Skip to content
Wowcalc

What changed for the Hunter in WoW TBC — WoW TBC

The Hunter's spells and talents in WoW TBC, compared with WoW Classic: what's new, what changed and what's gone.

Spells

Talents

New (21)

  • Focused Fire · Beast Mastery

    All damage caused by you is increased by 2% while your pet is active and the critical strike chance of your Kill Command ability is increased by 20%.

  • Animal Handler · Beast Mastery

    Increases your speed while mounted by 8% and your pet's chance to hit by 4%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.

  • Ferocious Inspiration · Beast Mastery

    When your pet scores a critical hit, all party members have all damage increased by 3% for 10 sec.

  • Catlike Reflexes · Beast Mastery

    Increases your chance to dodge by 3% and your pet's chance to dodge by an additional 9%.

  • Serpent's Swiftness · Beast Mastery

    Increases ranged combat attack speed by 20% and your pet's melee attack speed by 20%.

  • The Beast Within · Beast Mastery

    When your pet is under the effects of Bestial Wrath, you also go into a rage causing 10% additional damage and reducing mana costs of all spells by 20% for 18 sec. While enraged, you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed.

  • Go for the Throat · Marksmanship

    Your ranged critical hits cause your pet to generate 50 Focus.

  • Rapid Killing · Marksmanship

    Reduces the cooldown of your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, after killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot or Auto Shot causes 20% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.

  • Improved Stings · Marksmanship

    Increases the damage done by your Serpent Sting and Wyvern Sting by 30% and the mana drained by your Viper Sting by 30%. In addition, reduces the chance your Stings will be dispelled by 30%.

  • Concussive Barrage · Marksmanship

    Your successful Auto Shot attacks have a 6% chance to Daze the target for 4 sec.

  • Combat Experience · Marksmanship

    Increases your total Agility by 2% and your total Intellect by 6%.

  • Careful Aim · Marksmanship

    Increases your ranged attack power by an amount equal to 45% of your total Intellect.

  • Improved Barrage · Marksmanship

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Multi-Shot ability by 12% and gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Volley.

  • Master Marksman · Marksmanship

    Increases your ranged attack power by 10%.

  • Silencing Shot · Marksmanship

    A shot that deals 50% weapon damage and Silences the target for 3 sec.

  • Survival Instincts · Survival

    Reduces all damage taken by 4% and increases attack power by 4%.

  • Resourcefulness · Survival

    Reduces the mana cost of all traps and melee abilities by 60% and reduces the cooldown of all traps by 6 sec.

  • Thrill of the Hunt · Survival

    Gives you a 100% chance to regain 40% of the mana cost of any shot when it critically hits.

  • Expose Weakness · Survival

    Your ranged criticals have a 100% chance to apply an Expose Weakness effect to the target. Expose Weakness increases the attack power of all attackers against that target by 25% of your Agility for 7 sec.

  • Master Tactician · Survival

    Your successful ranged attacks have a 6% chance to increase your critical strike chance with all attacks by 10% for 8 sec.

  • Readiness · Survival

    When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Hunter abilities.

Changed (21)

  • Improved Aspect of the Hawk · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    While Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 5% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
    Now
    While Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 15% for 12 sec.
  • Endurance Training · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the Health of your pets by 15%.
    Now
    Increases the Health of your pet by 10% and your total health by 5%.
  • Improved Aspect of the Monkey · Beast Mastery

    Ranks: 5 → 3

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 5%.
    Now
    Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%.
  • Thick Hide · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 30%.
    Now
    Increases the armor rating of your pets by 20% and your armor contribution from items by 10%.
  • Pathfinding · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
    Now
    Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 8%.
  • Improved Mend Pet · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Gives the Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the pet each tick.
    Now
    Reduces the mana cost of your Mend Pet spell by 20% and gives the Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the pet each tick.
  • Ferocity · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the critical strike chance of your pets by 15%.
    Now
    Increases the critical strike chance of your pet by 10%.
  • Bestial Discipline · Beast Mastery

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20%.
    Now
    Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 100%.
  • Lethal Shots · Marksmanship

    Tier 2 → 1

  • Improved Hunter's Mark · Marksmanship

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the Ranged Attack Power bonus of your Hunter's Mark spell by 15%.
    Now
    Causes 100% of your Hunter's Mark ability's base attack power to apply to melee attack power as well.
  • Efficiency · Marksmanship

    Tier 1 → 2

  • Aimed Shot · Marksmanship

    In WoW Classic
    An aimed shot that increases ranged damage by 70.
    Now
    An aimed shot that increases ranged damage by 70 and reduces healing done to that target by 50%. Lasts 10 sec.
  • Barrage · Marksmanship

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 15%.
    Now
    Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 12%.
  • Trueshot Aura · Marksmanship

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the attack power of party members within 45 yards by 50. Lasts 30 min.
    Now
    Increases the attack power of party members within 45 yards by 50. Lasts until cancelled.
  • Hawk Eye · Survival

    Tier 3 → 1 · Moved from Marksmanship

  • Savage Strikes · Survival

    Tier 2 → 1

  • Entrapment · Survival

    Ranks: 5 → 3

    In WoW Classic
    Gives your Immolation Trap, Frost Trap, and Explosive Trap a 25% chance to entrap the target, preventing them from moving for 5 sec.
    Now
    Gives your Immolation Trap, Frost Trap, Explosive Trap, and Snake Trap a 25% chance to entrap the target, preventing them from moving for 4 sec.
  • Deflection · Survival

    Tier 1 → 2

  • Improved Wing Clip · Survival

    Ranks: 5 → 3

  • Clever Traps · Survival

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.
    Now
    Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost Trap effects by 30%, the damage of Immolation and Explosive Trap effects by 30%, and the number of snakes summoned from Snake Traps by 30%.
  • Wyvern Sting · Survival

    In WoW Classic
    A stinging shot that puts the target to sleep for 12 sec. Any damage will cancel the effect. When the target wakes up, the Sting causes 300 Nature damage over 6 sec. Only usable out of combat. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on the target at a time.
    Now
    A stinging shot that puts the target to sleep for 12 sec. Any damage will cancel the effect. When the target wakes up, the Sting causes 300 Nature damage over 12 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on the target at a time.

Removed (3)

  • Improved Eyes of the Beast · Beast Mastery

    Increases the duration of your Eyes of the Beast by 60 sec.

  • Improved Serpent Sting · Marksmanship

    Increases the damage done by your Serpent Sting by 10%.

  • Improved Scorpid Sting · Marksmanship

    Reduces the Stamina of targets affected by your Scorpid Sting by 30% of the amount of Strength reduced.