a strike normally allowed only after you dodge, and Lacerating Strikes makes each Mongoose Bite leave a bleed behind. Mark the target first, then close in.
Closest build 25 of 51 points shared
Only in Survival PvP 26 points
- and 4 more talents
Survival Hunter PvP Build
- Lightning Reflexes
- Scatter Shot macro
Read the build: Survival Hunter PvP Build
Control and escape for fights against other players, with traps that hold a target in place and a parry that strikes back.
- PvP
- Crowd control
- Kiting
What the talents add 15 of 18 talents
Attributes
- Attack Power equal to 100% of your Intellect
- +3% hit chance
- +10% chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities
- +15% Agility
Defense
- +5% Parry chance
Damage
- +5% crit chance with all attacks
- 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 10%
- You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet
- Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%
Mana
- 30% cheaper Trap and melee abilities
- Grants your melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 50% chance to allow 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec
Control
- Concussive Shot: 20% chance to stun the target for 3 sec
- Wing Clip: 20% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec
- 30% shorter movement impairing effects
Other
- +6 yards range on ranged weapons
- 1 min shorter cooldown on Rapid Fire
- When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 5 sec
- 40% shorter cooldown on Trap and Deterrence abilities
From 15 of 18 talents. Left out: 3 buttons.
How this build is meant to be played
Against another player, a hunter wins by deciding how far apart you both stand. Entrapment makes every trap hold whoever triggers it in place, and Improved Wing Clip gives Wing Clip a chance to pin a target where it stands, so a chaser can be left behind. Hawk Eye stretches your ranged weapon's reach to keep that gap wide, and Lone Wolf adds damage to all attacks while no pet is active. Once someone reaches you, Deterrence briefly raises your Dodge and Parry chance, and Counterattack answers a parried swing with a strike that leaves the attacker unable to move. Scatter Shot disorients a target at short range, buying time to step back, though any damage breaks it.
Closest build 25 of 51 points shared
Only in Survival DPS 26 points
- and 5 more talents