When you hit level 10 as a Hunter, you’re going to be pretty excited about getting your first pet, but you’ll also find that you are going to need to start thinking about where you want to spend your Talent points as well! Hunters, like every other class, have three trees where they can put their talent points, and the way that you spend your talent points is going to have a huge effect on the play styles that you can master as well how much damage you put out.

If you’re most interested in being a Hunter, that’s when you’ll discover you have a choice of points going into Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, and Survival. As you learn more about each of the trees, you see they’re all different, and finding out about each one of them will help you decide where you can best spend points.

The Beast Mastery tree essentially helps you build up your pet. A Hunter can use their pet for tanking and for increased damage dealing and this is the tree that you will put points in if you want to make sure that you can use your pet as your tank. This is the perfect tree for Hunters who want to solo.

The Marksmanship tree is the one that is going to help you get the most damage from the shots that you fire while at the same time helping you conserve mana as you do it. You’ll get more damage from the weapons that you are using and you’ll be able to attack more quickly overall. If you want to be a great damage dealer, this is the tree for you.

The Survival tree is the one to have when you decide to align with groups, as it will provide with the best tools. You’ll find you can tap in to a lot better techniques for crowd control, as well as discovering your skills using traps will become a lot more effective, and definitely impressive. Even though this tree is considered the least favored tree, you’ll quickly discover just how important it can be when it comes to raid situations.

When you are in a place where you want to play a Hunter, remember that you need to look into how you are planning to play. If you are going to be soloing for the most part, take advantage of buffs for your pet that you can find in Beast Mastery. On the other hand, if you are primarily gearing your Hunter up for raids, ask yourself what kind of role you want to play, as either Marksmanship or Survival can be a great choice.

You can level really fast if you’re a Hunter, which makes the class very useful. Hunters are great for players who want to dole out damage very quickly, and who also love the pets in the game; consider being a Hunter if any of this appeals to you in your journeys in Azeroth. An alliance guide is great for telling you how you can best use your talents and the advantages of being a Hunter overall!

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Posted on 17 November '09, under Wow!.