BM buildFollow

im new to being a hunter, and I wanna follow the BM branch. Can anyone show me the best BM build to lvl with or if there is another branch that's better to lvl with and why. Or possibly just another place I can look.

i read the sticky before I posted. The sticky doesn't have any sample builds or a Build section, henced why I asked.

I have no problem admiting I'm a dumbass if someone could please show me where it discusses builds and provides some samples. This really isn't a big deal.

thank you.

Remember when specing BM, the spec is about your pets dps as much as your own. Anything that helps your pet is good. There are some useless (or at least less usefull) talents in there, but for the most part, buff the crap out of your pet.

http://www.bigredkitty.blogspot.com

Awesome advice for BM hunters, old or new

and, what the hell am I doing wrong with these damn links? could it be that work has an outdated version of IE?

Remember that the sticky is over a year out-of-date now. With the addition of TBC, builds have completely changed. And consider that the pre-raid psuedo-sticky is not what acexcanes needs, because he's going to be soloing a lot (where pet survivability is as important as pet DPS). So there really isn't a sticky that could easily help him. Honestly, if the sticky gets updated to the point where it has current builds and detailed pet information, then maybe it can be considered something to send people to for this type of question.

With that being said, I'll break down each tier for you ace.
Tier 1: For levelling you want to get endurance training. It helps a lot, especially on PvP servers. Your pet is your tank until 70 (and at 70, still will be a lot of the time). Once you hit raiding, you want IAotH for DPS, but until then I'd stick with endurance training.
Tier 2: Ignore Imp AotM. You should rarely use AotM so improving it wont help you. I'd put 3/3 thick hide and 2/2 imp revive pet, because Focus-Fire really helps your Kill Command, which you wont get until level 66.
Tier 3: Pathfinder may make you run faster, and BS may make your pet run faster, but here I would go for damage-damage-damage. Pick up 5/5 unleashed fury and just be sure to get a pet with dash (to either train to your old pet or just keep the new pet) when you hit level 32.
Tier 4: I'd start with 2/2 imp mend pet and then go 3/5 ferocity. You'll get great bonuses out of imp MP, and ferocity is nice. But you don't need 5/5 until you can unlock tier 6.
Tier 5: Intimidation, then beastial discipline, then fill up ferocity. Spirit Bond is considered mildly useful by some and completely useless by others. Ferocity, BD, and intimidate are considered essential. Go with the essentials.
Tier 6: go with 4/5 frenzy, then put 1 point into animal handler. When you get your mount at the next level, that 1 point will really help.
From there, just be sure to pick up Beastial Wrath, put 4 more points into tiers 6 and 7 of the BM tree (I'd recommend 2/2 Animal Handler and 3/3 Catlike Reflexes to greatly increase your pets survivability). FI is good, but I'd prefer the others for a solo build.
Tier 8: Serpent's Swiftness is a must. If you go BM without it, that's like getting a ferrari with a VW bug engine.
Tier 9: TBW, another prime choice.

That will get you to level 50, and you should look something like: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cV0G0gxRwzAo
Although if you mix it up you could go http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cV0GzgxRVuVo and it would still work.

Anyway, you can ask questions from there, but that will help you for a while. Good luck, and enjoy your hunter.

if that is the same as hitting the URL button and cramming in the addy, then it will not work, i just get the code and everything.

If that button is broken, or might not work right, then i thank you as i will use that code free hand in my next post that i need a link for.

Wow, thank you skribs all that information was extremely helpful. Thanks to the others for their input as well.