Spirit Bond (hunter talent)

Spirit Bond
	Spirit Bond (2 ranks); Tier 5 Beast Mastery hunter talent; Passive; While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1%/2% of total health every 10 sec.;
Properties
Class	Hunter

For other uses, see Spirit Bond (disambiguation).

"After the hunt, we rest here as one entity and together feel our strength return.^[1]

Spirit Bond is a tier 5 talent in the Beast Mastery hunter tree. Maxing it requires a total of 22 points in Beast Mastery. This talent causes the hunter and their pet to heal for a small percentage of their max health every ten seconds, so long as the pet is active.

Notes and trivia

It seems to generate some threat on your pet. (You shouldn't have taken any damage for the tic to affect you, thus removing the possibility of gaining any aggro from this buff.)

Patch changes

Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Icon changed to (was ).
Hotfix (2013-12-11): Resolved an issue where Battle Pets were incorrectly receiving the Spirit Bond talent.
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now regenerates 3% of total health, up from 2%.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28):
- Now a level 45 talent. Was a two-rank talent that required 20 points in the Beast Mastery tree.
- No longer increases healing done to the hunter and their pet.
- Regeneration now occurs every 2 seconds, down from every 10 seconds.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Effect added: Increases healing done to you and your pet by 5%/10%.
Patch 2.0.6 (2007-01-23): Icon changed to (was ).
Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This ability will now be correctly reapplied when you resurrect in a battleground and your pet is polymorphed or otherwise unable to act normally.
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Reworked: While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1%/2% of total health every 10 sec.
- Was an active ability that healed the hunter for 20/40 health every time their pet attacked. Lasted 30 seconds.