And it also looks like right now all Exotic pets have 3 skills, even if some are merged together into one buff or debuff, leaving the Spirit Beasts with just two. I know they have Spirit Walk, but Cats also have Prowl which is the exact same thing, so it doesn't feel really special for the Spirit Beasts. Not only that but most Hunters leave both of those turned off since the slow movement speed is more of a hindrance than a DPS gain.
So I was looking at the list of the debuffs that pets will bring in WoD, and I noticed that the only Exotic pet to have the Mortal Wounds debuff is the Devilsaur with it's Monstrous Bite skill. With that in mind, I think it would be nice if Spirit Beasts could get Spirit Strike back but modified to be a healing debuff so that BM Hunters could have at least two choices of Exotic pets to use to bring that debuff. The skill could be changed this way:
orBurns the enemy with Arcane energies, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received for 10 sec.
Of course it should still use the Moonfire spell effect so that we get our laser kitties/bears/wolves back. Or what ever other animal form we have tamed as a Spirit Beast. What does everyone think of this idea?The Spirit Beast burns the enemy with Arcane energies, causing Mortal Wounds on the target.
Mortal Wounds
Grievously wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received for 10 sec.