Hunter Class Changes in Shadowlands Patch 9.1

By RenataKane Updated: 2021/06/23

Latest Patch:Hunter Class Changes in 9.1

Class Tools

Beast Mastery

Talents

Marksmanship

Talents

Survival

Talents

General Hunter Changes in 9.1

Spells

Wailing Arrow Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing (225%92.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (75%37.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage to all enemies within 8 yds of your target. Lesser creatures struck by a Wailing Arrow are stunned for 65 sec.

Marksmanship Hunter Changes in 9.1

Talents

Chimaera Shot A two-headed shot that hits your primary target for (65% of Attack power)% Nature damage and another nearby target for Frost damage.

Survival Hunter Changes in 9.1

Specialization

Flanking Strike You and your pet leap to the target and strike it as one, dealing a total of 117%135% of Attack power))] Physical damage.
Generates 30 Focus for you and your pet.
Raptor Strike A vicious slash dealing (100%115% of Attack power) Physical damage.
Kill Command Give the command to kill, causing your pet to savagely deal 0.60.69 * (1 + Versatility) * 1.05] Physical damage to the enemy.
Survival (Level 28)
Has a 25% chance to immediately reset its cooldown
Generates 15 Focus.

Talents

Mongoose Bite A brutal attack that deals (90%103.5% of Attack power) Physical damage and grants you Mongoose Fury.
Mongoose Fury: Increases the damage of Mongoose Bite by 15% for 14 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Successive attacks do not increase duration.
Flanking Strike damage increased by 15%.

Hunter Pet Changes in 9.1

Classic Pterrodax pets and Mists of Pandaria Python pets are now larger in size.
Mammoth Family: Trample now instant cast (was 6 second channel)
Pterrodax Family: New ability - Updraft - Your pet beats its powerful wings, slowing the fall speed for both itself and the hunter for 30 sec.

Hunter Conduit Changes in 9.1

Marksman's Advantage (Endurance Conduit) Hunter's Mark decreases the damage the target deals to you by 3.0%.
Name changed from Markman's Advantage to Marksman's Advantage

Marksman's Advantage (Endurance Conduit) Hunter's Mark decreases the damage the target deals to you by 3.0%.
Name changed from Markman's Advantage to Marksman's Advantage

Hunter PvP Talent Changes in 9.1

General Hunter PvP Changes

NEW Tranquilizing Darts - Interrupting or removing effects with Tranquilizing Shot and / releases 8 darts at nearby enemies, each reducing the duration of a beneficial Magic effect by 4 sec.
NEW Chimaeral Sting - Stings the target, dealing (150% of Attack power) Nature damage and initiating a series of venoms. Each lasts 3 sec and applies the next effect after the previous one ends. Scorpid Venom - 90% reduced movement speed. Spider Venom - Silenced. Viper Venom - 20% reduced damage and healing.
High Explosive Trap Hurls a fire trap to the target location that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing (57.33% of Attack power) Fire damage and knocking all enemies away. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Wild Kingdom Call in help from one of your dismissed Cunning pets for 10 sec. Your current pet is dismissed to rest and heal 30% of maximum health.

Beast Mastery Hunter PvP Changes

NEW Kindred Beasts - Command Pet's unique ability cooldown reduced by 50%, and gains additional effects.
NEW The Beast Within - Bestial Wrath inspires you and all nearby allied pets, increasing attack speed by 10% and providing immunity to Fear and Horror effects.
REMOVED The Beast Within - old version where Bestial Wrath made you immune to all Fear and Horror effects only
REMOVED Scorpid Sting
REMOVED Spider Sting
REMOVED Viper Sting
REMOVED Wild Protector

Marksmanship Hunter PvP Changes

NEW Consecutive Concussion - Concussive Shot slows movement by an additional 20%. Using Steady Shot 3 times on a concussed enemy stuns them for 4 sec.

Comments

Comment by Mohcinos

Okay, it is nice we've got some single target increase but what's the point boosting Flanking strike that nobody uses.

What's the logic behind boosting the 3 talent where you will have to pick one, cause we will end up only with two combinations while the third is useless:
- Raptor and kill command
- Mongoose and Kill command
- Flanking strike (No reason to be picked) and Kill command
At least if they wanna only focus on our single target, they could've boost Serpent sting which is actually more useful than Flanking strike.

To remain in the sphere of single target:
- Bloodseeker and Alpha predator both linked to Kill command
- Vipers venom linked to Serpent sting

Those are talent that need some extra attention instead of Flanking strike. Hopefully Devs will take a look at that.

Comment by matalo12

Flanking strike is a very under rated talent. Reason why is on fortified weeks I almost never use raptor strike on mobs. Which would make mongoose bite obviously useless, and tip of the spear is ok for aoe. But again I hardly use raptor strike in groups I rather use my gcd's to keep up serpent sting and kill command, and use carve and bomb. Flanking strike is great simply because of the 30 focus gain. However, I will agree the damage boost doesn't really help it's definitely welcome but I much rather see a buff in it's utility. Something along the lines of TBC right now where exposed weakness gives your group a huge buff on damage on a focused target. I would like to see that mechanic return for shadowlands in the form of flanking strike also giving exposed weakness on your target. It would make Survival hunters a little more desirable to bring to both mythic plus and raid. As well as make that talent row more competitive.

Comment by Lobo720

9.1 is less than two weeks away and Hunters have been widely ignored. They did just enough to Survival to bring it just above BM, but still not competitive overall. Their "fix" for the overall class issues are to kill the final boss in the new raid on Mythic and hope against hope a Legendary bow drops. The longest content drought in WoW history and this is what we get. Sad.

Hunter Class Changes in Shadowlands Patch 9.1

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