HunterClass page

Races for a Hunter

Both factions side by side. Pick a faction at the top to see only yours. Our tiers are recommendations; the racials are what each race gets in WoW Forever.

Tiers: Recommendation

Alliance

Dwarf

Our pick

Stoneform answers Rogues and bleeds. Big Game Hunter adds 5% damage against Beasts, and Find Treasure tracks chests.

Active: Stoneform — immune to bleeds, poisons and diseases, and less physical damage taken, for 8 sec · Find Treasure — tracks nearby treasure chests
Passive: Mace Specialization — +1% spell and ability crit with maces · Big Game Hunter — +5% damage to Beasts

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Night Elf

Elune's Light adds 10% crit chance for 15 sec, a real damage cooldown. Shadowmeld sets up openers, and Quickness adds 1% dodge and 2% run speed.

Active: Elune's Light — +10% crit chance for 15 sec · Shadowmeld — stealth while you stand still
Passive: Quickness — +1% dodge and +2% run speed · Wisp Spirit — +75% run speed while dead

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Human

New combination

Will to Survive and Perception are good PvP tools. Sword Specialization only helps if it counts ranged abilities while you carry a sword; that's unverified.

Active

Will to Survive — removes stuns · Perception — see stealthed enemies for 20 sec

Passive

Sword Specialization — +2% spell and ability crit with swords · The Human Spirit — +5% Spirit

Changes

Will to Survive now looks like Dispel Magic, no longer like Will of the Forsaken (visual only). Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

High Order Skyborne

Paid race

Wind Blessed adds 1% haste, and Read Ley Line speeds up health and mana regeneration. Nothing defensive.

Access: Comes with the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection.
Active: Walk on Air — glide down for 10 sec · Read Ley Line — +100% health and mana regeneration
Passive: Wind Blessed — +1% melee, ranged and spell haste · Elemental Insight — +5% damage to Elementals

Sourced: Blizzard news · 12 Sep, Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Horde

Orc

Our pick

Blood Fury adds 10% attack power for 15 sec, Axe Specialization adds 1% crit with axes, and Hardiness makes stuns on you 20% shorter.

Active: Blood Fury — +10% attack power and spell power for 15 sec · Shatter Curse — immune to curses and banes, and less magic damage taken, for 8 sec
Passive: Axe Specialization — +1% spell and ability crit with axes · Hardiness — stuns on you last 20% shorter

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Troll

Berserking adds 10% attack speed for 10 sec, and Beast Slaying adds 5% damage against Beasts.

Active: Berserking — +10% casting and attack speed for 10 sec · Rapid Regeneration — regain 50% of max health over time
Passive: Beast Slaying — +5% damage to Beasts · Regeneration — 10% of your health regeneration keeps going in combat

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Tauren

War Stomp stuns the enemies around you for 2 sec, and Endurance adds 5% health and 1% hit.

Active

War Stomp — stuns nearby enemies for 2 sec · Cultivation — grow extra herbs that you gather without Herbalism

Passive

Plainsrunning — run faster the longer you keep moving · Endurance — +5% total health and +1% hit chance

Changes

Cultivation: each herb needs a player level, the herb's Herbalism skill divided by 5. Herbs above 300 skill need level 60. Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Windshaper Skyborne

Paid race

Wind Blessed adds 1% haste and Skysight 10% run speed. Nothing defensive.

Access: Comes with the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection.
Active: Walk on Air — glide down for 10 sec · Skysight — an elemental blessing: +10% run speed
Passive: Wind Blessed — +1% melee, ranged and spell haste · Elemental Insight — +5% damage to Elementals

Sourced: Blizzard news · 12 Sep, Blizzard news · 22 Sep

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