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Classes in WoW: Forever

Hunter in WoW: Forever

18 new talents, 26 changed and 14 removed across Beast Mastery / Marksmanship / Survival compared to Classic Era, as seen in the BlizzCon 2026 demo.

Who can be a Hunter

Race and class combinations confirmed for launch; highlighted pairs did not exist in Classic. Click a race for name ideas.

Talent trees

Rank-1 tooltips from the BlizzCon demo captured 2026-09-13; higher ranks are filled from Classic Era where the talent is unchanged. Values may change before release.

Beast Mastery

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  • New in Forever (3)
  • Changed or moved (10)
  • Removed from Classic: 3

New talents

  • Deadly AspectsWhile Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
  • Focused FireIncreases all damage you deal by 1% while your pet is active.
  • Summon HawkCommand a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 53 Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot. 80 Mana 35 yd range Instant 6 sec cooldown

Changed

Endurance Training · Improved Aspect of the Monkey · Pathfinding · Bestial Swiftness · Unleashed Fury · Improved Mend Pet · Ferocity · Intimidation · Bestial Discipline · Bestial Wrath

Removed from Classic

Improved Aspect of the Hawk · Improved Eyes of the Beast · Thick Hide

Marksmanship

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  • New in Forever (7)
  • Changed or moved (7)
  • Removed from Classic: 5

New talents

  • Lethal AttacksIncreases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%.
  • Improved StingsIncreased the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 6%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 2 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 15 sec.
  • Careful AimIncreases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect.
  • Rapid KillingReduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, 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%.
  • Lone WolfYou deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.
  • Rapid RecuperationHitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 25% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 50% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.
  • Sniper ShotA steady snipe that increases ranged damage by 160. 365 Mana 8-35 yd range 4 sec cast 15 sec cooldown

Changed

Hawk Eye · Efficiency · Improved Arcane Shot · Trueshot Aura · Mortal Shots · Barrage · Scatter Shot

Removed from Classic

Improved Hunter's Mark · Lethal Shots · Aimed Shot · Improved Serpent Sting · Improved Scorpid Sting

  • New in Forever (8)
  • Changed or moved (9)
  • Removed from Classic: 6

New talents

  • Improved TrackingWhile tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 1%.
  • Survival TacticsIncreases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 5%.
  • Predator's EdgeIncreases your melee critical strike damage by 6% and your offhand weapon damage by 10%.
  • ResourcefulnessReduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 30%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 30% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
  • Expose PreyYour attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 5% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 sec.
  • Survivalist's DisciplineReduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 20%.
  • Strider KickA powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage. 61 Mana Melee Range Instant 8 sec cooldown
  • Lacerating StrikesYour Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage over 21 sec equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite.

Changed

Deflection · Entrapment · Savage Strikes · Survivalist · Improved Wing Clip · Surefooted · Deterrence · Counterattack · Lightning Reflexes

Removed from Classic

Monster Slaying · Humanoid Slaying · Trap Mastery · Improved Feign Death · Killer Instinct · Wyvern Sting

Other classes

Demo values — everything here can change before launch.