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Comment by 6046

Use these in PvP to help out your clothies.

Comment by radeox

Flare is a spell used by hunters to see stealth enemies. This can be used in PvP and in PvE. When you see an enemie going in stealth you should use flare as fast as possible.

Flare is not dispellable, and when the target is in the 10 yards he will have that de buff. When he goes out the 10 yards range the debuff will fade.

Comment by 86727

warning to all hunters. It is possible to sneak inside the flare radius if a stealthed enemy enters IMMEDIATELY after the flare disappears and moments before the next one hits the ground. The flare debuff is not applied until the object itself hits the ground.

Comment by 46763

The flare debuff is applied immediatly after you cast it.
This is quite obvious when fighting mobs, and in PvP, the same but not quite clear because of network latency.

And what you've said, yes, is possible. Two rogues may even sap each other simultaneously.

PS: the flying time of the flare bullet varies with different terrains.

Comment by Darkfire

So what's the deal with this and patch 2.4?

Comment by shadowaninja

All they did was simply fix it so that if your invisible when you cast flare, your flare will still be visible. No more invisible stealth traps.

Comment by 126159

The best thing rather than flare in 1v1 Vs a shadowmelded player is to Volly as flare does not put the target in combat.
E.g If it was a warrior you would be able to get the first seconds while the warrior has to run towards you instead of charging.

Comment by samarium

It goes active the moment it is cast, not the moment it hits the ground.
Any stealthed enemies that enter the flare area during its entire duration will be revealed.
The flare effect is supposed to end as soon as an enemy leaves the radius; sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, it really depends on how long it takes the server to notice that you've exited the flare...

Comment by Skullhawk13

I think this should be in survial not marksmen

I am an ace shot because i can light a flare!
Really? Can you shoot something?
No.....

Comment by Yakeshi

*pants, pants, pants* "Alright... I wanna cast a spell..."

Comment by 156183

I can only see the entire flare radius when I have ultra quality mode.. so to play rogue(worries about flare),druid(worries about flare) or hunter you need an uber leet computer?

I want to see the entire flare but I don't have the computer to play on ultra quality.

Yes projected textures is checked but I have not found out why ultra quality is the only mode that is letting me see flares whole radius, any other mode just shows the little dot.

edit: the flare radius difference between normal and ultra quality is the difference between a camp fire and a blast wave.

Comment by 222376

I wanna cast a spell....

Comment by Noromis

I cast flare!

Comment by johannhowitzer

I'm attacking the darkness!

Comment by 160546

MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

Comment by 530904

Spell illustration of WOW Hunter:Flare

Comment by johney

other useful of this skill used buy some hunter very funny clink here

Comment by Feato

This much like death and decay needs to get it's hitbox fixed... Standing 3-4 yards from the visible affected area will knock you out of stealth and from that point running 5 yards away (this taking you over 8 yards away from the edge of the outer lighted circle) still refuses you to vanish -.-

Comment by Tripster

Most freakin annoying spell ever to stealthies. Especially cats, who can't even see traps.

Comment by 804447

Besides it obvious uses, I frequently use my flares to start foot-races from goldshire to stormwind. You know that after reading this that you're gonna go do that same thing:)

Comment by Hashupa

A pretty useful skill. Works very nicely in narrow hallways or in doorways. If you're camping a spot, make sure you refresh it as soon as it cools down, the flare seems to last an extra moment to allow this. Kitties, rogues, and mages beware! :)

Comment by merricklb

I put this right in front of the flag in pvp, then shadowmeld, insta rogue pwn.

Comment by 436173

Works great to reveal the hidden Lynx packs in Zul'Aman.

Makes the pull a lot easier when the tank can see one of the cats and taunt it.

Comment by 864839

I have a great macro idea but it seems to have 1.5 flaws
MACRO
Basically right now it tries to targets an enemy and auto attacks and all that when i click the flare button before i even launch the flare?

The macro is:
#showtooltip flare
/cast flare
/console targetnearestenemy 40.00000
/cast auto shot
/cast attack
/cast web(special ability)
/cast charge

I want it to CAST flare on the GROUND and target a cat or rogue nearby that just got exposed and then pet attack, auto shot, web, charge in one button, any help?

flaw .5 flare has a gcd and thus i can not cast hunters mark in this macro

Comment by polelover44

Can this be cast while camouflaged without breaking camo?

Comment by SoooWhoCares

Because this ability is an AE effect the server needs some time (1-2s) to realize it when someone stepped in that flared zone.
Because of that Rogues can still sap and sometimes even attack you while stealthed even when you stand right in the middle of your flare. It all depends on the delay. Not even counting Shadow Step in here.

Reveals stealthed, camouflaged and invisible (with some exclusions) units.
Although the tooltip states a 20s area flare once used it's somewhat more than that. At least 2s before your previous flare ticks off you'll have your cooldown ready to place a new one.

Another important thing: Sometimes (very rare) when using this spell and the ballistic flight path of flare is blocked by a door entrance for example or when trying to use flare on some angular area / object your flare won't appear on the ground after it landed. Instead it will disappear while you have your flare spell on cooldown. That is a bug which sometimes occurs when you're trying to use flare after jump-dismounting.

Private notes:
As a Hunter I really don't like the delay on this. If it'd be a volley type spell on all units in this area it'd be better. As a Rogue I find this spell incredibly lame. Basically you throw it somewhere and that big area is a no-stealth zone for 20s (repeating, of course). Would like to see this one reworked.

Comment by sandman1324

On the last boss of Vault of the Wardens you can use Flare as an extra Elune's Light to make the fight easier.

Comment by AM1138

You can now cast targeted AoE spells like this right away where your cursor is, using @cursor in your macro.
For example:

#showtooltip
/cast Flare

Or to cast it at your character's feet:

#showtooltip
/cast Flare

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Flare

Flare
40 yd range

Instant	20 sec cooldown

Exposes all hidden and invisible enemies within the targeted area for 20 sec.

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Duration

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School

Arcane

Mechanic

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Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

20 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect

Trigger Missile (Flare)
Value: 20
Radius: 10 yards

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