Survival of the Fittest (Active - 20% damage reduction for the Hunter and Pet for 6 seconds with a 3 minute cooldown)Įndurance Training (Passive - 10% max health for you and your pet) Predator’s Thirst (Passive - 3% Leech for you and your pet) Each will have an active and a passive, and the active will be a Hunter class button that changes contextually with your active pet. There are currently 51 pet families, and each family will be categorized as Ferocity, Tenacity, or Cunning. Here are some specifics of the Battle for Azeroth design for Hunter pets: We’re going to try to ensure that every pet package is attractive, with a unique combination of benefits that work in many situations. At the same time, the Hunter who has grown attached to their spider named Fluffy should feel effective across the game. There should be opportunities to cleverly swap from one pet to another in a given situation and reap the benefit. It’s important to acknowledge that some hunters want to maximize their impact with their pet, while others are collectors who want a pet for every occasion. In that world, Hunters having access to both of the super powerful group benefits didn’t feel appropriate. Further, moving into Battle for Azeroth, we are solidifying Bloodlust and Battle Res as the strong shared cooldowns that a group can bring - one offense, one defense. After seeing that landscape, it felt odd to fully embrace Resurrection as part of the Hunter kit. In a world where we are proliferating abilities to many families, our first inclination was to add Battle Res to a separate third of those families. To that end, Bloodlust will be available on roughly a third of the tamable pet families rather than just two. In Legion, all Hunters have access to Bloodlust and Battle Res, but they only exist among a handful of families, which leads to very narrow options. Pure flavor abilities that many pets have are also staying like Trick and Rest.Įxpanding access to Bloodlust, and the removal of Battle Res from pets: Exotic Pets still have their unique ability (like Surface Trot) in addition to a new ability.
A special ability has been added to all pet families that were missing one. Pet family flavor is part of what makes selecting a companion unique and special, and want to emphasize that even more. Maintain and/or reinstate pet family uniqueness: They are no longer changeable, and each has a new passive and active ability that are useful in almost any situation. We are keeping the names Ferocity, Tenacity, and Cunning as the broad groups that all families fall into. Some spec-specific actives will be redistributed where appropriate. Charge will be removed, and all pets will have Growl and Dash/Swoop. All offensive and defensive passive abilities such as Blood of the Rhino and Combat Training will be rolled into every pet by default. Choosing to put a particular pet into “Tank spec” feels outdated, so we’re going to shift all pets to a setup that will work as though they’re specced into both Ferocity and Tenacity (in Legion terms). In Battle for Azeroth, all pets will have equal damage, health, and armor. Move past the idea of a DPS/Tank pet specialization: Our primary thoughts on pets going forward:
While we’re by no means finished, we have reached a place where we want to share some insight into our plans and explain some of what you might see in development as Alpha continues. As we’ve kicked off the Battle for Azeroth Alpha, we’ve seen a lot of discussion about the new way Hunter pets work.
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