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Hunter in WoW Forever

The WoW Forever Hunter trees at launch (Blizzard's Nov 2 notes): Summon Hawk and Bestial Wrath in Beast Mastery, Careful Aim, Lone Wolf and Sniper Shot in Marksmanship, Predator's Edge, Strider Kick and Lacerating Strikes in Survival. Values shown at max rank.

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Starter builds

Leveling

Beast Mastery leveling

Your pet tanks and hits hard (Frenzy, Bestial Wrath); Marksmanship adds crit and Mortal Shots.

Split 31 / 20 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Endgame

Marksmanship raid

Trueshot Aura, Barrage and Sniper Shot; Beast Mastery for pet damage and Deadly Aspects.

Split 19 / 32 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Best race for each Hunter spec

Top-scoring race from our racial scores: Horde first, Alliance below. Open the race picker for the full ranking and why.

Spec	Leveling	Dungeons & raids	PvP
With pet (BM / MM)	Troll High Order Skyborne	Orc Human	Orc Human
Petless Survival	Troll High Order Skyborne	Orc Human	Orc Human

Hunter talents changed for launch

Talent	Tree	Now
Improved Revive Pet	Beast Mastery	Same effect. Moved from column 4 to column 3 of row 2 in the Oct 30 hotfix.
Pathfinding	Beast Mastery	Same effect. Moved from row 2 to row 3 (column 1) in the Oct 30 hotfix, so it now needs 10 points in Beast Mastery.
Trueshot Aura	Marksmanship	Party and raid members within 45 yd gain ranged attack power: 20 / 35 / 50 / 75 / 100 by spell rank (rank 1 comes with the talent). In row 4, no longer needs Barrage.
Barrage	Marksmanship	Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot and Volley deal up to 15% more damage (5 / 10 / 15%).
Sniper Shot	Marksmanship	4 sec cast: ranged weapon damage plus a bonus that is twice as large as in the beta (about 320 at this rank), and your next 3 Shots within 10 sec get +10 yd range. 8–45 yd, 15 sec cooldown.
Lightning Reflexes	Survival	Up to 15% more Agility (3% per rank).
Lacerating Strikes	Survival	Mongoose Bite also makes the target bleed for 40% of its damage over 21 sec. A new bleed from you always replaces your earlier one.