Focus

For target focusing, see Focus target. For the Pet Battle ability, see [Focus]. For the item, see  [Focus].

Focus

Focus appears in orange

Focus is the primary resource for hunters and their pets. Focus is similar to a rogue's energy resource: It has a default max of 100 regardless of the hunter's level, it regenerates over time, and its passive regeneration rate is not affected by being in combat. Its passive regeneration is slower than energy, but each hunter specialization also has at least one focus-generating ability with low or no cooldown.

By default, focus passively regenerates at a rate of 5 per second.

Improvements

Beast Mastery

• [Pack Tactics] increases passive regeneration to 12.5/sec.

Other

• The gnome racial passive [Expansive Mind] increases max focus by 5.

Generators

Class

• [Tranquilizing Shot] with [Disruptive Rounds]
• [Counter Shot]/ [Muzzle] with Disruptive Rounds

Beast Mastery

• [Barbed Shot]
• [Dire Beast]

Marksmanship

• [Steady Shot]
• [Rapid Fire]

Survival

• [Kill Command]
• [Harpoon] with [Terms of Engagement]

Hero talents

• [Sentinel] with [Invigorating Pulse]

Spenders

Class

• [Arcane Shot]
• [Kill Shot]
• [Explosive Shot]
• [Bursting Shot]
• [Scare Beast]

Beast Mastery

• [Kill Command]
• [Cobra Shot]
• [Multi-Shot]

Marksmanship

• [Aimed Shot]
• [Multi-Shot]
• [Barrage]

Survival

• [Wildfire Bomb]
• [Raptor Strike]/ [Mongoose Bite]
• [Flanking Strike]

Hero talents

• [Black Arrow]

Trivia

• Focus's internal color code is ⬤ #FF8040.
• During the early stages of the original World of Warcraft's development, hunters used Focus and it only regenerated when standing still and would lose any current Focus if the player moved. However, this distinguishing feature was dropped before launch: Hunters were switched to mana, leaving focus limited to hunter pets until Cataclysm.

Gallery

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  Focus bars prior to Dragonflight

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): UI updated.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Hunters now use focus instead of mana.