Survival Hunter DPS Spell List and Glossary — Dragonflight 10.2.6

Last updated on Mar 19, 2024 at 18:50 by Azortharion 27 comments
General Information

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 10.2.6.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Survival Hunter spells.

1.

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.

2.

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).

3.

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.

4.

Baseline Dragonflight Abilities of Survival Hunter

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Arcane Shot Icon Arcane Shot AS An instant shot that deals low Arcane damage. Costs 40 Focus.
Steady Shot Icon Steady Shot Steady 1.75-second cast that deals low Physical damage.
Aspect of the Cheetah Icon Aspect of the Cheetah Cheetah Increases your movement speed by 90% for 3 seconds, and 30% for 9 seconds. 3-minute cooldown.
Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle Turtle Deflects most attacks for 8 seconds, and reduces damage taken by 30%. 3-minute cooldown.
Disengage Icon Disengage - Leaps you backwards. 20-second cooldown.
Exhilaration Icon Exhilaration Exhil Heals you for 30%, and your pet for 100% of its maximum health. 2-minute cooldown.
Eyes of the Beast Icon Eyes of the Beast EoTB Lets you take control of your pet and see from its perspective for 1 minute.
Feign Death Icon Feign Death 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.
Flare Icon Flare - Reveals all stealthed enemies caught in the ground-target location. 20-second cooldown.
Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap 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.
Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark 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.
Mend Pet Icon Mend Pet - Heals your pet for 50% of its total health over 10 seconds. If your pet is dead, it turns into Revive Pet Icon Revive Pet.
Revive Pet Icon Revive Pet - Revives your pet with full health. 3-second cast, 35 Focus.
Wing Clip Icon Wing Clip - 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.

5.

Survival Hunter Talent Guide for Dragonflight

This is our list of all the Survival Hunter Talents in Dragonflight.

6.

Hunter Talent List for Dragonflight

6.1.

Row 1-4 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Kill Command Icon Kill Command KC Deals heavy Physical damage on a 7.5-second cooldown for 30 Focus.
Concussive Shot Icon Concussive Shot Conc Slows your target by 50% for 6 seconds. Steady Shot Icon Steady Shot extends this by 3 seconds.
Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot KS Deals heavy Physical damage for 10 Focus on a 10-second cooldown. It is only usable on targets below 20% health.
Counter Shot Icon Counter Shot 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.
Tar Trap Icon Tar Trap - 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.
Misdirection Icon Misdirection 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.
Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest SoTF Reduces your damage taken by 20% for 8 seconds, on a 2-minute cooldown.
6.2.

