WoW Forever Hunter Talent Calculator & Build Planner

How to use this Hunter talent calculator

Use the planner to test a build before you spend gold or commit to a leveling, dungeon, raid or PvP role. You can explore every tree without creating an account.

Is Hunter a good fit for you?

Solo players who like a forgiving leveling experience, kiting and controlling fights from range. Pet positioning, ammo and weapon upgrades are part of the class rather than details you can ignore.

What changed from Classic for Hunter?

This calculator uses the current Forever beta snapshot rather than assuming the Classic tree is unchanged. For Hunter, the current data contains 14 new talents, 24 changed talents and 2 moved talents.

• NEW means the talent was not present in the Classic comparison tree.
• CHANGED means the name or position may look familiar, but its effect or rank wording differs.
• MOVED means the talent is in a different row or location, which can change how quickly you reach it.

Turn on Compare to Classic in the calculator for a quick check, then open the Hunter class changes page for the broader explanation.

Inside the Hunter trees

Every Hunter talent, in tree order. A rank is one level of a talent, and each rank makes the effect stronger. Click any talent for the full rank-by-rank wording, straight from the beta client.

✦ Beast Mastery (16 talents)

Your pet fights beside you and hits harder every rank. Best friends with benefits. Key picks: Bestial Swiftness, Summon Hawk, Intimidation, Bestial Wrath. New in Forever: Focused Fire, Summon Hawk.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Deadly Aspects CHANGED	5	1	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.
✦ Endurance Training CHANGED	5	1	Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%.
✦ Focused Fire NEW	2	2	Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
✦ Improved Aspect of the Monkey CHANGED	3	2	Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
✦ Pathfinding MOVED	2	2	Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
✦ Improved Revive Pet	2	2	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%.
✦ Bestial Swiftness CHANGED	1	3	Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.
✦ Unleashed Fury CHANGED	5	3	Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 15%.
✦ Improved Mend Pet CHANGED	2	4	Gives your Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 20%.
✦ Ferocity CHANGED	5	4	Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 10%.
✦ Summon Hawk NEW	1	4	Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 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.
✦ Spirit Bond	2	5	While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec.
✦ Intimidation CHANGED	1	5	Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.
✦ Bestial Discipline CHANGED	2	5	Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20% and allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
✦ Frenzy	5	6	Gives your pet a 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.
✦ Bestial Wrath	1	7	Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed.

✦ Marksmanship (16 talents)

Long-range aimed shots, plus attack power for the whole raid. Stand back, hit hard. Key picks: Lone Wolf, Trueshot Aura, Scatter Shot, Sniper Shot. New in Forever: Careful Aim, Rapid Killing, Lone Wolf, Rapid Recuperation.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Hawk Eye MOVED	3	1	Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 6 yards.
✦ Improved Concussive Shot	5	1	Gives your Concussive Shot a 20% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
✦ Lethal Attacks CHANGED	5	1	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%.
✦ Improved Stings CHANGED	3	2	Increased the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 20%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 6 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 45 sec.
✦ Efficiency CHANGED	5	2	Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%.
✦ Careful Aim NEW	5	2	Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.
✦ Rapid Killing NEW	2	3	Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 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 20%.
✦ Improved Arcane Shot CHANGED	5	3	Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.5 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.
✦ Lone Wolf NEW	1	3	You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.
✦ Trueshot Aura CHANGED	1	4	Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party members within 45 yards by 30. Lasts 30 min.
✦ Mortal Shots CHANGED	5	4	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%.
✦ Rapid Recuperation NEW	2	5	Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 50% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 100% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.
✦ Barrage CHANGED	3	5	Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 10%.
✦ Scatter Shot	1	5	A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.
✦ Ranged Weapon Specialization	5	6	Increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 5%.
✦ Sniper Shot CHANGED	1	7	A steady snipe that increases ranged damage by 160.

✦ Survival (18 talents)

Traps, kiting, and melee tricks for when things get close. Built for PvP, and for hunters who like gadgets. Key picks: Deterrence, Counterattack, Strider Kick, Lacerating Strikes. New in Forever: Improved Tracking, Survival Tactics, Predator's Edge, Resourcefulness, Expose Prey, Survivalist's Discipline, Strider Kick, Lacerating Strikes.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Improved Tracking NEW	5	1	While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.
✦ Deflection CHANGED	5	1	Increases your Parry chance by 10%.
✦ Entrapment CHANGED	5	2	When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 5 sec.
✦ Savage Strikes CHANGED	2	2	Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 4%.
✦ Survivalist CHANGED	5	2	Increases your total Health by 10%.
✦ Improved Wing Clip CHANGED	3	2	Gives your Wing Clip ability a 20% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.
✦ Clever Traps	2	3	Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.
✦ Surefooted CHANGED	3	3	Increases your hit chance by 3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 30%.
✦ Deterrence	1	3	When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.
✦ Survival Tactics NEW	2	4	Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%.
✦ Predator's Edge NEW	5	4	Increases your melee critical strike damage by 30% and your offhand weapon damage by 50%.
✦ Counterattack CHANGED	1	4	A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
✦ Resourcefulness NEW	2	5	Reduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 60%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 60% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
✦ Expose Prey NEW	2	5	Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 10% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 sec.
✦ Survivalist's Discipline NEW	2	5	Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 40%.
✦ Strider Kick NEW	1	5	A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage.
✦ Lightning Reflexes	5	6	Increases your Agility by 15%.
✦ Lacerating Strikes NEW	1	7	Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage over 21 sec equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite.

Want the exact numbers? The full Hunter talent reference lists every rank word-for-word from the beta client. And if you're wondering what Blizzard shuffled, every Hunter change vs Classic sits on one page.

Quick checklist before you lock in points

• Check the level slider before judging a build. A deep talent may be a level-60 plan, not a level-20 plan.
• Read the prerequisite path, not just the final talent. Five points in a tree unlock the next row.
• Use the class guide to compare roles, then use build comparison when two versions look similar.
• Save or copy the link after testing. The current snapshot page explains how shared links behave when beta data changes.

Best races for Hunter

Night Elf · Dwarf · Orc · Tauren · Troll · Human (new in Forever) · Skyborne

Trolls attack faster when hurt, which is most of the time. Dwarves get bonus gun skill. Compare every racial passive side by side on the races page.