Survival Hunter DPS Spell List and Glossary — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as a Survival Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Survival Hunter spells.
Dragonflight Spell Glossary for Survival Hunter
This will cover synergies, cooldowns, and core concepts of the spec to get it working. If you already have experience and are very comfortable with Survival, it is okay to skip past this, otherwise this is a great point to get a base understanding before moving onto later sections of the guide that covers nuances of gameplay.
Note that this page merely lists the Talents and explains them. For information on the best talents to use for your Survival Hunter in Dragonflight, check out our Talents page below.
Main Resource for Survival Hunter in Dragonflight
Hunters and their pets use a unique resource, called Focus. Focus works in much the same way as other class resources, like Rage and Energy, in the sense that some abilities grant Focus, while others cost Focus to be used.
A Survival Hunter's Focus has a maximum capacity of 100, and regenerates at a slow rate that varies by spec. In addition to this passive flow of incoming Focus, certain talents and abilities will amplify your Focus regeneration, or simply generate more of it.
Hunter pet Focus works similarly, and is of no concern to you as you cannot do anything to modify it, nor will you be casting pet abilities manually.
As a general rule, you should always have enough Focus to cast your abilities as soon as they come off cooldown, but also to never have 100 Focus (as any extra Focus you generate would then go to waste).
Unlocking Abilities
Note that this page simply lists all the different abilities, assuming you are at max level. If you are leveling, check out our dedicated Hunter Leveling page, which has detailed information on when you unlock all of these abilities.
Baseline Dragonflight Abilities of Survival Hunter
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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AS | An instant shot that deals low Arcane damage. Costs 40 Focus. |
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Steady | 1.75-second cast that deals low Physical damage. |
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Cheetah | Increases your movement speed by 90% for 3 seconds, and 30% for 9 seconds. 3-minute cooldown. |
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Turtle | Deflects most attacks for 8 seconds, and reduces damage taken by 30%. 3-minute cooldown. |
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- | Leaps you backwards. 20-second cooldown. |
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Exhil | Heals you for 30%, and your pet for 100% of its maximum health. 2-minute cooldown. |
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EoTB | Lets you take control of your pet and see from its perspective for 1 minute. |
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FD | Pretends to be dead for 6 minutes, dropping all enemy aggro and threat, and prevents you from body-pulling nearby enemies. 30-second cooldown. |
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- | Reveals all stealthed enemies caught in the ground-target location. 20-second cooldown. |
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Trap | Places a trap on the ground. The first enemy that triggers it will be frozen for 30 seconds. Damage breaks the effect. 30-second cooldown. |
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HM | Increases all damage done to the target by 5% while it is above 80% health. Lets you track and see a target through stealth, if applied before stealth. |
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- | Heals your pet for 50% of its total health over 10 seconds.
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- | Revives your pet with full health. 3-second cast, 35 Focus. |
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- | Slows your target by 50% for 15 seconds. Can only be used in melee. Costs 20 Focus. |
For more information on how to use these abilities together in your rotation, please read our rotation page.
Survival Hunter Talent Guide for Dragonflight
This is our list of all the Survival Hunter Talents in Dragonflight.
Hunter Talent List for Dragonflight
Row 1-4 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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KC | Deals heavy Physical damage on a 7.5-second cooldown for 30 Focus. |
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Conc | Slows your target by 50% for 6 seconds.
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KS | Deals heavy Physical damage for 10 Focus on a 10-second cooldown. It is only usable on targets below 20% health. |
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Kick | Interrupts your target's spell cast, and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 3 seconds, on a 24-second cooldown. |
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- | Places a trap on the ground. When an enemy triggers it, it spawns an 8-yard radius circle of tar on the ground that slows all enemies caught by 50%, which lasts 30 seconds. 30-second cooldown. |
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MD | Redirects all your threat (not your pet's) to the target for 8 seconds. After casting it, you have 30 seconds to start attacking something, which triggers the 8-second effect, meaning you can pre-cast it. 30-second cooldown. |
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SoTF | Reduces your damage taken by 20% for 8 seconds, on a 2-minute cooldown. |
Row 5-7 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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Tranq | Removes 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect from your target on a 10-second cooldown. |
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- | Fears a Beast enemy for 20-seconds. Breaks on damage. Costs 25 Focus. |
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Intim | Stuns a target for 5 seconds. 1-minute cooldown.
