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Hunter
Master marksmen and beast tamers who fight beside their loyal companions.
Hunter at a glance
- Armor
- Resource
- Focus
- Introduced in
- Classic
- Specializations
- 3
- Roles
- DPS
Specializations
Hunter abilities
Abilities the Hunter skill line teaches, A to Z.
Hunter appearance sets
Galactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Chain ArmorMidnightPrimal Sentry's CamouflageMidnight232 more Hunter appearance sets
Pieces of Galactic Gladiator's Chain Armor.
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Vest
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Tunic
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Sabatons
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Boots
Galactic Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Handguards
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Helm
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Faceguard
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Leggings
- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Breeches
Galactic Gladiator's Chain Monnion- Galactic Gladiator's Chain Shoulderguard
Ladder snapshot and gold angle
Hunters kite with a pet holding threat, letting them solo elites and old raids for transmog and mounts with little downtime.
Recent Hunter hotfixes
- September 15, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Marksmanship
Fixed an issue where Aimed Shot was not properly playing its cast animation when using a gun or crossbow.
- September 10, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Survival
Corrected an issue where the initial damage of Wildfire Bomb would not happen if the Hunter was affected by crowd control effects while the bomb hit the target.
- September 10, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Survival
Corrected an issue where Strike As One would not deal damage with a Raptor Swipe that benefit from Tip of the Spear if Aspect of the Eagle is active.
- September 1, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Beast Mastery
All damage dealt by you and your pets increased by 7%.
- September 1, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Beast Mastery
Resolved an issue causing Wild Thrash to not take target bounding radius into account.
- September 1, 2026 Classes › Hunter › Survival
All damage dealt by you and your pet increased by 7%. This increase is only 3% while engaged in PvP combat.
- September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Hunter › Beast Mastery
Developers’ notes: Beast Mastery’s damage during burst windows is higher than we’d like in PvP, reducing some of the abilities that can contribute to this situation.
- September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Hunter › Beast Mastery
Bloodshed damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Hunter hotfix, by date: Hunter hotfixes.