Some Powerful Hunter Pet Abilities Nerfed in WoW: Forever

Hunter pets are seeing some nerfs in the latest WoW: Forever build, particularly to abilities that were too similar to other classes.

The community has raised concerns about how powerful some Hunter abilities such as Dismember and Sonic Blast were, especially since, to many, it felt like Hunters were simply gaining too much utility. Blizzard has now nerfed several of these abilities, drastically reducing effect length and value.

Can we not give Hunter's pets the best abilities in the game just as a little fun addition? — a post by Whoopeepoop on r/classicwow (2.3K upvotes, 1073 comments).

While these abilities are still strong, they're notably less powerful than they were, bringing back some power to other classes such as Warrior and Warlock, particularly in PvP.

Class Pets

Abilities (30)

• Dismember Viciously bites enemy appendages for 11 to 13 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. 25% for 6 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Healing Taken - %: Value: -50 -25
  • Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown
  • Duration changed from 10 sec to 6 sec

• Dismember Viciously bites enemy appendages for 18 to 20 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. 25% for 6 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Healing Taken - %: Value: -50 -25
  • Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown
  • Duration changed from 10 sec to 6 sec

• Dismember Viciously bites enemy appendages for 26 to 30 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. 25% for 6 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Healing Taken - %: Value: -50 -25
  • Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown
  • Duration changed from 10 sec to 6 sec

• Dismember Viciously bites enemy appendages for 39 to 45 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. 25% for 6 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Healing Taken - %: Value: -50 -25
  • Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown
  • Duration changed from 10 sec to 6 sec

• Dismember Viciously bites enemy appendages for 50 to 58 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. 25% for 6 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Healing Taken - %: Value: -50 -25
  • Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown
  • Duration changed from 10 sec to 6 sec

• Furious Howl The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 84. Lasts 1 min.

• Furious Howl The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 68. Lasts 1 min.

• Furious Howl The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 13. Lasts 1 min.

• Furious Howl The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 31 to 38. Lasts 1 min.

• Hunter Pet Scaling

  • REMOVED Effect #9 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 0
  • NEW Effect #9 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 0

• Mine! Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 10 to 12 damage and disarming them for 4 3 sec.

  • Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec

• Mine! Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 14 to 16 damage and disarming them for 4 3 sec.

  • Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec

• Mine! Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 20 to 24 damage and disarming them for 4 3 sec.

  • Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec

• Mine! Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 33 to 37 damage and disarming them for 4 3 sec.

  • Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec

• Mine! Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 41 to 47 damage and disarming them for 4 3 sec.

  • Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 50.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 50
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 50
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 100.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 100
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 100
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 160.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 160
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 160
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 240.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 240
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 240
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 330.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 330
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 330
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 430.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 430
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 430
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 550.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 550
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 550
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 675.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 675
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 675
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 810.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 810
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 810
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Natural Armor Armor increased by 1000.

  • REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Resistance: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 1000
  • NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Effect Aura #674: Modifies Buff Duration — Value: 1000
  • Duration changed from -1 ms to 0 ms
  • ProcChance changed from 101 to 0

• Sonic Blast Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 15 to 17 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 60% for 30 sec. 30% for 20 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Spell Haste %: Modifies Damage/Healing Done — Value: -60 -30
  • Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 1 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 30 sec to 20 sec

• Sonic Blast Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 33 to 39 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 60% for 30 sec. 30% for 20 sec.

  • Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Spell Haste %: Modifies Damage/Healing Done — Value: -60 -30
  • Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 1 min cooldown
  • Duration changed from 30 sec to 20 sec

• Sonic Blast Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 44 to 52 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 60% for 30 sec. 30% for 20 sec.