Hunter Leveling Builds for Cataclysm 4.3

Beast Mastery Talents

1. 3/3 Beastial Discipline – Increases the Focus regeneration of your pet by 30%. Bestial discipline increases overall damage by an immense amount as the pet gains the ability to use its special attacks far more often.
2. 2/3 One with Nature – Increases the Attack Power bonus of your Aspect of the Hawk and the amount of Focus restored by your Aspect of the Hawk by 2.
3. 3/3 Frenzy – your pet gains a small increase to attack speed after using a basic attack. Stacks.
4. 2/2 Spirit Bond – You and your pet are healed for 2% of your health every 10 seconds and you both get a greater effect from heal spells.
5. 3/3 Cobra Strikes – Your Arcane Shots have a chance to cause your pet’s next two basic strikes to be crits.
6. Fervor – Instantly restore 50 focus to you and your pet.
7. Focus Fire – Consumes your pet’s frenzy effect, returns some Focus to your pet, and increases your ranged haste. The more stacks of Frenzy are consumed the more Haste you gain.
8. 3/3 Longevity – reduces the cooldowns of Beastial Wrath, Intimidation, and your pet’s special abilities.
9. 2/2 Improved Kill Command – Increases the crit chance of Kill Command
10. Bestial Wrath – Your pet does 20% more damage for ten seconds.
11. 2/2 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera – Recuces the cooldowns of Disengage and Deterrence when you are hit by melee/ranged attacks.
12. Take Ferocious Inspiration which increases the damage of all group /raid members who are withing a few yards of your pet.
13. 3/3 One with Nature – (Finishing up #2)
14. The Beast Within – When your pet is in Bestial Wrath mode you also do more damage and use less Focus, for ten seconds.
15. 2/2 Invigoration – your pet’s basic attack crits increase your focus.
16. 2/2 Kindrid Spirits – Your pet’s and your Focus is increased by ten.
17. Beast Mastery – you gain four pet skill points and can tame exotic beasts. You can now tame just about anything. See that giant elite T Rex over there? Here’s the leash…
18. You”re now level 75, have spent 31 talent points, and can move into other areas.
19. 2/2 Go for the Throat – Your ranged auto-attack crits restore 10 focus to your pet.
20. 3/3 Efficiency – reduces the focus cost of your Arcane, Explosive, and Chimera shots.
21. 1/2 – Rapid Killing – After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Steady Shot or Cobra Shot causes 10% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.
22. 2/2 – Sic ‘Em! – When you critically hit with your Arcane Shot, Aimed Shot or Explosive Shot the Focus cost of your pet’s next Basic Attack is reduced by 100% for 12 sec.
23. 2/2 – Improved Serpent Sting – Your Serpent Sting also does instant damage equal to 30% of its total periodic effect. Also increases the periodic critical strike chance of your Serpent Sting by 10%.
24. Rapid Killing – Rank 1/2 – After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Steady Shot or Cobra Shot causes 10% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.

Glyphs:

Glyphs are nice, but not essential while leveling. You learn glyphs, like spells, rather than install them like gems.

You have nine glyph slots at 75, three each of Prime, Major, and Minor.One of each type of glyph is learned at 25, 50, and level 75.

Once you’ve learned a bunch of glyphs you can swap them in and out as you need them, you don’t need to buy them ever again. You will also need some Vanishing Powder (if your under level 81) or Dust of Disappearance (level 81+) for the swaps and you can get that at your Inscription Supplies vendors.

From level 86+ you will need a Tome of the Clear Mind for each glyph swap.

Assuming you’re leveling primarily through questing, take these glyphs:

At level 25, go for:

1. Glyph of Arcane Shot (Prime Glyph) – Your Arcane Shot deals 12% more damage.
2. Glyph of Mending (Major Glyph) Increases the total amount of healing done by your Mend Pet ability by 60%
3. Glyph of Revive Pet (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Revive Pet by 100%

At level 50, get these:

1. Glyph of Kill Command (Prime Glyph) – Reduces the Focus cost of your Kill Command by 3.
2. Glyph of Bestial Wrath (Major Glyph) – Decreases the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 20 sec.
3. Glyph of Feign Death (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the cooldown of your Feign Death spell by 5 sec.

At level 75, take:

1. Glyph of Kill Shot (Prime Glyph) – If the damage from your Kill Shot fails to kill a target at or below 20% health, your Kill Shot’s cooldown is instantly reset. This effect has a 6 sec cooldown.
2. Glyph of Disengage (Major Glyph) – Decreases the cooldown of Disengage by 5 sec.
3. Glyph of Scare Beast (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Scare Beast by 75%.