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HET | Places a trap on the ground. The first enemy that
triggers will activate an AoE knockback effect that also deals low Fire damage
to all enemies affected. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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Scatter | Incapacitates and deals low Physical damage to the
target for 4 seconds. Damage breaks the effect. Mutually exclusive with
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Binding | Places an arrow on the ground. Enemies that pass by the arrow and then move 5 yards away from it are stunned for 3 seconds. |
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Camo | Gives you stealth for 1 minute, and heals you for 2% of
your maximum health every second. 1-minute cooldown that begins when the effect
ends. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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Sentinel | Places a ground circle that lets you ignore Line of Sight to all enemies caught in it. Its duration is determined by Focus spent before casting it. Every 150 Focus is 1 second of duration. It can only be cast with at least 5 seconds of duration. The number on the action button indicates the amount of seconds it will last. |
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SS | Deals low Nature damage initially, and applies an 18-second DoT. Costs 10 Focus. |
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- | Places a trap on the ground. The first enemy caught in it is trapped and immobilized, and takes heavy Physical damage over 20 seconds. The damage works even when the immobilization does not. Damage breaks the immobilization. 30-second cooldown. |
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- | Sends a horde of pets towards your target in a line,
dealing heavy Physical damage to all targets in the line over 12 seconds.
Enemies struck are slowed by 30%, and you have a 10% increased crit chance
against them for 5 seconds. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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DC | Sends a glaive towards your target that bounces 7
times. It also bounces to other nearby enemies. Enemies struck take 10% more
damage from you for 10 seconds, although in practice the duration is longer as
each bounce refreshes the effect. Its damage is increased by 15% for each
bounce, and each bounce generates 3 Focus. Mutually exclusive with
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ES | Starts a 3-second timer on the target. When it
expires, it deals heavy Fire damage to the target, and all nearby enemies. Costs
20 Focus. 30-second cooldown. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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- | Is a 3-second channel that deals heavy Physical damage to
all enemies in a cone in front of you. Costs 60 Focus and has a 20-second
cooldown. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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- | Increases your movement speed by 15/30% when you have not attacked for 3 seconds. |
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- | Causes ![]() |
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- | Improves the healing of ![]() |
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- | Causes you to reduce the cooldown of
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- | Reduces the cooldown of your Traps by 2.5/5 seconds. |
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- | Reduces the cooldown of
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- | Increases the damage reduction of
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BtBW | Reduces the cooldown of all baseline "Aspect" abilities by 10/20%. |
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- | Reduces your AoE damage taken by 6%. |
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- | Increases your movement speed by 3/6%. |
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- | Extends the Line-of-Sight ignore effect of
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Row 8-10 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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- | Increases pet damage by 3/6%. |
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- | Improves critical strike chance by 2/4%. |
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MaMa | Causes your ability crits to bleed for an additional 7/15% of damage dealt over 6 seconds. |
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- | Improves the damage of
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- | Increases the damage of ![]() ![]() |
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KI | Increases ![]() ![]() |
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AP | Gives ![]() ![]() |
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- | Causes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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HB | Increases ![]() |
Survival Hunter Talent Guide for Dragonflight
Row 1-4 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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RS | Deals moderate Physical damage for 30 Focus. |
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WFB | Deals low Fire damage in a cone in front of you, and a radius circle around your primary target, and an additional moderate Fire damage over 6 seconds. It has an 18-second recharge. |
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ToTS | Causes ![]() ![]() |
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- | Increases all damage done by your pet by 10%. |
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- | Gives ![]() |
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- | Throws a Harpoon at the target and pulls you towards it, and roots them for 3 seconds. 8-30 yard range, and a 30-second cooldown. |
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AoTE | Lets your ![]() |
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- | Increases you and your pet's maximum Focus by 10. |
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- | Makes ![]() |
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ToE | Reduces the cooldown of ![]() ![]() |
Row 5-7 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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GT | Gives your ![]() |
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- | Increases the range of your melee attacks and abilities by 3
yards, and causes your auto-attacks to reduce the remaining cooldown on ![]() |
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- | Deals low Physical damage to all enemies in an arc in front
of you. It deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets, and costs 35 Focus. 6-second
cooldown. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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- | Deals high Physical damage to all enemies in an arc in
front of you. It deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. It has 3 charges on a
9-second recharge, and costs 30 Focus. Mutually exclusive with ![]() |
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MB | Replaces ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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FS | Causes you and your pet to leap on the target, dealing high Physical damage and generating 30 Focus. 30-second cooldown. |
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- | Increases ![]() |
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VV | Gives ![]() ![]() |
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- | Improves your crit damage dealt by 2/4%. |
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- | Increases ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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- | Increases the damage of ![]() ![]() |
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- | Causes each stack of ![]() ![]() |
Row 8-10 Talents
Ability | Abbreviation | Description/Effect |
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WI | This talent amplifies your ![]()
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QS | Gives ![]() ![]() |
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CA | A 2-minute cooldown that causes you and your
pet to deal heavy Physical damage. Then, for the next 20 seconds, your pet's
Basic Attack will empower your next ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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- | Increases ![]() |
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FoTE | A 4-second channel that deals heavy Physical
damage to all targets in front of you. Crit chance is increased by 50% on
targets below 20% health, and it deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
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- | Increases the damage of your ranged spells
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- | Reduces the cooldown of ![]() |
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- | A 1.5-minute cooldown that deals low Physical damage.
