Hunters abilites at Cataclysm

As we are getting close to World Of Warcraft : Cataclysm release , some of us can hardly wait for the new changes for Hunters , while others really don't want Cataclysm because they feel that they wont like the changes.

As Blueposters on World Of Warcraft Official forums provided us a sneak peak to the hunters new abilities, that are :


-Cobra Shot (level 81) :
"A new shot that deals Nature damage instead of Physical damage. This ability will share a cooldown with Steady Shot. This will give hunters an alternative to Steady Shot on heavily-armored targets, and we will have talent incentives in the Beast Mastery tree to make this a signature shot. "

As Cobra Shot description appears as an alt of Steady Shot on heavy armored target , it mostly goes this way because of Armor Penetration on items and gems is removed , so it can be used in Specs that doesn't provide Armor Penetration such as BM & SV . The fact of it being Nature Damage makes armored targets damage reduction to have less of the effect on it , and thats because Damage reduction mostly effect Physical Damage , and so on the armor against this shot will be Nature resistance . The damage it will deal will probably benefit from both Spell power & Attack power buffs when raiding .. so until now its good news . :)




-Trap Launcher (level 83):
"When used, the next trap can be shot to a location within 40 yards. This provides the current Freezing Arrow treatment to all traps and, as a result, we will be removing the current ability Freezing Arrow. 1-minute cooldown. No global cooldown."

Trap Launcher is a very good fix to our traps , as we had the only Ranged Trap as "Freezing Arrow" , many players think this one is useless , but it gots many benefits , the most important thing is the fact it can be used at any Trap , and so on it will enable us to use Traps to DPS in raids, like to use Explosive Trap on trash and crowds , and using Immolation Trap on single bosses , so more DPS goes for us ! .



-Camouflage (level 85):
"The hunter enters an obscured state that prevents him or her from taking ranged damage. The character would still be subject to melee or area-of-effect attacks, and dealing or taking damage will break the Camouflage effect. The hunter can move and set traps when under Camouflage, and will receive a damage bonus when attacking while under Camouflage (which will then break the effect)."

Camouflage is one nice ability that well help us in many ways .. even though Blizzard did not mention the part if hunters can use it in combat or not ... but encase hunters are able to use it in combat then it will provide High DPS push , as they mentioned "..and will receive a damage bonus when attacking whole under Camouflage" , so we will be able to use it in our own rotation , as it gives damage bonus to our next attack , and in PvP it will help to survive against dotting classes , plus will help us as an opening ability before Nuking the enemy player , but anyways it still can help even if we cant use it in combat , you can count it as an opening high DPS the same as druid's pounce.

More to come! ....