OVERVIEW: While the original Improved Serpent Sting talent gave a pathetic 10%
increase to damage, this new talent boosts it by an incredible 30%, along
with a smorgasbord of other excellent bonuses. To give you a scope of how big
of a difference this talent makes, here is a small chart to compare the
damage ticks for:
NAME RANK PER TICK IMPROVED TICKS
Serpent Sting 10 132 171.6 5
Wyvern Sting 4 157 204.1 6
Viper Sting 4 342 444.6 4
It’s a big difference, as you can see. Consider this talent when planning out
your points. For those who are planning on Survival, if you plan on getting
5/5 of this and Readiness, the tree’s 41-point talent, you must strictly
limit the points you invest in Survival to 41.
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Mortal Shots
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EFFECT: Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by
6/12/18/24/30%.
POINTS: 5/5
TIER: 4
NOTE: You need 1 point in Aimed Shot to gain access to this.
OVERVIEW: This naturally goes hand in hand with your ranged abilities, and
since Marksmanship gives you a large base weapon damage to work with, this
talent helps to boost that damage when you land a crit.
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Concussive Barrage
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EFFECT: Your successful Auto Shot attacks have a 2/4/6% chance to Daze the
target for 4 sec.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 5
OVERVIEW: Basically, one out every seventeen Auto Shots becomes a free
Concussive Shot. This talent is designed to work alongside Steady Shot,
allowing you more chances to get that bonus damage for shooting a Dazed
target, though most Hunters can live without it.
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Scatter Shot
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EFFECT: Grants you access to Scatter Shot.
POINTS: 1/1
TIER: 5
OVERVIEW: This is one of those vital moves that will save you countless times
and is the best distance-keeping move for a Marksmanship Hunter. If you’ve
gone far enough down this tree to reach this talent, you should invest your
one point in it. It’s well worth it.
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Barrage
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EFFECT: Increase the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley by 4/8/12%.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 5
OVERVIEW: Although Multi-Shot and Volley are usually meant for cases where
you’re fighting more than one target, the bonus damage is very handy for both
abilities. Invest in this talent if you have the points.
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Combat Experience
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EFFECT: Increases your total Agility by 1/2% and your total Intellect by 3/6%.
POINTS: 2/2
TIER: 6
OVERVIEW: It’s strange that a tree that begs for Attack Power would have a
talent that boosts Agility, especially when the amount boosted is so little.
On the other hand, a 6% boost to Intellect isn’t too shabby, and it’s
especially great when paired with the Careful Aim talent.
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Ranged Weapon Specialization
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EFFECT: Increase the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 1/2/3/4/5%.
POINTS: 5/5
TIER: 6
OVERVIEW: This is a major highlight in the Marksmanship tree. Since the
majority of the damage you inflict is from your bow/gun, you should invest
your points into this as soon as you have access to it.
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Careful Aim
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EFFECT: Increases your ranged attack power by an amount equal to 15/30/45%
of your total Intellect.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 7
OVERVIEW: Although hunters naturally don’t have very high Intellect, they have
enough of it to make this talent worthwhile. Even if you only have 100
Intellect, that’s an additional 45 ranged attack power, which is impressive.
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Trueshot Aura
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EFFECT: Grants you access to Trueshot Aura.
POINTS: 1/1
TIER: 7
NOTE: You need 1 point in Scatter Shot to gain access to this.
OVERVIEW: Truly a remarkable talent. At the highest rank, you and your pet gain
125 attack power, and it’s shared with anyone that’s in a party with you. If
you’ve gone this far down the tree, you should definitely invest that one
point in this talent.
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Improved Barrage
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EFFECT: Increases the critical strike chance of your Multi-Shot ability by
4/8/12% and gives you a 33/66/100% chance to avoid interruption caused by
damage while channeling Volley.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 7
NOTE: You need 3 points in Barrage to gain access to this.
OVERVIEW: It’s hard to argue with a 12% critical strike boost to an attack that
can hit three targets at once, and having your Volley completely avoid
interruption is good to have, considering its high mana cost. While it’s no
boost in base damage, it’s certainly nice to have.
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Master Marksman
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EFFECT: Increases your ranged attack power by 2/4/6/8/10%.
POINTS: 5/5
TIER: 8
OVERVIEW: No Marksmanship hunter should ever pass on this talent. Few can argue
with having a 10% boost to your ranged attack power.
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Silencing Shot
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EFFECT: Grants you access to Silencing Shot.
POINTS: 1/1
TIER: 9
OVERVIEW: While it seems unusually simple for a 41-point talent, few can ever
deny its potency. Just ask casters what they think of it.
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b. Survival
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The talents in this tree are geared towards defense and survivability, hence
the name of the tree. It gives you more combat options at melee range, which
is why many PvP enthusiasts like investing in this tree. That’s not to say
that this tree won’t yield a high damage output. There are plenty of Survival
talents that take advantage of your Agility, which means lots of crits.
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Monster Slaying
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EFFECT: Increases all damage caused against Beast, Giant, and Dragonkin targets
by 1/2/3% and increases critical damage caused against Beast, Giant, and
Dragonkin targets by 1/2/3%.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 1
OVERVIEW: Many hunters love this talent, especially during endgame when all
three types are very common throughout the various dungeons. No matter what
talent tree is your primary, you will want this talent.
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Humanoid Slaying
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EFFECT: Increases all damage caused against Humanoid targets by 1/2/3% and
increases critical damage caused against Humanoid targets by 1/2/3%.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 1
OVERVIEW: Although this talent only covers one type of mob as opposed to
Monster Slaying’s three, humanoids tend to be very common throughout the game,
and it’s especially handy in PvP.
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Hawk Eye
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EFFECT: Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 2/4/6 yards.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 1
OVERVIEW: This is one of those must-have talents that every Hunter should have,
especially now that it’s a tier-1 talent. This grants you a total of 41 yards
of firing distance, which in many cases is the difference between getting hit
by an AoE effect and standing completely outside its range. You should
consider investing your points into this regardless of your choice of trees.
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Savage Strikes
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EFFECT: Increases the critical strike chance of Raptor Strike and Mongoose
Bite by 10/20%.
POINTS: 2/2
TIER: 1
OVERVIEW: The talent alone is great for those times where you need to go toe-
to-toe with something ugly, especially if you have a hard-hitting 2H weapon.
Coupled with Surefooted and Killer Instinct, you’ll land some solid crits.
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Entrapment
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EFFECT: Gives your Immolation Trap, Frost Trap, and Explosive Trap a 8/16/25%
chance to entrap the target, preventing them from moving for 5 sec.
POINTS: 3/3
TIER: 2
OVERVIEW: While it’s nice when the talent triggers for a fire-based Trap,
you’d be amazed at how much more annoying Frost Traps become when you throw
this talent into the mix. You basically get a trap that works like blindingly
bright sticky paper.
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Deflection
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EFFECT: Increases your chance to parry by 1/2/3/4/5%.
POINTS: 5/5
TIER: 2
OVERVIEW: If you’re planning on making the most out of Deterrence and Counter-
attack, then this talent will help you out greatly. With this, you should
have about at least a 10% chance to parry, which is impressive for a Hunter.
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Improved Wing Clip
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EFFECT: Gives your Wing Clip a 7/14/20% chance to immobilize your target for
5 sec.
POINTS: 5/5
TIER: 2
OVERVIEW: Whether you’re into PvE or PvP, this is a very useful talent that
will help you greatly, especially since you can use it repeatedly until the
effect triggers. Fives seconds of no movement, followed by five more seconds
of limited movement. Even if you get Counterattack later on, this is still a
great talent to have.
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Clever Traps
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