After this, your pet gains 25% damage for 12 seconds, and your
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BoP | Causes ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Pet Specializations
There are 3 different pet specializations. These specializations are determined by your pet family and they cannot be changed. We recommend having a variety of pets of each spec, so that you can cover any situation.
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Pet Families and Abilities
Every Pet Family has a special ability. We recommend having at least one of every special ability and spec combination.
Ferocity Pets
Special Ability | Description | Pet Families |
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Damage Reduction Cooldown | Reduces the damage taken of your pet by 50% for 12 seconds. This has a 1-minute cooldown. | Core Hound (Exotic), Scalehide. |
Self-Dispel | Removes 1 Disease, 1 Magic, and 1 Poison effect from your pet. 10-second cooldown. | Bat, Ray |
Healing Reduction | Reduces the healing taken of your pet's target by 25% for 10 seconds. This has a 6-second cooldown, which means that it will be active all the time. | Carrion Bird, Devilsaur (Exotic), Ravager, Scorpid, Wasp. |
Damage Reduction On Low Health | Reduces your pet's damage taken by 60% for 15 seconds when your pet falls below 40% health. | Clefthoof (Exotic), Gorilla. |
Dodge Chance Cooldown | This ability increases your pet's Dodge chance by 30% for 20 seconds. It has a 1.5-minute cooldown. | Cat, Courser, Wind Serpent |
Slow/Snare | Reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. | Crocolisk, Spider, Tallstrider, Wolf, Chimaera. |
Tenacity Pets
Special Ability | Description | Pet Families |
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Damage Reduction Cooldown | Reduces the damage taken of your pet by 50% for 12 seconds. This has a 1-minute cooldown. | Krolusk (Exotic), Beetle, Turtle. |
Self-Dispel | Removes 1 Disease, 1 Magic, and 1 Poison effect from your pet. 10-second cooldown. | Spirit Beast (Exotic), Crane, Stag |
Healing Reduction | Reduces the healing taken of your pet's target by 25% for 10 seconds. This has a 6-second cooldown, which means that it will be active all the time. | Direhorn, Hydra, Riverbeast, Lizard. |
Damage Reduction On Low Health | Reduces your pet's damage taken by 60% for 15 seconds when your pet falls below 40% health. | Oxen, Bear. |
Dodge Chance Cooldown | This ability increases your pet's Dodge chance by 30% for 20 seconds. It has a 1.5-minute cooldown. | *Feathermane, Dragonhawk, Toad. |
Slow/Snare | Reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. | Worm (Exotic), Crab, Mammoth, Blood Beast |
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*Feathermane pets also have Updraft, which enables Slow Fall for you and your pet, allowing you to fall safely from almost any height while the pet is active for 30 seconds.
Cunning Pets
Special Ability | Description | Pet Families |
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Damage Reduction Cooldown | Reduces the damage taken of your pet by 50% for 12 seconds. This has a 1-minute cooldown. | Shale Beast (Exotic), Boar, Mechanical. |
Self-Dispel | Removes 1 Disease, 1 Magic, and 1 Poison effect from your pet. 10-second cooldown. | Sporebat, Moth, Water Strider (Exotic) |
Healing Reduction | Reduces the healing taken of your pet's target by 25% for 10 seconds. This has a 6-second cooldown, which means that it will be active all the time. | Hyena, Rodent, Raptor. |
Damage Reduction On Low Health | Reduces your pet's damage taken by 60% for 15 seconds when your pet falls below 40% health. | Gruffhorn, Pterrordax (Exotic), Camel |
Dodge Chance Cooldown | This ability increases your pet's Dodge chance by 30% for 20 seconds. It has a 1.5-minute cooldown. | Fox, Monkey, Serpent. |
Slow/Snare | Reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. | Basilisk, Bird of Prey, Hound, Warp Stalker, Aqiri (Exotic). |
* Water Strider pets also have Surface Trot, a passive ability
that lets you and your pet walk on water while out of combat. Damage will
break this effect.
Exotic Pets (Beast Mastery-only)
Pet Family | Specialization | Special Ability | Exotic Ability |
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Core Hound | Ferocity | ![]() |
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Chimaera | Ferocity | ![]() |
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Devilsaur | Ferocity | ![]() |
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Clefthoof | Ferocity | ![]() |
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Carapid | Tenacity | ![]() |
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Stone Hound | Tenacity | ![]() |
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Spirit Beast | Tenacity | ![]() |
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Worm | Tenacity | ![]() |
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Krolusk | Tenacity | ![]() |
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Shale Beast | Cunning | ![]() |
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Aqiri | Cunning | ![]() |
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Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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