The Hunter in World of Warcraft is a very popular choice - pets allow you the flexibility to make a fresh start almost whenever you like, and you have a wide variety of ranged and close combat options.Work your way to Chimera Shot as quickly as possible! You'll do some massive burst damage when you combine it with Serpent Sting.Survival is a good spec, but is best taken only as a support to a MM build for PvP. The first two rows have some excellent options for you. If you do like using a BM build for PvP, keep an eye out for "clothers" and send your pet to hunt them down relentlessly! Choosing pet talents which increase attack speed (even at a loss to damage) is great for interrupting their casts as they attempt to make their escape or deal one last blow before they're finished off.This is because the hunter is one of the most resilient classes when your pet is taken into account.
Survival Instincts and Entrapment are also excellent talents from the survival tree that can root enemies in place, or give you a better chance of causing high damage critical strikes.Beast Mastery builds are ok for PvP, and can be great for harassing probing attackers, or for hunting down squishy cloth users, but otherwise, the burst damage isn't good enough for hard core PvP players.If your pet is about to die, you can see it coming, and you can run out of there.Also be sure to pick utility talents that increase running speed. Traveling in "vanilla WoW" as its sometimes called is painstaking and slow, so any talent you choose which gives you a bonus should be taken immediately.This is commonly called "burst" damage, and its something pets can struggle with on their own, even in heavy BM builds. But for Marksmanship builds?
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