Row 5-7 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Tranquilizing Shot Icon Tranquilizing Shot Tranq Removes 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect from your target on a 10-second cooldown.
Scare Beast Icon Scare Beast - Fears a Beast enemy for 20-seconds. Breaks on damage. Costs 25 Focus.
Intimidation Icon Intimidation Intim Stuns a target for 5 seconds. 1-minute cooldown. Mutually exclusive with High Explosive Trap Icon High Explosive Trap.
High Explosive Trap Icon High Explosive Trap . 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 Intimidation Icon Intimidation
Scatter Shot Icon Scatter Shot Scatter Incapacitates and deals low Physical damage to the target for 4 seconds. Damage breaks the effect. Mutually exclusive with Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot.
Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot 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.
Camouflage Icon Camouflage 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 Scatter Shot Icon Scatter Shot.
Sentinel Owl Icon Sentinel Owl 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.
Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting SS Deals low Nature damage initially, and applies an 18-second DoT. Costs 10 Focus.
Steel Trap Icon Steel Trap - 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.
Stampede Icon Stampede - 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 Death Chakram Icon Death Chakram.
Death Chakram Icon Death Chakram 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 Stampede Icon Stampede.
Explosive Shot Icon Explosive Shot 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 Barrage Icon Barrage.
Barrage Icon Barrage - 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 Explosive Shot Icon Explosive Shot.
Trailblazer Icon Trailblazer - Increases your movement speed by 15/30% when you have not attacked for 3 seconds.
Posthaste Icon Posthaste - Causes Disengage Icon Disengage to give you 25/50% movement speed for 4 seconds after landing, and also causes it to break slows, snares, and roots.
Improved Kill Shot Icon Improved Kill Shot - Increases Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot's critical damage bonus by 25%.
Wilderness Medicine Icon Wilderness Medicine - Improves the healing of Mend Pet Icon Mend Pet by 25/50%, and gives it a 25/50% chance to dispel a magic effect from your pet each time that it heals.
Natural Mending Icon Natural Mending . - Causes you to reduce the cooldown of Exhilaration Icon Exhilaration whenever you spend 25/12 Focus by 1 second
Entrapment Icon Entrapment - Causes Tar Trap Icon Tar Trap to also root enemies caught in it for 4 seconds. Damage breaks this effect.
Improved Traps Icon Improved Traps - Reduces the cooldown of your Traps by 2.5/5 seconds.
Lone Survivor Icon Lone Survivor - Reduces the cooldown of Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest by 30 seconds, and increases its duration by 2 seconds. Mutually exclusive with Nature's Endurance Icon Nature's Endurance
Nature's Endurance Icon Nature's Endurance - Increases the damage reduction of Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest to 40%. Mutually exclusive with Lone Survivor Icon Lone Survivor.
Born To Be Wild Icon Born To Be Wild BtBW Reduces the cooldown of all baseline "Aspect" abilities by 10/20%.
Improved Tranquilizing Shot Icon Improved Tranquilizing Shot - Causes Tranquilizing Shot Icon Tranquilizing Shot to give 10 Focus when it dispels something.
Rejuvenating Wind Icon Rejuvenating Wind - Causes Exhilaration Icon Exhilaration to heal for an additional 11/22% of max health over 8 seconds. Also increases maximum health by 4/8%.
Binding Shackles Icon Binding Shackles - Causes targets affected by Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot/High Explosive Trap Icon High Explosive Trap/Scatter Shot Icon Scatter Shot/Intimidation Icon Intimidation to also deal 10% reduced damage to you after their effects end.
Hunter's Avoidance Icon Hunter's Avoidance - Reduces your AoE damage taken by 6%.
Pathfinding Icon Pathfinding - Increases your movement speed by 3/6%.
Sentinel's Perception Icon Sentinel's Perception - Extends the Line-of-Sight ignore effect of Sentinel Owl Icon Sentinel Owl to your party members. Mutually exclusive with Sentinel's Protection Icon Sentinel's Protection.
Sentinel's Protection Icon Sentinel's Protection - Causes Sentinel Owl Icon Sentinel Owl to also grant 5% Leech to all party members. Mutually exclusive with Sentinel's Perception Icon Sentinel's Perception.
6.3.

Row 8-10 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Beast Master Icon Beast Master - Increases pet damage by 3/6%.
Keen Eyesight Icon Keen Eyesight - Improves critical strike chance by 2/4%.
Master Marksman Icon Master Marksman MaMa Causes your ability crits to bleed for an additional 7/15% of damage dealt over 6 seconds.
Improved Kill Command Icon Improved Kill Command - Improves the damage of Kill Command Icon Kill Command by 5/10%.
Serrated Shots Icon Serrated Shots - Increases the damage of Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting and Bleeds like Master Marksman Icon Master Marksman by 10/20%. This effect is doubled on targets below 30% health.
Arctic Bola Icon Arctic Bola - Gives Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike a chance to throw a Bola at your target which snares it by 20% for 3 seconds, and deals low/moderate Frost damage. Damage increases by point.
Killer Instinct Icon Killer Instinct KI Increases Kill Command Icon Kill Command damage by 50% on targets below 35% health. Mutually exclusive with Alpha Predator Icon Alpha Predator.
Alpha Predator Icon Alpha Predator AP Gives Kill Command Icon Kill Command an extra charge, and increases its damage by 15%. Mutually exclusive with Killer Instinct Icon Killer Instinct.
Poison Injection Icon Poison Injection - Causes Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting ticks to apply the Latent Poison Icon Latent Poison debuff to the target, stacking up to 10 times. Using Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike consumes the stacks, dealing low Nature damage per stack consumed. Mutually exclusive with Hydra's Bite Icon Hydra's Bite
Hydra's Bite Icon Hydra's Bite HB Increases Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting damage by 20%, and causes it to fire on up to 2 additional targets.
6.4.

Survival Hunter Talent Guide for Dragonflight

6.5.

