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Azeroth Survivors Hunter Build

TL;DR

Hunter lands A-tier on reach: Arcane Shot opens at 28 yards — the longest first shot of the nine kits — on 135 HP and 7.0 yd/s. Aspect of the Cheetah is a run-speed burst from level 5, not a teleport, and the pool's two AOE tags are both ground tools. Suits kiting at range with Volley and Explosive Trap.

  • Opening spell — Arcane Shot: 13 damage on a 1s cycle, single target, 28 yards.
  • Tagged AOE ×2: Volley, Explosive Trap — both Ground kind.
  • First boss 2:15; victory at 15:00. Aspect of the Cheetah on F: Run 70% faster for 5 sec. 14s cooldown.

Hunter build at a glance

RoleRanged kiting
Featured kitVolley Trap
Starting spellArcane Shot · 13 dmg · 1s · 1 target · 28 yd
AOE count2 tagged AOE spells
Max HP135
Move speed7.0 yd/s
F abilityAspect of the Cheetah at level 5 · 14s · Run 70% faster for 5 sec.
Spell pool / cap7 in pool · cap 6
Difficulty3/5 — 135 HP, ranged start, two ground/AOE tools
Best forKiting at range with Volley and Explosive Trap

Full kit numbers live on the Hunter class page. Nothing in this pool reaches shorter than Explosive Trap’s 14 yards — every spell here works at range. The nine-class directory is on /builds.

Core combo and skill priority

Volley Trap drafts four names — Volley, Explosive Trap, Multi Shot, Aimed Shot — into a pick order, not a rotation: everything casts itself once learned. Offers come three cards at a time off the card weights (1.2 owned-spell upgrade, 1.0 new class spell, 0.8 passive upgrade, 0.5 new passive), so the four land across several drafts.

  1. 0–5 min. Arcane Shot (13 damage, 1s, 28 yards) is the opener. Buy Volley (8 damage across a 7-yard circle for 5s) and Explosive Trap (22 damage plus 4/s in a 5-yard patch) out of early offers. Level 5 turns on Aspect of the Cheetah — Run 70% faster for 5 sec. Boss one spawns at 2:15.
  2. Mid run. Multi Shot (10 damage to 3 targets at 26 yards) joins next; keep ranking Arcane Shot, whose extra targets land at card ranks 3, 5, and 7. Aimed Shot can wait — the two ground tools are the wave coverage.
  3. Late run. Aimed Shot (48 damage, 4s, 32 yards) takes the seat that remains. Serpent Sting (4/s over 9s, 2 targets) is the filler DoT; Concussive Shot carries Slow(0.5, 4.0). Victory clock reads 15:00.

Other names in the 7-spell pool, outside Volley Trap: Serpent Sting (2 damage, 4/s, 2.6s, 26 yards, 2 targets); Concussive Shot (8 damage, 3s, 28 yards, Slow(0.5, 4.0)).

What to level first

Arcane Shot upgrades first whenever shown — it is equipped from the start, owned upgrades draw the 1.2 weight, and card ranks 3, 5, and 7 add a target apiece. When a Volley Trap card shares a screen with a spare bolt, take the named four; they are the coverage the build is bought for.

Seven pool names, 6 slots, a rank-8 ceiling — one name stays home. With Volley and Explosive Trap planted, the last slots weigh Serpent Sting's 4/s over 9s on 2 targets against Concussive Shot's Slow(0.5, 4.0); Aimed Shot can wait for an open seat.

Passive cards cap at 6 of rank 5 from the same 10-name list all nine classes draw on — no hunter tree exists in this snapshot. Aspect of the Cheetah is a level-5 timer unlock, never a card.

PassiveStatPer rankCap
Blessing of MightMight0.10.5
Power Word: FortitudeMaxHp0.21
Aspect of the PackSpeed0.10.5
RenewRegen0.52.5
Arcane IntellectHaste0.080.4
Amplify MagicArea0.10.5
Detect Lesser InvisibilityMagnet0.42
Blessing of WisdomGrowth0.080.4
Mark of the WildArmor15
Blessing of KingsCrit0.050.25

Hunter's kit matchups

Hunter's row: 135 HP, 7.0 yd/s, a 28-yard opener, 2 AOE tags, and Aspect of the Cheetah on F — Run 70% faster for 5 sec. Even the shortest reach in the kit (Explosive Trap, 14 yards) out-ranges every Warrior and Rogue opener; the table below is the extracted comparison, not a match record.

