Survival Tactics

Survival Tactics (Trap Mastery in Classic Era), a Hunter Survival ability, was changed in WoW Forever: Rank 1 "Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by 5%" in Classic Era, "Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 17%" in Forever. 2 of 2 ranks differ from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Hunter talent Survival Tactics. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Survival Tactics tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Trap Mastery

Rank 1 · Physical school

Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by 5%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Survival Tactics

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 17%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by $s1%.	Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 16, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 17, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 16, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Trap Mastery	Survival Tactics
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 changed

Trap Mastery (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2, changes marked.

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Rank 1 Rank 2

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Trap Mastery

Rank 2 · Physical school

Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by 10%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Survival Tactics

Physical school

Changed: Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%.

Shown at rank 2 of 2.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Survival Tactics in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed "Decreases the chance enemies will resist trap effects by 5%" in Classic Era, "Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 17%" in Forever, renamed from Trap Mastery, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 changed rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%."

Survival Tactics changes between Forever builds

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