Row 1-4 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike RS Deals moderate Physical damage for 30 Focus.
Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb 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.
Tip of the Spear Icon Tip of the Spear ToTS Causes Kill Command Icon Kill Command to increase the damage of your next Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike by 12%/25%, stacking up to 3 times.
Ferocity Icon Ferocity - Increases all damage done by your pet by 10%.
Flanker's Advantage Icon Flanker's Advantage - Gives Kill Command Icon Kill Command a 15% additional chance to reset its cooldown on use.
Harpoon Icon Harpoon - 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.
Aspect of the Eagle Icon Aspect of the Eagle AoTE Lets your Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike be used from range for 15 seconds. 1.5-minute cooldown.
Energetic Ally Icon Energetic Ally - Increases you and your pet's maximum Focus by 10.
Bloodseeker Icon Bloodseeker - Makes Kill Command Icon Kill Command cause your target to bleed for moderate Physical damage over 8 seconds. You and your pet also gain 10% auto-attack speed for each bleeding enemy within 12 yards.
Terms of Engagement Icon Terms of Engagement ToE Reduces the cooldown of Harpoon Icon Harpoon by 10% seconds, and causes it to do low Physical damage over 10 seconds, while generating 20 Focus. Landing a killing blow on an enemy will also reset the cooldown of Harpoon Icon Harpoon.
6.6.

Row 5-7 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Guerrilla Tactics Icon Guerrilla Tactics GT Gives your Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb 2 charges, and its initial explosion deals 50% increased damage.
Lunge Icon Lunge - Increases the range of your melee attacks and abilities by 3 yards, and causes your auto-attacks to reduce the remaining cooldown on Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb by 1 second.
Carve Icon Carve - 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 Butchery Icon Butchery.
Butchery Icon Butchery - 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 Carve Icon Carve.
Mongoose Bite Icon Mongoose Bite MB Replaces Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike. It deals significantly more damage, and also grants the stacking Mongoose Fury Icon Mongoose Fury for 14 seconds. Each stack increases the damage of your next Mongoose Bite Icon Mongoose Bite by 15%, stacking up to 5 times. The duration does not refresh.
Intense Focus Icon Intense Focus - Causes Kill Command Icon Kill Command to generate 6 additional Focus.
Improved Wildfire Bomb Icon Improved Wildfire Bomb - Increases Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb damage by 12/25%.
Frenzy Strikes Icon Frenzy Strikes - Causes Carve Icon Carve and Butchery Icon Butchery to reduce the remaining cooldown of Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb and Flanking Strike Icon Flanking Strike by 1 second per target hit, up to 5 targets.
Flanking Strike Icon Flanking Strike FS Causes you and your pet to leap on the target, dealing high Physical damage and generating 30 Focus. 30-second cooldown.
Spear Focus Icon Spear Focus - Increases Mongoose Bite Icon Mongoose Bite damage by 5/10%.
Viper's Venom Icon Viper's Venom VV Gives Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike a 15% chance to apply Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting on your target.
Sharp Edges Icon Sharp Edges - Improves your crit damage dealt by 2/4%.
Sweeping Spear Icon Sweeping Spear - Increases Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike, Butchery Icon Butchery, and Carve Icon Carve damage by 5/10%.
Tactical Advantage Icon Tactical Advantage - Increases the damage of Flanking Strike Icon Flanking Strike by 10/20%, and Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb by 4/8%.
Bloody Claws Icon Bloody Claws - Causes each stack of Mongoose Fury Icon Mongoose Fury to improve your Kill Command Icon Kill Command reset chance by 2%.
6.7.

