EFFECT: Increase the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2/4/6%. POINTS: 3/3 TIER: 2 OVERVIEW: This skill is actually very good for a Survival Hunter, and it goes hand in hand with some of the talents in that tree. While any hunter can benefit from this talent, give this one some thought if you’re planning on heading down the Survival tree.
---------- Thick Hide ----------
EFFECT: Increases the armor rating of your pets by 7/14/20% and your armor contribution from items by 4/7/10%. POINTS: 3/3 TIER: 2 OVERVIEW: This alongside Endurance Training is an excellent way of keeping both you and your pet alive longer, though because your pet takes the bulk of the damage, your pet will benefit from this much more than you will. That’s not a bad thing, of course.
------------------- Improved Revive Pet -------------------
EFFECT: Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 3/6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 20/40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 15/30%. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 2 OVERVIEW: It’s always important to keep your pet alive, especially if you’re investing far into Beast Mastery, but your pet will die at certain times, and when that does, the downtime is immense. Fortunately, this helps to cut down that downtime by a lot.
----------- Pathfinding -----------
EFFECT: Increase the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Pack by 4/8%. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 3 OVERVIEW: At 8%, it’s a pretty decent increase in speed, but most of the time, 30% is usually enough. Your mount makes this talent obsolete outdoors, and you won’t find many situations indoors where you really need an additional 8%. As for kiting, you’ll usually outrun most mobs at 30%. At 38%, you probably won’t outrun anything that can catch you at 30%.
----------------- Bestial Swiftness -----------------
EFFECT: Increase the outdoor movement speed of your pet by 30%. POINTS: 1/1 TIER: 3 OVERVIEW: This may or may not be worth it, depending on how often you really need your pet to move that much faster outdoors. It’d be great for quickly slaying cloth wearers with your pet but aside from that, you really don’t need this.
-------------- Unleashed Fury --------------
EFFECT: Increase the damage done by your pets by 4/8/12/16/20%. POINTS: 5/5 TIER: 3 OVERVIEW: This is vital to a Beast Mastery hunter. Be sure to invest in this talent as soon as you have access to it.
----------------- Improved Mend Pet -----------------
EFFECT: Gives Mend Pet a 15/50% chance of cleansing one Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each tick. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 4 OVERVIEW: You’d be amazed at how lethal some debuffs are and how seldom your healers will remember to keep your pet free of those debuffs. Keep this talent in the back of your mind when planning out your investment.
-------- Ferocity --------
EFFECT: Increase the critical strike chance of your pets by 3/6/9/12/15%. POINTS: 5/5 TIER: 4 OVERVIEW: Excellent talent. It goes right alongside Unleashed Fury and is part of what makes Beast Mastery pets so vicious. If you’ve gone this far down the tree, you should invest your points into this.
----------- Spirit Bond -----------
EFFECT: While your pet is active, you and your pet recover 1/2% of your health every 10 seconds. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 5 OVERVIEW: Health recovery is a precious thing in combat, and even with a healer, staying healthy isn’t always easy. Thankfully, Spirit Bond can help. In the span of 60 seconds, you and you pet can regenerate 12% of your total Health. Be sure to invest your points into this one.
------------ Intimidation ------------
EFFECT: Grants you access to Intimidation. POINTS: 1/1 TIER: 5 OVERVIEW: This is a very good skill to have because of the stun effect, which can help stop enemies from fleeing. If you’ve gone this far down the tree, drop one talent point into this.
------------------ Bestial Discipline ------------------
EFFECT: Increase your pet’s Focus regeneration by 10/20%. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 5 OVERVIEW: Focus tends to regenerate quickly but oftentimes, your pets will drain its Focus faster than it can gain back. This is a good solution to that problem, especially if your pet uses moves with short cooldown timers like Claw and Gore.
-------------- Animal Handler --------------
EFFECT: Increases your speed while mounted by 4/8% and your pet's chance to hit by 2/4%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects. POINTS: 2/2 TIER: 6 OVERVIEW: An 8% boost to your mount speed isn’t too shabby. It’s especially handy in PvP, where every little bit of speed counts. The 4% to Hit is great for your pet. While it’s not necessary, this talent certainly helps.
------ Frenzy ------
EFFECT: Gives your pet a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed bonus for 8 seconds after inflicting a critical strike. POINTS: 5/5 TIER: 6 NOTE: You must have 5 points in Ferocity to access this talent. OVERVIEW: This is one of the many reasons why Beast Mastery pets are so deadly. This along with Unleashed Fury, Ferocity, and Bestial Wrath makes your pet inflict lethal amounts of damage.
--------------------- Ferocious Inspiration ---------------------
EFFECT: When your pet scores a critical hit, all party members have all damage increased by 1/2/3% for 10 sec. POINTS: 3/3 TIER: 7 OVERVIEW: What makes this talent so good is the fact that Ferocity makes this talent extremely potent. If you really want to milk this talent for all it’s worth, be sure to pick up a pet with Gore, an ability that has a whopping 50% critical strike chance.
------------- Bestial Wrath -------------
EFFECT: Grants you access to Bestial Wrath. POINTS: 1/1 TIER: 7 NOTE: You must have 1 point in Intimidation to access this talent. OVERVIEW: This on top of all of the other attack-enhancing talents turns your pet into a deadly killer. Because it can’t be stopped or feared, it can destroy cloth wearers very easily. If you’ve gotten this far, be sure to grab this one.
---------------- Catlike Reflexes ----------------
EFFECT: Increases your chance to dodge by 1/2/3% and your pet's chance to dodge by an additional 3/6/9%. POINTS: 3/3 TIER: 7 OVERVIEW: Think of this as an Advanced Improved Aspect of the Monkey. While the extra Dodge isn’t healthy versus a Warrior’s Improved Overpower, it’s still a valuable asset to your pet since it has to often serve as a tank.
------------------- Serpent’s Swiftness -------------------
EFFECT: Increases ranged combat attack speed by 4/8/12/16/20% and your pet's melee attack speed by 4/8/12/16/20%. POINTS: 5/5 TIER: 8 OVERVIEW: For going this far down the tree, both you and your pet get this as a special treat: a delightful 20% boost to attack speed. Be sure to pick this one up as soon as you can.
---------------- The Beast Within ----------------
EFFECT: When your pet is under the effects of Bestial Wrath, you also go into a rage causing 10% additional damage and reducing mana costs of all spells by 20% for 18 sec.While enraged, you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed. POINTS: 1/1 TIER: 9 NOTE: You must have 1 point in Bestial Wrath to access this talent. OVERVIEW: Cloth wearers already lament the thought of being torn to shreds by a Hunter’s pet. This allows you to share in the fun. Grab this, hit the Rapid Fire, and unleash everything you’ve got. This is a must-have for any Beast Mastery Hunter.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d. Choosing Your Specialization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are lots of talents to choose from but the big question is: which one suits you best? Here are some things you should look at when planning out your talents.
------------ Marksmanship ------------
Highlights: Aimed Shot Scatter Shot Trueshot Aura Silencing Shot
The talents in this tree will steadily increase your overall ranged DPS and is the most popular choice of the three trees. This tree plays an emphasis on offense with enhancements such as Barrage and Ranged Weapon Specialization and is arguably the most viable PvE tree for PvE parties and raids, though it’s also an excellent choice for PvP. The two highlights of this tree are Aimed Shot and Scatter Shot, both of which are excellent because they each serve as spell interrupts.
To get the most out of this tree, look for gear that has Attack Power bonuses.
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