Beast Mastery Hunter

Beast Mastery Hunter puts 31 points into Beast Mastery and 20 points into Marksmanship by level 60, with no respec on the way.

Key talents: Summon Hawk at 45.

Bestial Wrath is left out on purpose: in our sim it does less for leveling than the same points spent elsewhere.

By our sim, this build gets you from 10 to 60 in about 24% less time than playing with no talents.

At level 40 most of your ability damage comes from Pet (35%), Multi-Shot (27%) and Arcane Shot (23%).

Each talent gets a tier for how much it helps this build level, by our sim: S best, A strong, B solid, C small, Filler needed to reach deeper talents.

1. 10-20
   First, filler points:

   • Lethal Attacks 1-5A
   • Hawk Eye 1-3
   • Improved Concussive Shot 1-2

   

   Lone Wolf 1 S

   Marksmanship, at level 20. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
2. 21-25
   

   Careful Aim 1-5 A

   Marksmanship. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
3. 26-28
   

   Improved Stings 1-3 B

   Marksmanship. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
4. 29
   

   Improved Arcane Shot 1 B

   Marksmanship. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
5. 30-45
   First, filler points:

   • Deadly Aspects 1-5
   • Endurance Training 1-5
   • Focused Fire 1-2
   • Pathfinding 1-2
   • Bestial Swiftness 1

   

   Summon Hawk 1 C

   Beast Mastery, at level 45. C tier: a small gain for leveling.
6. 46-50
   First, filler points:

   • Unleashed Fury 1-4

   

   Bestial Discipline 1 C

   Beast Mastery, at level 50. C tier: a small gain for leveling.
7. 51-53
   

   Improved Aspect of the Monkey 1-3 Filler

   Beast Mastery. Filler: little value on its own, but it moves you down the tree.
8. 54-55
   

   Improved Revive Pet 1-2 Filler

   Beast Mastery. Filler: little value on its own, but it moves you down the tree.

1. 
   Multi-Shot

   on cooldown
2. 
   Arcane Shot

   on cooldown
3. 
   Serpent Sting

   once per mob

Share of your ability damage

• Pet35%
• Multi-Shot27%
• Arcane Shot23%
• Serpent Sting16%

What our sim found levels best at this level with this build: DoTs once per mob, cooldowns on cooldown, and the rest on your best filler. Auto attacks are always on, so they are not listed.

Agility > Stamina > Intellect > Attack power > Spirit

• Agility1.00
• Stamina0.94
• Intellect0.44
• Attack power0.42
• Spirit0.17

1% crit is worth about 3 Agility. 1% hit is worth about 3 Agility.

Stat values like Pawn: point for point, your best stat is 1.00 and the rest are worth that share of it. MP5 is mana regen per 5 seconds, as item tooltips show it. Your own gear shifts these: the Character page works them out for you.

• This build assumes a bow. Talents for other weapon types are skipped.
• Put Serpent Sting on each mob once: most mobs die before it needs refreshing.
• At level 40, for the same item budget, Agility helps most, then Stamina. Look for gear with those first.
• Some points (Hawk Eye, Improved Concussive Shot and Deadly Aspects and others) are filler to reach the next tier; they do little for leveling on their own.

How this is made: a typical character at each level (Classic-like stats, quest greens for gear) pulling same-level mobs one at a time, with downtime counted. It is an early version, refined as players’ combat logs measure what each talent really does. Weapon assumed: bow.