Bind on Forever

Classic Era → Forever · build 1.60.1.70245

What changed for Hunters

Every talent and trainer ability Hunters have in Forever, set against Classic Era, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70245. Season of Discovery isn't counted as Classic.

Hunter talent calculatorAll Hunter spellsTooltip and data changes

Talents

New talents 18

TalentTreeRow
Deadly AspectsBeast Mastery1
Focused FireBeast Mastery2
Summon HawkBeast Mastery4
Lethal AttacksMarksmanship1
Careful AimMarksmanship2
Improved StingsMarksmanship2
Lone WolfMarksmanship3
Rapid KillingMarksmanship3
Rapid RecuperationMarksmanship5
Sniper ShotMarksmanship7
Improved TrackingSurvival1
Predator's EdgeSurvival4
Survival TacticsSurvival4
Expose PreySurvival5
ResourcefulnessSurvival5
Strider KickSurvival5
Survivalist's DisciplineSurvival5
Lacerating StrikesSurvival7

Removed talents 13

TalentClassic tree, rowWhat it did in Classic
Improved Aspect of the HawkBeast Mastery, 1While Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 1% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Improved Eyes of the BeastBeast Mastery, 2Increases the duration of your Eyes of the Beast by 30 sec.
Thick HideBeast Mastery, 2Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 10%.
Improved Hunter's MarkMarksmanship, 2Increases the Ranged Attack Power bonus of your Hunter's Mark spell by 3%.
Lethal ShotsMarksmanship, 2Increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 1%.
Improved Serpent StingMarksmanship, 4Increases the damage done by your Serpent Sting by 2%.
Improved Scorpid StingMarksmanship, 5Reduces the Stamina of targets affected by your Scorpid Sting by 10% of the amount of Strength reduced.
Humanoid SlayingSurvival, 1Increases all damage caused against Humanoid targets by 1% and increases critical damage caused against Humanoid targets by an additional 1%.
Monster SlayingSurvival, 1Increases all damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by 1% and increases critical damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by an additional 1%.
Improved Feign DeathSurvival, 4Reduces the chance your Feign Death ability will be resisted by 2%.
Trap MasterySurvival, 4Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by 5%.
Killer InstinctSurvival, 5Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%.
Wyvern StingSurvival, 7A 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.

Moved to another row 7

TalentTreeClassic rowForever row
PathfindingBeast Mastery32 ↑ earlier
Hawk EyeMarksmanship31 ↑ earlier
EfficiencyMarksmanship12 ↓ later
Trueshot AuraMarksmanship74 ↑ earlier
SurvivalistSurvival32 ↑ earlier
SurefootedSurvival43 ↑ earlier
CounterattackSurvival54 ↑ earlier

Different number of ranks 2

TalentClassicForever
Improved Aspect of the Monkey53
Improved Wing Clip53

Spellbook

New abilities 5

Talents in Classic, trainer abilities now 1

Different number of ranks 3

AbilityClassicForever
Aspect of the Beast14
Multi-Shot51
Scorpid Sting41

Blizzard's notes about Hunters

24 lines across Blizzard's posts mention Hunters. Each one is checked against the files on its post's page.

Development Notes, October 1Development Notes, September 24Class deep dives: Hunter and DruidThe Legacy SystemRaces and classes