Marksmanship, 31 points

1. Go for the Throat – Rank 2/2 – Your ranged auto-shot critical hits cause your pet to generate 10 Focus.
2. Efficiency – Rank 3/3 – Reduces the Focus cost of your Arcane Shot by 3, and your Explosive Shot and Chimera Shot by 6.
3. Rapid Killing – Rank 1/2 – After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, your next Aimed Shot, Steady Shot or Cobra Shot causes 10% additional damage. Lasts 20 sec.
4. Sic ‘Em! – Rank 2/2 – When you critically hit with your Arcane Shot, Aimed Shot or Explosive Shot the Focus cost of your pet’s next Basic Attack is reduced by 100% for 12 sec.
5. Improved Steady Shot – Rank 3/3 – When you Steady Shot twice in a row, your ranged attack speed will be increased by 15% for 8 sec.
6. Careful Aim – Rank 2/2 – Increases the critical strike chance of your Steady Shot, Cobra Shot and Aimed Shot by 60% on targets who are above 90% health.
7. Piercing Shots – Rank 3/3 – Your critical Aimed, Steady and Chimera Shots cause the target to bleed for 30% of the damage dealt over 8 sec.
8. Bombardment – Rank 2/2 – When you critically hit with Multi-Shot, the focus cost of Multi-Shot is reduced by 50% for 5 sec.
9. Trueshot Aura – Rank 1/1 – Increases melee attack power by 20% and ranged attack power by 10% of party and raid members within 100 yards.
10. Termination – Rank 1/2 – Your Steady Shot and Cobra Shot abilities grant an additional 3 Focus when dealt on targets at or below 25% health.
11. Rapid Recuperation – Rank 2/2 – You gain 12 focus every 3 sec while under the effect of Rapid Fire, and you gain 50 Focus instantly when you gain Rapid Killing.
12. Master Marksman – Rank 3/3 – You have a 60% chance when you Steady Shot to gain the Master Marksman effect, lasting 30 sec. After reaching 5 stacks, your next Aimed Shot’s cast time and focus cost are reduced by 100% for 10 sec.
13. Readiness – Rank 1/1 – When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on all Hunter abilities.
14. Posthaste – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cooldown of your Rapid Fire by 2 min, and your movement speed is increased by 30% for 4 sec after you use Disengage.
15. Marked for Death – Rank 2/2 – Your Arcane Shot and Chimera Shot have a 100% chance to automatically apply the Marked for Death effect. Marked for Death is the same as Hunter’s Mark, but is undispellable, does not grant unerring sight of the target, and lasts for 15 sec.
16. Chimera Shot – Rank 1/1 – An instant shot that causes ranged weapon Nature damage plus additional damage based on your Ranged Attack Power, refreshing the duration of your Serpent Sting and healing you for 5% of your total health.

Beast Mastery, 8 Points

1. One with Nature – Rank 3/3 – Increases the attack power bonus of your Aspect of the Hawk by 30%, and increases the amount of Focus restored by your Aspect of the Fox by 3.
2. Bestial Discipline – Rank 2/3 – Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20%.
3. Frenzy – Rank 3/3 – Your pet gains 6% attack speed after attacking with a Basic Attack, lasting for 10 sec and stacking up to 5 times.

Survival, 2 pts

1. Pathing – Rank 2/3 – Increases ranged haste by 2%.

Glyphs:

Glyphs are nice, but not essential while leveling. You learn glyphs, like spells, rather than install them like gems.

You have nine glyph slots at 75, three each of Prime, Major, and Minor.

One of each type of glyph is learned at 25, 50, and level 75.

Once you’ve learned a bunch of glyphs you can swap them in and out as you need them, you don’t need to buy them ever again. You will also need some Vanishing Powder (if your under level 81) or Dust of Disappearance (level 81+) for the swaps and you can get that at your Inscription Supplies vendors.

Assuming you’re leveling primarily through questing, take these glyphs:

At level 25, go for:

1. Glyph of Arcane Shot (Prime Glyph) – Your Arcane Shot deals 12% more damage.
2. Glyph of Mending (Major Glyph) Increases the total amount of healing done by your Mend Pet ability by 60%
3. Glyph of Revive Pet (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Revive Pet by 100%

At level 50, get these:

1. Glyph of Kill Shot (Prime Glyph) If the damage from your Kill Shot fails to kill a target at or below 20% health, your Kill Shot’s cooldown is instantly reset. This effect has a 6 sec cooldown.
2. Glyph of Disengage (Major Glyph) Decreases the cooldown of Disengage by 5 sec.
3. Glyph of Feign Death (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the cooldown of your Feign Death spell by 5 sec.

At level 75, take:

1. Glyph of Steady Shot (Prime Glyph) Increases the damage dealt by Steady Shot by 10%.
2. Glyph of Trap Launcher (Major Glyph) Reduces the Focus cost of Trap Launcher by 10.
3. Glyph of Scare Beast (Minor Glyph) – Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Scare Beast by 75%.