Row 8-10 Talents

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Wildfire Infusion Icon Wildfire Infusion WI This talent amplifies your Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb in one of three ways, rotating randomly.
  • Shrapnel Bomb Icon Shrapnel Bomb causes your Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike and Carve Icon Carve/Butchery Icon Butchery to stack Internal Bleeding Icon Internal Bleeding, a bleed that deals moderate Physical damage over 9 seconds, and stacks up to 3 times.
  • Pheromone Bomb Icon Pheromone Bomb gives Kill Command Icon Kill Command a 100% chance to reset its cooldown for 6 seconds.
  • Volatile Bomb Icon Volatile Bomb deals extra Fire damage to targets suffering from Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting, and applies Serpent Sting Icon Serpent Sting on up to 3 targets./li>
Quick Shot Icon Quick Shot QS Gives Kill Command Icon Kill Command resets a 30% chance to fire an Arcane Shot Icon Arcane Shot at the target.
Coordinated Assault Icon Coordinated Assault 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 Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb or Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot. Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb's initial damage is increased by 20%, while Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot deals 50% extra damage as a 6-second Bleed.
Killer Companion Icon Killer Companion - Increases Kill Command Icon Kill Command damage by 5/10%.
Fury of the Eagle Icon Fury of the Eagle 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. Kill Command Icon Kill Command resets reduce the cooldown of Fury of the Eagle Icon Fury of the Eagle by 3 seconds.
Ranger Icon Ranger - Increases the damage of your ranged spells Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot, Arcane Shot Icon Arcane Shot, Steady Shot Icon Steady Shot and Explosive Shot Icon Explosive Shot by 20%/40%.
Coordinated Kill Icon Coordinated Kill - Causes Coordinated Assault Icon Coordinated Assault to reduce the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb by 25/50%. Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb also generates 5/10 Focus when thrown, Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot's cooldown is reduced by 25/50%, and it can be used on any target regardless of their health.
Explosives Expert Icon Explosives Expert - Reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb by 1/2 seconds.
Spearhead Icon Spearhead - A 1.5-minute cooldown that deals low Physical damage. After this, your pet gains 25% damage for 12 seconds, and your Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike deals an additional 35% damage over 4 seconds, and Kill Command Icon Kill Command has a 20% increased chance to reset.
Ruthless Marauder Icon Ruthless Marauder RM causes Fury of the Eagle Icon Fury of the Eagle to gain its critical strike bonus on targets below 35/50/65% health, individual crits of Fury of the Eagle Icon Fury of the Eagle reduce the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb and Flanking Strike Icon Flanking Strike by 0.5/1/1.5 seconds.
Birds of Prey Icon Birds of Prey BoP Causes Kill Shot Icon Kill Shot to strike up to 3 additional targets while Coordinated Assault Icon Coordinated Assault is active. Mutually exclusive with Bombardier Icon Bombardier
Bombardier Icon Bombardier - Causes Wildfire Bomb Icon Wildfire Bomb's cooldown to reset at the start and end of Coordinated Assault Icon Coordinated Assault. Mutually exclusive with Birds of Prey Icon Birds of Prey.
Deadly Duo Icon Deadly Duo - Causes Spearhead Icon Spearhead to reduce the Focus cost of Raptor Strike Icon Raptor Strike by 5, and Kill Command Icon Kill Command resets to extend the duration of Spearhead Icon Spearhead by 0.8/1.5 seconds.
7.

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.

Pet Spec Passive Effect Active Ability
Ferocity Predator's Thirst Icon Predator's Thirst gives you and your pet 10% Leech. Leech heals you based on how much damage you do. Primal Rage Icon Primal Rage, which provides the Bloodlust Icon Bloodlust/ Heroism Icon Heroism effect, increasing Haste for you and all nearby allies by 30% for 40 seconds. This shares cooldown with Bloodlust/Heroism and similar effects.
Tenacity Endurance Training Icon Endurance Training increases the maximum health of you and your pet by 5%. Fortitude of the Bear Icon Fortitude of the Bear is a defensive ability that increases your maximum health by 20% for 10 seconds, on a 2-minute cooldown.
Cunning Pathfinding Icon Pathfinding increases the movement speed of you and your pet by 8%. Master's Call Icon Master's Call removes all movement-impairing effects from your pet and a friendly target, and makes them immune to movement-impairing effects for 4 seconds. The friendly target can be you. It has a 45-second cooldown.
8.

Pet Families and Abilities

Every Pet Family has a special ability. We recommend having at least one of every special ability and spec combination.

8.1.

Ferocity Pets

Special Ability Description Pet Families
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.
8.2.

Tenacity Pets

Special Ability Description Pet Families
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
Magical Damage Reduction Shimmering Scales Icon Shimmering Scales reduces your pet's magical damage taken by 70% for 8 seconds, on a 1.5-minute cooldown. Lesser Dragonkin

*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.

8.3.

