You have reached Part 2 of our WoW Hunter Guide. To read from the beginning of this guide, go to World of Warcraft Hunter Guide (Part 1).
Choosing a Talent Tree
When you reach Level 10, you will need to start putting your talent points into whatever trees you’ve decided to level with. For the sake of leveling, you should start out boosting some basic Marksmanship talents, including Focused Aim and Lethal Shots. Additionally, when you have 5 points into Marksmanship, upgrade your Hunter’s Mark to Rank 3 to get the added boost and reduce your mana cost.
From there, you’ll find that leveling is best boosted by Beast Mastery skills so start pouring the rest of your talent points into that tree as soon as you can.
Once you reach Level 80, there are three distinct types of hunters you can play. The first, the Beast Mater is best suited for solo play in daily quests and the like. It can work well in raiding as well, but is very poor for PvP because most other players will ignore your pet.
The second tree is Marksmanship and is a good fit for anyone interested in playing in PvP or raiding because it boosts your DPS base line many times over and increases your ability to deal raw damage. If you want to be the most powerful man or woman in the room, this is the way to go.
Until recently, Survival was not often a great way to go for a Hunter, but recent upgrades have added increased stealth and nice boosts to the traps there to make Survival useful for leveling and highly effective for keeping a Hunter alive beyond all rational thought in a raiding party.
In the end, a Hunter always has high survivability and DPS, but it comes down to which direction you want to point them. This WoW Hunter guide recommends that you choose one of each for your two talent trees and switch back and forth as necessary.
Choosing a Pet
The other major thing to consider as a hunter is what pet you will use. Most players have a particular type of pet they prefer, but in general, it will come down to what kind of player you are. When leveling, this WoW Hunter guide recommends that you find a pet that will allow you to take a decent chunk of damage while holding agro so that you can attack from the back lines and not need to stop and heal later on.
In PvP, a good pet is one that will actually deal some form of damage. Most pets in PvP are not all that useful as they can be ignored, but even a small damage boost is nice. In Raiding, you want a pet that will help you maintain a low mana output by boosting your overall DPS but that can also stay alive in the fray.
For many players, the top pets are either cats, bears, or exotics. The cats are best for high output DPS and can hit for a decent chunk of damage nearly any time. Bears are high armor pets that can tank while you perform solo tasks and exotics all have unique capabilities that can only be obtained by Beast Masters with the 51 Point Skill – “Beast Mastery” that unlocks for Hunters in that tree.
For a well played hunter with careful attention to the various aspects of their class, the game is your oyster. Other players may mock Hunters for being noobs and an easily played class, but those who can master a Hunter successfully can become exceptionally successful in almost every part of the game – and best of all, it’s a lot of fun.
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