Boss one spawns at 2:15 on all maps in this file; enemy HP scales x(1+0.75*progress), damage x(1+0.9*progress), and the clock stops at 15:00.

How Hunter changed in v1

The v1 tag is a snapshot label on this site, not an Aethus patch number — no numbered changelog exists for it. Hunter's numbers here are the extracted 7-spell kit: Arcane Shot opener, Aspect of the Cheetah at level 5, 135 HP, 7.0 yd/s, 2 AOE tags, pinned to commit eb9bbe3 (2026-10-13). The Windows package it came from reads 2026-10-19 18:26 GMT.

A live build with different values would surface in the Hunter spell table at the next extraction — that page updates first.

Hunter vs the other classes

ClassHPAOEStartBuild
Hunter1352Arcane ShotThis page
Mage1206FrostboltMage build
Warrior1604CleaveWarrior build
Paladin1602Hammer of WrathPaladin build
Rogue1351Sinister StrikeRogue build

Mage is the six-AOE teleport kit on 120 HP. Warrior is the 160 HP soak. Paladin matches plate HP with a ground circle. Rogue is the melee six-spell pool. For the S/A/B/C board, open the tier list.

Hunter talents (checked in game 0.130.1)

Source: our playtest of wow.aethus.pl on 2026-10-30. This talent tree snapshot is 0.130.1. Effects are copied from the in-game tooltip with no points spent. Talents change often — check the in-game tree.