Cunning Pets

Special Ability Description Pet Families
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 Icon Surface Trot, a passive ability that lets you and your pet walk on water while out of combat. Damage will break this effect.

8.4.

Exotic Pets (Beast Mastery-only)

Pet Family Specialization Special Ability Exotic Ability
Core Hound Ferocity Obsidian Skin Icon Obsidian Skin reduces your pet's damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds. It has a 1-minute cooldown. Molten Hide Icon Molten Hide causes your pet to gain Molten Hide when it gets hit by a melee attack, causing it to deal slight Fire damage to all further melee attackers for 10 seconds. It can only activate every 60 seconds.
Chimaera Ferocity Frost Breath Icon Frost Breath reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. Froststorm Breath Icon Froststorm Breath is an 8-second channeled ability for your pet that deals AoE damage to all enemies within 12 yards every 2 seconds. It costs 10 Focus to activate, and then 5 Focus per second to maintain.
Devilsaur Ferocity Monstrous Bite Icon Monstrous Bite reduces the healing taken of your pet's target by 25%. It lasts 10 seconds and has a 6-second cooldown, meaning it is up all the time. Feast Icon Feast lets you order your pet to consume a nearby Humanoid or Beast corpse within 5 yards, healing your pet for 20% of its maximum health, and restoring 20 Focus over 6 seconds.
Clefthoof Ferocity Thick Hide Icon Thick Hide gives your pet a 60% damage reduction for 15 seconds when it falls below 40% health. This can only occur once every 2 minutes. Blood of the Rhino Icon Blood of the Rhino is a passive effect that increases your pet's armor by 10%, and increases the effectiveness of all healing done to it by 20%.
Carapid Tenacity Bulwark Icon Bulwark reduces the damage taken of your pet by 50% for 12 seconds. It has a 1-minute cooldown. Calcified Carapace Icon Calcified Carapace reduces the Physical damage taken of your pet by a very small amount.
Stone Hound Tenacity Stone Armor Icon Stone Armor buffs your pet when it falls below 40% health, reducing its damage taken by 40% and healing it for 3% of its maximum health every 1 second for 15 seconds. This effect can only occur every 2 minutes. Eternal Guardian Icon Eternal Guardian is an instant resurrection for your pet. If your pet has died, you can use it to instantly revive it with 100% of its health. It has an 8-minute cooldown.
Spirit Beast Tenacity Spirit Pulse Icon Spirit Pulse removes 1 Magic, 1 Disease, and 1 Poison effect from itself. It has a 10-second cooldown. Spirit Mend Icon Spirit Mend heals a friendly target for a small amount instantly, and applies a small healing DoT for 10 seconds. It costs 5 pet Focus. It can be cast on yourself as well. Spirit Beasts also have the Prowl stealth ability, like Cats.
Worm Tenacity Acid Spit Icon Acid Spit reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. Burrow Attack Icon Burrow Attack is an 8-second channeled ability for your pet that deals AoE damage to all enemies within 12 yards every 2 seconds. It costs 10 Focus to activate, and then 5 Focus per second to maintain.
Krolusk Tenacity Bulwark Icon Bulwark reduces your pet's damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds. It has a 1-minute cooldown. Calcified Carapace Icon Calcified Carapace passively reduces your pet's Physical damage taken by approximately 10%. The proper spell data is not in the game for this ability yet.
Shale Beast Cunning Solid Shell Icon Solid Shell reduces your pet's damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds. It has a 1-minute cooldown. Shimmering Shale Icon Shimmering Shale passively reduces your pet's magic damage taken by approximately 10%.
Aqiri Cunning Tendon Rip Icon Tendon Rip reduces the movement speed of your pet's target by 50% for 6 seconds. It has a 10-second cooldown. Dune Strider Icon Dune Strider passively increases your pet's movement speed by 30%.
Water Strider Cunning Soothing Waters Icon Soothing Waters removes 1 Magic, 1 Disease, and 1 Poison effect from itself. It has a 10-second cooldown. Surface Trot Icon Surface Trot allows you and your pet to walk on water. Any damage taken will cancel the effect and cause you to fall in the water.
Pterrordax Cunning Ancient Hide Icon Ancient Hide Reduces your pet's damage taken by 60% for 15 seconds when your pet falls below 40% health.
9.

Changelog

  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 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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