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Spell glossary: Hunter

The spells and talents of a sustained single-target Hunter rotation at level 20, with their real values sourced from WoW: Forever's own Wowhead tooltips.

Abilities

Ability	Required level	Cost	Cooldown	Cast	Effect	Source
Aimed Shot	20	75 Mana	6s	2 sec	100% weapon dmg +20	Wowhead tooltip
Serpent Sting	18	50 Mana	None	Instant	60 / 15s (12/tick)	Wowhead tooltip
Arcane Shot	20	50 Mana	6s	Instant	39	Wowhead tooltip

Talents

Ability	Tree	Max rank	Effect	DPS relevant?
Lethal Attacks	Marksmanship	5	—	Yes
Careful Aim	Marksmanship	5	—	Yes
Lone Wolf	Marksmanship	1	+20% damage to Multi-Shot specifically, per Icy Veins' guide text (a dungeon-AoE-focused pick, not general single-target value)	Yes

What's still missing

This class isn't complete yet: here's precisely what hasn't been sourced yet, rather than leaving it silent.

Pet damage is entirely unsourced: the guide's own text says "the majority of a Hunter's power comes from both you and your pet's basic attacks" -- likely a large fraction of real total DPS, and completely out of scope for this pass (would need the pet's own stats, AI, and abilities).
Auto Shot itself (the ranged weapon's own auto-attack) isn't a distinct spell with tooltip damage numbers the way a cast ability is -- it's driven by the equipped ranged weapon's own damage/speed, the same way melee auto-attacks are handled by a simulator's own logic rather than a glossary entry. Noted here, not modeled as an ability.
Hunter's Mark, Aspect of the Hawk, Disengage, Mend Pet (all named in the real rotation) not looked up.
Beast Mastery's real general-purpose build (Deadly Aspects + Pathfinding) not sourced -- see the caveat above.
"talents.beast_mastery" and "talents.survival" are empty placeholders.

See also: the DPS simulator and character optimizer use this same data.

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