Hunter Leveling Build (20-29)

Today, I'm going to continue my Hunter Leveling Build guide. We're going to look at your next 10 talent points now, and you have to make some tough choices. Basically I'm passing up some really good talents, that we'll come back to later, to maximize pet DPS to help kill stuff quicker. We'll also look at your pets first 3 talent points!

Here's what your tree should look like after you're at level 29.

Tier 3

Unleashed Fury - 5/5 - Increases the damage done by your pets by 3/6/9/12/15%
This is a straight 15% damage increase for you pet. Put your next 5 points here!

Pathfinding - 0/2 - Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 4/8%, and increases your speed while mounted by 5/10%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects
This is a good talent, but I just don't think the small speed bonus is worth the valuable talent points. Maybe we'll pick it up later if we have spare points.

Aspect Mastery - 0/1 -
Aspect of the Viper - Reduces the damage penalty by 10%.
Aspect of the Monkey - Reduces the damage done to you while active by 5%.
Aspect of the Hawk - Increases the attack power bonus by 30%.
Aspect of the Dragonhawk - Combines the bonuses from Aspect of the Monkey and Hawk
This is a great talent, and we'll definitely come back to it later. Right now, the bonus isn't worth the DPS boost from the other talents we're getting

Tier 4

Ferocity - 5/5 - Increases the critical strike chance of your pet by 2/4/6/8/10%
Another straight pet DPS increase (which will also go well with higher level talents later, that are procced on pet crits). I recommend your next 5 points here

Improved Mend Pet - 0/2 - Reduces the mana cost of your Mend Pet spell by 10/20% and gives the Mend Pet spell a 25/50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the pet each tick
This is a good mana conservation talent, and we'll definitely be back for at least one point, but we will wait for now

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Now for your pet, who starts gaining one talent point for each 4 levels after the ding 20... These seem a lot more tricky to me, so please post suggestions.

Tier 1

Great Stamina - 3/3 - Increases your pet's total Stamina by 4/8/12%
More Stamina = more damage that can be absorbed, and since your pet is acting as your tank, the more, the merrier. I feel these are the the best place to put your first three points

Cobra Reflexes - 0/2 - Increases your pet's attack speed by 30%. Your pet will hit faster but each hit will do less damage
This is a good talent to improve pet DPS, but we've been using our talent points for that. I want to focus on survivability with these talents.

Charge - 0/1 - Your pet charges an enemy, immobilizing the target for 1 sec, and increasing the pet's melee attack power by 25% for its next attack
It seems like not a huge deal to have this. So I skipped it.

Natural Armor - 0/2 - Increases your pet's armor by 5/10%
This is definitely a good talent, and we'll be back later to pick it up

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And there you have my suggested talents for levels 20-29 (28 for your pet). Remember, I'm trying to focus on talents that maximize Survivabilty first, DPS second for a solid leveling build. Please feel free to leave any comments I can improve this with. And don't forget to check out the guide for level 10-19 below.

Hunter Leveling Build: Part 1(10-19)
Hunter Leveling Build: Part 2(20-29)
Ferocity > Tenacity? - Ferocity Talents (20-29)
Hunter Leveling Build: Part 3(30-39)
Hunter Leveling Build: Part 4(40-49) - Coming soon!
Hunter Leveling Build: Part 5(50-59) - Coming soon!