
Hunter 4.0.6 Leveling Talent Build Guide using Beast Mastery and Marksmanship for Cataclysm 1-85… Welcome hunters, to the guide that will take you from level 1-85 in World of Warcraft Cataclysm.
Remember, this is the best 1-85 talent build for your Hunter to go along with the best leveling route guide: Zygors Leveling Guide.
Spell Rotation:
Arcane strike till you run low on focus unless cobra proc’s then you can cast
Rotation
Initial cast – Hunter’s Mark and Serpent Sting (DoT and try to refresh this before the end of the very last tick if you have the focus to do this)
Priority:
Focus Fire if pet has full stacks of frenzy
Kill Command (whenever not on cooldown but always make sure you keep enough focus to cast this)
Arcane Shot till 40 focus
Steady Shot to regain focus
Cooldowns to use:
Bestial Wrath – 2 min cooldown, durring this time you will use kill command and arcane shot only.
Fervor – 2 min cooldown, gives 50 focus good for more arcane shots if you run out of mana.
Cataclysm Beast Mastery Hunter Leveling Build Guide: A link to the build can be found here.
Level 85 Hunter (37/4/0) (Link)
Beast Mastery (37 Points)
Improved Kill Command – Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike chance of your Kill Command by 10%.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.Bestial Discipline – Rank 3/3
Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 30%.Pathfinding – Rank 2/2
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 8%, and increases your speed while mounted by 10%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.Spirit Bond – Rank 2/2
While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 2% of total health every 10 sec., and increases healing done to you and your pet by 10%.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.Cobra Strikes – Rank 3/3
You have a 15% chance when you hit with Arcane Shot to cause your pet’s next 2 Basic Attacks to critically hit.Fervor – Rank 1/1
Instantly restores 50 Focus to you and your pet.Focus Fire – Rank 1/1
Consumes your Pets Frenzy effect, restoring 4 Focus to your pet and increasing your ranged haste by 3% for each Frenzy stack consumed. Lasts for 15 sec.Longevity – Rank 3/3
Reduces the cooldown of your Bestial Wrath, Intimidation and Pet Special Abilities by 30%.Killing Streak – Rank 2/2
When you score two Kill Command critical hits in a row, your third will deal 20% more damage and have its cost reduced by 10 focus.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera – Rank 2/2
Whenever you are hit by a melee attack, the cooldown of your Disengage is instantly reduced by 4 sec.Whenever you are hit by a ranged attack or spell, the cooldown of your Deterrence is instantly reduced by 8 sec.
These effects have a 2 sec cooldown.
Bestial Wrath – Rank 1/1
Send your pet into a rage causing 20% additional damage for 10 sec. The beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed.Kindred Spirits – Rank 2/2
Increases you and your pets maximum focus by 10.The Beast Within – Rank 1/1
While your pet is under the effects of Bestial Wrath, you also go into a rage causing 10% additional damage and reducing the focus cost of all shots and abilities by 50% for 10 sec.Beast Mastery – Rank 1/1
You master the art of Beast training, teaching you the ability to tame Exotic pets and increasing your total amount of Pet Skill Points by 4.Improved Mend Pet – Rank 2/2
Gives the Mend Pet ability a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the pet each tick.Ferocious Inspiration – Rank 1/1
All party and raid members have all damage increased by 3% within 100 yards of your pet.Invigoration – Rank 2/2
When your pet scores a critical hit with a Basic Attack, you instantly regenerate 6 focus.
Marksmanship (4 Points)
Go for the Throat – Rank 2/2
Your ranged auto-shot critical hits cause your pet to generate 10 Focus.Efficiency – Rank 2/3
Reduces the focus cost of your Arcane Shot by 3, and your Explosive Shot and Chimera Shot by 6.
Glyphs
Glyph of Steady Shot (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage dealt by Steady Shot by 10%.Glyph of Arcane Shot (Prime Glyph)
Your Arcane Shot deals 12% more damage.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.Glyph of Bestial Wrath (Major Glyph)
Decreases the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 20 sec.Glyph of Disengage (Major Glyph)
Decreases the cooldown of Disengage by 5 sec.Glyph of Misdirection (Major Glyph)
When you use Misdirection to your pet, the cooldown on your Misdirection is reset.Glyph of Mend Pet (Minor Glyph)
Your Mend Pet spell increases your pet’s happiness slightly.Glyph of Feign Death (Minor Glyph)
Reduces the cooldown of your Feign Death spell by 5 sec.Glyph of Revive Pet (Minor Glyph)
Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Revive Pet by 100%.
Remember, if you are having trouble leveling your hunter to 85 I highly suggest you check out Zygors Leveling Guide before it is too late or you can read the Zygors 1-85 Leveling Guide Review. This is not just a guide, but an in game leveling system that guides you from 1-85 with an in game arrow! Telling you exactly the fastest path to go making the game so much more enjoyable because you are not getting lost and frustrated while your friends beat you to 80 or 85… Enjoying end game content while you are still lost… Check it out, its worth it!

Actually you should mention that at level 77 a hunter should switch to marksman spec. Due to the fact that the pet cannot maintain the damage it did in the prior 76 levels. Then at 80 switch to survival, until he can get into a full tier 8 or better set, with a very high armpen. When that happens, he switches back to marksman for raids.
This is for Cat? Level 80-85 is neglected completely and it looks more like an old and mediocre leveling guide snippit you just put the expansion on to bring folks in.
Do the beta, level up from 80-85 and THEN write a better guide. Right now this blows.
This is a a tad misleading seeing as how it doesn’t include any beta info, but zygor’s pretty legit with their guides so I expect to see some great things coming from them soon for the cataclysm expansion
new cataclysm build order added
Glyph of Mend Pet aint a part of wow anymore