Tips On Choosing Hunter Talents

Any veteran of World of Warcraft will relate that hunter talents have changed quite a bit, but what hasn\’t changed is that all talent specs for the Hunter make them effective at leveling to one extent or another. As a player approaches end-game, however, things get less flexible and tough decisions have to be made between possible specs.

Specializing heavily in Beast Mastery is commonly known to be the most efficient way of leveling a hunter, enough that players usually refer it to as \’easy mode.\’ This tree strengthens a hunter\’s pet in terms of damage per second and survivability. One disadvantage of Beast Mastery that carries through the game is that it\’s highly dependent on the hunter pet. If the pet dies, there isn\’t really a good way to bring it back under heavy pressure.

Most recently, Beast Mastery has been outpaced at raiding and player versus player by the other two talent trees, Marksmanship and Survivability. Even under ideal conditions and with ideal equipment, Beast Mastery just isn\’t as effective, long-term, as it used to be.

The Marksmanship talent tree is popular in raiding and great for fighting other players. Specializing at least a little in this talent tree will increase the power of your ranged attacks. This fact makes nearly every hunter put about 14 points in Marksmanship. Maxing out Lethal Shots, Careful Aim, Mortal Shots, and Go for the Throat are considered mandatory in any build.

Even though Survival is not the most recommended talent build to level up a Hunter, it becomes more powerful in end-game instances and against other players. Usually, talents like Replenishment help out the other players in a raid with mana management. Explosive Shot is the final talent in the Survival tree and well worth the additional points.

The Hunter character is one of the most popular classes in World of Warcraft. There are a lot of different builds that can be utilized through the talent tree.

If you need to stay current on the best hunter talents, scan the Warcraft forums and always check the patch notes to see how changes to the game will affect your build.

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