Beast Mastery
  1. Row 1
  2. Improved Aspect of the Hawk (5 ranks) — Your cooldowns recover 1.5% faster.
  3. Endurance Training (5 ranks) — Increases your maximum health by 3%.
  1. Row 2
  2. Improved Aspect of the Monkey (5 ranks) — Reduces all damage taken by 1%.Requires 5 points in Beast Mastery
  3. Pathfinding (2 ranks) — Increases your movement speed by 4%.Requires 5 points in Beast Mastery
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Tame Beast (1 rank) — A wolf fights at your side, biting what you shoot.Requires 10 points in Beast Mastery
  3. Unleashed Fury (5 ranks) — Your pets deal 20% more damage.Requires 10 points in Beast Mastery
  1. Row 4
  2. Ferocity (5 ranks) — Increases your and your pets' critical strike chance by 1%.Requires 15 points in Beast Mastery
  3. Spirit Bond (2 ranks) — Regenerate 0.8 more health per second.Requires 15 points in Beast Mastery
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Frenzy (1 rank) — Your pets' bites have a 75% chance to fire a free Multi-Shot.Requires 20 points in Beast Mastery · Requires 1 rank in Tame Beast
  3. Bestial Discipline (3 ranks) — Your pets deal 20% more damage.Requires 20 points in Beast Mastery
  1. Row 6
  2. Intimidation (3 ranks) — Auto Shot and Multi-Shot deal 6% more damage.Requires 25 points in Beast Mastery
  3. Ferocious Inspiration (3 ranks) — Increases all damage by 3%.Requires 25 points in Beast Mastery
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Bestial Wrath (1 rank) — A raptor joins your wolf, and your pets' bites tear through 2 more enemies nearby for 100% of the bite.Requires 30 points in Beast Mastery · Requires 1 rank in Frenzy
  3. White Devilsaur (no talent point) — A White Devilsaur fights at your side in place of the wolf Tame Beast brings and the raptor Bestial Wrath adds: one beast, biting as often and as hard as they would. Tame Beast and Bestial Wrath still need their points.Requires the achievement Jurassic Pack
Marksmanship
  1. Row 1
  2. Lethal Shots (5 ranks) — Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.
  3. Efficiency (5 ranks) — Your cooldowns recover 1.5% faster.
  1. Row 2
  2. Improved Arcane Shot (5 ranks) — Arcane Shot's cooldown is 6% shorter.Requires 5 points in Marksmanship
  3. Improved Serpent Sting (5 ranks) — Serpent Sting deals 8% more damage.Requires 5 points in Marksmanship
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Piercing Shots (1 rank) — Auto Shot pierces: every arrow also strikes 1 enemy beyond its target for 80% of it.Requires 10 points in Marksmanship
  3. Mortal Shots (5 ranks) — Increases your critical strike damage by 6%.Requires 10 points in Marksmanship
  1. Row 4
  2. Ranged Weapon Specialization (5 ranks) — Increases all damage by 1.5%.Requires 15 points in Marksmanship
  3. Improved Multi-Shot (2 ranks) — Multi-Shot fires at 1 more targets.Requires 15 points in Marksmanship
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Rapid Fire (1 rank) — Every 6th shot you fire is followed by a free Aimed Shot.Requires 20 points in Marksmanship · Requires 1 rank in Piercing Shots
  3. Barrage (3 ranks) — Multi-Shot and Volley deal 8% more damage.Requires 20 points in Marksmanship
  1. Row 6
  2. Hawk Eye (3 ranks) — You deal 5% more damage to elites and bosses.Requires 25 points in Marksmanship
  3. Scatter Shot (3 ranks) — Concussive Shot and Aimed Shot cooldowns are 7% shorter.Requires 25 points in Marksmanship
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Kill Shot (1 rank) — You start every run with Aimed Shot; its cooldown is 15% shorter and a killing blow readies it again, at most every 2 sec.Requires 30 points in Marksmanship · Requires 1 rank in Rapid Fire
Survival
  1. Row 1
  2. Monster Slaying (5 ranks) — You deal 3% more damage to elites and bosses.
  3. Deflection (5 ranks) — Reduces all damage taken by 1%.
  1. Row 2
  2. Clever Traps (3 ranks) — Your traps cover 10% more ground.Requires 5 points in Survival
  3. Survivalist (5 ranks) — Increases your maximum health by 2%.Requires 5 points in Survival
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Entrapment (1 rank) — Your traps hold what they hit: every hit of a trap has a 50% chance to root the enemy for 2 sec.Requires 10 points in Survival
  3. Savage Strikes (3 ranks) — Increases your critical strike chance by 1.2%.Requires 10 points in Survival
  1. Row 4
  2. Trap Mastery (3 ranks) — Your traps' cooldowns are 8% shorter.Requires 15 points in Survival
  3. Surefooted (3 ranks) — Increases your movement speed by 3%.Requires 15 points in Survival
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Explosive Ammunition (1 rank) — Enemies killed by your Auto Shot or Multi-Shot explode for 20% of their maximum health on everything within 6 yd.Requires 20 points in Survival · Requires 1 rank in Entrapment
  3. Killer Instinct (3 ranks) — Fire spells deal 8% more damage.Requires 20 points in Survival
  1. Row 6
  2. Lightning Reflexes (5 ranks) — Increases all damage by 2%.Requires 25 points in Survival
  3. Counterattack (2 ranks) — When an enemy strikes you in melee, 15% chance to set off a free Explosive Trap.Requires 25 points in Survival
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Wyvern Sting (1 rank) — You start every run with Frost Trap, and an Explosive Trap sets itself at your feet every 5 sec.Requires 30 points in Survival · Requires 1 rank in Explosive Ammunition
Hunter talent trees, in-game screenshot
Hunter talent trees, in-game screenshot · game 0.130.1

FAQ

What is the best Hunter build in Azeroth Survivors?
Volley Trap — Volley, Explosive Trap, Multi Shot, Aimed Shot — on 135 HP with an Arcane Shot starter that already reaches 28 yards. 2 of the 7 pool spells carry AOE tags; Aspect of the Cheetah unlocks on F at level 5.
What should Hunter level first?
Arcane Shot upgrades on sight — 13 damage on a 1s cycle, equipped from spawn, and card ranks 3, 5, and 7 add its targets. Volley (7-yard ground for 5s) and Explosive Trap (22 damage plus a 4/s patch) come before a second single-target shot. Six spells is the ceiling.
When does Hunter Aspect of the Cheetah unlock?
Level 5 — the unlock timer every class's F spell shares. Run 70% faster for 5 sec. Cooldown 14s; before that, kiting leans on 7.0 yd/s and the 28-yard opener.
Is Multi Shot a tagged AOE spell?
It is not — Multi Shot is a 3-target bolt (10 damage, 2s, 26 yards) without the tag. The tagged pair is Volley and Explosive Trap; Aimed Shot is the pool's heaviest single-target bolt at 48 damage from 32 yards.

Data from the game's open-source build, updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: GitHub rebuild data and in-game playtests.