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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BEAST MASTERY TREE Open in calculator
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.