Big Game Hunter

Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased. — In-game description

Big Game Hunter

Specialization

Dragonhunter (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Big Game Hunter

Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased.

 Damage Increase: 25%

 Damage Increase: 15%

 Vulnerability (10s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Duration Increase: 100%

 Duration Increase: 66%

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Increased the damage modifier from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
May 02, 2023	Increased damage bonus from 15% to 20% in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Increased bonus tether duration from 66% to 100% in PvE only.
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: The damage increase from this trait has been reduced from 20% to 15%, and the duration increase has been increased from 33% to 66%.
October 02, 2018	The damage increase this skill causes to tethered targets has been increased from 10% to 20%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Big Game Hunter has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The name of this trait likely references the Cabela's Big Game Hunter series.