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Stalking

spider form ambush 10 poison effects

Stalking is the Venomancer's assassination tree: shift into a giant spider, strike from the shadows, and let a stacking web of poison effects finish the job long after you've moved on. It plays as hit-and-fade melee — the target dies on a delay, well after the last hit lands.

That predator identity runs through every trait of the spec: a permanent Spider Form, openers built around ambushing from Skulk, and layered poison damage that keeps ticking long after the engagement ends.

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Share your opinion on this spec: rate it across 4 game situations. Once enough votes come in, the community score influences the tier shown in the build rankings.

📊 Build

🏰 Dungeon

3.9

🐉 Raid

3.7

🥊 Arena

4.3

🌍 BG & Open World

4.2

WEIGHTED TIER B

9 votes

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Dungeon

Raid

Arena

BG & Open World

Signature Spell

Brood Marks

Venom Fang now applies a Brood Mark for 15 seconds, stacking up to 5 times — several abilities consume them for a bonus effect.

Retail Feel

The closest retail comparison is Feral Druid (Cat, duelist/brawler build): both are shapeshift-gated melee specs running a builder/finisher economy that rarely runs dry (Energy plus Brood Marks here, Energy plus Combo Points there), both lean on bleed/DoT finishers for damage (Facemelter/Rotfang/Withering Venom versus Rip/Rake), both have a hard low-HP execute (Widowmaker's healing-reduction hit versus Ferocious Bite), and both open from stealth (Skulk mirrors Prowl). The gap is defense: Feral has real tools (Bear Form armor, Survival Instincts), while Stalking has little beyond shapeshifting — which frees it from roots and snares, but breaks neither stuns nor fears — making it far more vulnerable to being locked down.

Role, tiers & resource

Dungeon

Not measuredInstanced small-group content

Raid

Not measuredToo few logged fights

Arena

Community voteAverage of 9 player ratings

World Battlegrounds

Community voteAverage of 9 player ratings

RoleMelee DPS

Primary statIntellect

ResourceENERGY

Ranking updated on August 17, 2026

These talents are a PvE configuration. The Arena and Battleground grades shown above rate the specialisation’s PvP potential — not this tree.

Stat Priority

PvE

Spell Hit (until your spells stop missing a +3-level target — the core bites Nerubian Sting, Widowmaker, Facemelter, Withering Venom are Shadow/Nature/Plague school and must land) Spell Power (direct +SP coefficients on those bites) Intellect (Prowler converts Intellect into spell damage AND hit rating; Deadly Venom/Precision Bites convert it into crit rating) Haste (Skitter Smack/Acidfang stack melee haste, speeding rage generation and proc uptime) Critical Strike (Boding Dread/Glory To Shadra Shadow/Nature spell crit) Hit/Expertise (keeps auto-attack procs like Drenched Fangs landing) Armor Penetration

PvP

Resilience Stamina Spell Hit Spell Power Intellect Haste Critical Strike

Despite the melee, Spider-Form delivery, nearly every damaging bite is really a Shadow/Nature/Plague spell with an explicit +SP scaling, and the Prowler passive converts Intellect into both spell damage and hit — so this plays as a spell-hit-and-spell-power spec wearing a rogue's positioning rules.

Build Abilities

Class Tree

Burrow Acute Senses Adrenal Venom Versatile and Deadly Fury of Shadra Fury of Anub'Rekhan Weakening Venom Genesis Pinch Venomancy Expert Hive Instinct Venomizer Tome of Ahn'kahet Chitinous Spikes Shadra's Lair Mamba Mentality Skin Shedder Spindlebind Runed Carapace Relentless Lifeblood Reinforced Shell Envenomed Weapons Playing With Poison

Specialization

Essence of Decay Boding Dread Blistering Fangs Rotting Sores Lethality Withering Venom Brood Lord Venomous Bite Contagion Bile Eruption Virulent Opening Black Widow Potency Widowmaker Noxious Empowerment Nerubian Sting Deadly Kiss Facemelter Vile Fangs Withered Death Spray Glory To Shadra! Virulent Resonance Rotfang Widow's Kiss

Talent data: ascension.gg · Spec tiers & analysis: ascensionsidekick.com
Editorial rewrite, interactive talent tree, tooltips and fact-checking: KAMI LABS