General Hunter Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Hunters can now tame a new pet type: Lesser Dragonkin.
• Lesser Dragonkin are a Ferocity pet.
• Lesser Dragonkin have a new pet family ability, Shimmering Scales — Reduces your pet’s magic damage taken by 70% for 8 seconds, on a 90-second cooldown.
• Cloud Serpents have had their pet family changed from Serpents to Lesser Dragonkin, but the ability to tame Cloud Serpents, has not been changed.
• Lesser Dragonkin taming will be rewarded from the Valdrakken faction in Dragonflight.
• Lesser Dragonkin include creatures like Hornswogs from Dragonflight, or Feathered Drakes from Ardenweald, or Faerie Dragons in Feralas.
• Wing Clip Focus cost reduced by 10.

Hunter Class Tree Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Nesingwary’s Trapping Apparatus removed.
• Wailing Arrow — Silence lowered to 3 seconds (was 5). Wailing Arrow now clarifies it only silences non-player targets.
• Binding Shot is now a 3-second stun (was an 8-second root).
• New Talent: Entrapment — When your Tar Trap is activated, all enemies in the area are rooted for 4 seconds.
• Improved Mend Pet renamed to Wilderness Medicine.
• Hunter’s Agility renamed to Hunter’s Avoidance.
• Agile Movement renamed to Pathfinding.
• Latent Poison Injectors renamed to Poison Injection.
• In for the Kill renamed to Hunter’s Prey.
• Qa’pla, Eredun War Order renamed to War Orders.
• Flamewalker’s Cobra Sting renamed to Cobra Sting.
• Rylakstalker’s Piercing Fangs renamed to Piercing Fangs.
• Killing Blow renamed to Killer Accuracy.
• Dead Eye renamed to Deadeye.
• True Aim renamed to Target Practice.
• Predator renamed to Flanker’s Advantage.
• Concussive Shot will now replace Wing Clip and no longer requires a Ranged Weapon.

Beast Mastery Hunter Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Dire Beast — Damage increased by 400%.
• Barbed Shot — Damage reduced by 23%.

Beast Mastery Hunter Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Marksmanship Hunter Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

Marksmanship Hunters received many new talents that you will find in the talent trees linked below.6.

Marksmanship Hunter Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Survival Hunter Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

Survival Hunters received many new talents that are available for preview in the tree linked below.8.

Survival Hunter Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Hunter PvP Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Interlope — Now available for all Hunter specializations (was Beast Mastery only).
• Diamond Ice — Now available for all Hunter specializations (was Survival only).
• Kindred Beasts (Beast Mastery) — Redesigned to work with Tenacity Pet’s new ability cooldown reduced by 50% and allies within 20 yards of your pet gain 10% increased maximum health for 10 seconds.