Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

Hunter's Class Tree has had a complete rework, with new pathing for every talent, and a bunch of new talents altogether. I have edited this extensive list for brevity so that you get the most relevant changes. The full, exhaustive list of changes can be found in the Class Changes page linked further below.

• New Talent: Padded Armor — Survival of the Fittest gains an additional charge.
• New Talent: Kodo Tranquilizer — Tranquilizing Shot removes up to 1 additional Magic effect from its target.
• New Talent: Devilsaur Tranquilizer — If Tranquilizing Shot removes only an Enrage effect, its cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Scout's Instincts — You cannot be slowed below 80% of your normal movement speed while Aspect of the Cheetah is active.
• New Talent: Scrappy — Casting Kill Command reduces the cooldown of Intimidation and Binding Shot by 0.5 seconds.
• New Talent: Kindling Flare — Stealthed enemies revealed by Flare remain revealed for 3 seconds after exiting the flare.
• New Talent: Moment of Opportunity — When a trap triggers, you gain Aspect of the Cheetah for 3 seconds. Can only occur every 1 minute.
• New Talent: No Hard Feelings — When Misdirection targets your pet, it reduces the damage they take by 50% for 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Territorial Instincts — Intimidation summons a pet if you do not have one out and reduces Intimidation's cooldown by 5 sec.
• New Talent: Tar-Coated Bindings — Binding Shot's root duration is increased by 1 second.
• New Talent: Ghillie Suit — You take 20% reduced damage while in Camouflage. This bonus persists 3 seconds after leaving Camouflage.
• Lone Survivor now also reduces Counter Shot and Muzzle's cooldown by 2 seconds.
• Survival of the Fittest now reduces all damage you and your pet take by 30% (was 20%).
• Disruptive Rounds now also grants 10 focus when you interrupt an effect with Counter Shot or Muzzle.
• Explosive Shot now explodes early when applied to a target that already is affected by Explosive Shot.
• Bursting Shot is now a choice node with Scatter Shot (was in Marksmanship tree).
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Sentinel Owl
  • Sentinel's Perception
  • Sentinel's Protection
  • Serpent Sting
  • Poison Injection
  • Stampede
  • Beast Master
  • Arctic Bola
  • Nature's Endurance
  • Serrated Shots

Beast Mastery's Talent Tree has had a complete rework, with new pathing for every talent, and a bunch of new talents altogether. I have edited this extensive list for brevity so that you get the most relevant changes. The full, exhaustive list of changes can be found in the Class Changes page linked further below.

• New Talent: Laceration — Whenever your pets critically strike, they cause their target to bleed for 15% of the damage dealt.
• New Talent: Go for the Throat — Kill Command deals increased critical strike damage equal to 100% of your cri tical strike chance.
• New Talent: Killer Cobra — Kill Shot applies Serpent Sting for 18 seconds.
• New Talent: Venomous Bite — Bloodshed damage bonus increased by an additional 15% and makes Kill Command deal 20% increased damage to the target.
• New Talent: Shower of Blood — Bloodshed now hits two additional targets near the primary target.
• New Talent: Basilisk Collar — Each damage over time effect on your target increases the damage they receive from your pet's attacks by 5%/10%.
• New Talent: Huntmaster's Call — Every third cast (or summon) of Dire Beast sounds the Horn of Valor to summon a legendary wolf to aid you in battle for 15 seconds, either Hati or Fenryr. Hati increases the damage of all your pets by 15%. Fenryr applies a heavy bleed on your target and grants you additional Haste.
• New Talent: Explosive Venom — Every 5 casts of Cobra Shot or Multi-Shot makes your next Multi-Shot or Explosive Shot apply Serpent Sting to up to 5 targets.
• A Murder of Crows is now passive and has been updated — Every 5 casts of Kill Command summons a A Murder of Crows. A Murder of Crows no longer resets its cooldown if the affected target dies.
• Barrage, Kill Command, Improved Kill Command, Killer Instinct, and Alpha Predator are now Beast Mastery talents (was Class).
• Barrage now also grants Beast Cleave.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • One with the Pack
  • Sharp Barbs
  • Wailing Arrow
  • Cobra Sting