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Beast Mastery · Marksmanship · Survival — 50 talents. Roles: Ranged DPS; Melee DPS (Survival redesign). Hover, focus or tap a talent for its tooltip; click to spend a point. Rows unlock after 5 points per row in that tree.

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Beast Mastery 0

0/5 0/5 0/2 0/3 0/2 0/2 0/1 0/5 0/2 0/5 0/1 0/2 0/1 0/2 0/5 0/1 ★

Marksmanship 0

0/3 0/5 0/5 0/3 0/5 0/5 0/2 0/5 0/1 0/1 0/5 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/5 0/1 ★

Survival 0

0/5 0/5 0/5 0/2 0/5 0/3 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/2 0/5 0/1 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/1 0/5 0/1 ★

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Beast Mastery16 talents · 44 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/2	Deadly Aspects	5	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 2/4/6/8/10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2/4/6/8/10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.	Reworked Reported
1/3	Endurance Training	5	Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 3/6/9/12/15%.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Focused Fire	2	Increases all damage you deal by 1% while your pet is active. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
2/2	Improved Aspect of the Monkey	3	Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability. (rank 1 of 3 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
2/3	Pathfinding	2	Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3/6%.	Moved Reported
2/4	Improved Revive Pet	2	Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 3/6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 20/40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 15/30%.	Unchanged Reported
3/2	Bestial Swiftness	1	Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.	Reworked Reported
3/3	Unleashed Fury	5	Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 3/6/9/12/15%.	Reworked Reported
4/1	Improved Mend Pet	2	Gives your Mend Pet spell a 15% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 10%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
4/3	Ferocity	5	Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 2/4/6/8/10%.	Reworked Reported
4/4	Summon Hawk	1	80 Mana, 35 yd range, instant, 6 sec cooldown. Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 53 Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.	New Confirmed
5/1	Spirit Bond	2	While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1/2% of total health every 10 sec.	Unchanged Reported
5/2	Intimidation Requires Bestial Swiftness	1	84 Mana, 100 yd range, instant, 1 min cooldown. Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.	Reworked Reported
5/4	Bestial Discipline	2	Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 10% and allows 25% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
6/3	Frenzy Requires Ferocity	5	Gives your pet a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.	Unchanged Reported
7/2	Bestial Wrath ★ Requires Intimidation	1	125 Mana, 100 yd range, instant, 2 min cooldown. Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed.	Unchanged Reported

Marksmanship16 talents · 52 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/1	Hawk Eye	3	Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 2/4/6 yards.	Moved Reported
1/2	Improved Concussive Shot	5	Gives your Concussive Shot a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.	Unchanged Reported
1/3	Lethal Attacks	5	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Improved Stings	3	Increases the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 6%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 2 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 15 sec. (rank 1 of 3 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
2/2	Efficiency	5	Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
2/3	Careful Aim	5	Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
3/1	Rapid Killing	2	Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 10%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
3/2	Improved Arcane Shot	5	Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.	Reworked Reported
3/4	Lone Wolf	1	You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.	New Confirmed
4/2	Trueshot Aura	1	180 Mana, instant. Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party members within 45 yards by 30. Lasts 30 min.	Moved Reported
4/3	Mortal Shots Requires Careful Aim	5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
5/1	Rapid Recuperation Requires Rapid Killing	2	Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 25/50% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 50/100% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.	New Reported
5/3	Barrage	3	Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 3/6/9%.	Reworked Reported
5/4	Scatter Shot	1	84 Mana, 15 yd range, instant, 30 sec cooldown. A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.	Unchanged Reported
6/3	Ranged Weapon Specialization	5	Increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Unchanged Reported
7/2	Sniper Shot ★ Requires Trueshot Aura	1	365 Mana, 8-35 yd range, 4 sec cast, 15 sec cooldown. A steady snipe that increases ranged damage by 160.	New Confirmed

Survival18 talents · 52 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/2	Improved Tracking	5	While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 1%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
1/3	Deflection	5	Increases your Parry chance by 2/4/6/8/10%.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Entrapment	5	When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 1/2/3/4/5 sec.	Reworked Reported
2/2	Savage Strikes	2	Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 2/4%.	Reworked Confirmed
2/3	Survivalist	5	Increases your total Health by 2/4/6/8/10%.	Moved Reported
2/4	Improved Wing Clip	3	Gives your Wing Clip ability a 7/14/21% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.	Reworked Reported
3/1	Clever Traps	2	Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 15/30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 15/30%.	Unchanged Reported
3/2	Surefooted	3	Increases your hit chance by 1/2/3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 10/20/30%.	Reworked Reported
3/3	Deterrence	1	Instant, 5 min cooldown. When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.	Unchanged Reported
4/1	Survival Tactics	2	Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 5%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
4/2	Predator's Edge	5	Increases your melee critical strike damage by 6% and your offhand weapon damage by 10%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Confirmed
4/3	Counterattack Requires Deterrence	1	30 Mana, melee range, instant, 5 sec cooldown. A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.	Moved Reported
5/1	Resourcefulness	2	Reduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 30%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 30% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Confirmed
5/2	Expose Prey	2	Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 5% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 sec. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Confirmed
5/3	Survivalist's Discipline	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 20%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
5/4	Strider Kick	1	61 Mana, melee range, instant, 8 sec cooldown. A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage.	New Confirmed
6/3	Lightning Reflexes	5	Increases your Agility by 2/4/6/8/10%.	Reworked Reported
7/2	Lacerating Strikes ★ Requires Expose Prey	1	Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage over 21 sec equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite.	New Confirmed

Removed talents and baseline changes

Classic talents that are no longer in these trees, and baseline changes that affect them.