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d. Choosing Your Specialization
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There are lots of talents to choose from but the big question is: which
one suits you best? Here are some things you should look at when
planning out your talents.

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Marksmanship
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The talents in this tree will steadily increase your overall ranged DPS
and is the most popular choice of the three trees. This tree plays an
emphasis on offense with enhancements such as Barrage and Ranged
Weapon Specialization and is arguably the most viable PvE tree for
parties thanks to Trueshot Aura, though it’s also an excellent choice
for PvP. The two highlights of this tree are Aimed Shot and Scatter
Shot, both of which are excellent because of what they can do.

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Survival
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If you prefer to play more defensively or if you expect yourself to get
into melee range a lot, then this is the tree for you. These talents
greatly enhance all of your close-ranged abilities and it gives you
several ways of immobilizing your targets as well as major improvements
to your Traps and a Sting that serves as extra crowd control.

That’s not to say that this tree is weaker than the other two. Several
talents also boost your offensive abilities as well, including Lightning
Reflexes, which increases your overall Agility by up to 15%. I’ve
noticed that this build with Marksmanship as a secondary resulted in
lower DPS but a much higher chance for a critical strike. This ends up
being the most popular choice for PvP.

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Beast Mastery
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If you want to try something different, there’s always this tree, which
greatly strengthens your pets. Various talents boost your pet’s damage
and there are ones that will allow your pet to soak up more damage in
combat. With enough points invested in this tree, your pet becomes
deadly to the point where it can rip cloth wearers to pieces. The only
downside to this tree is that if your pet dies, a good portion of those
talents then becomes useless. This tree is ideal for PvP because people
often forget to attack the pet and the pet can be used to go after cloth
wearers in the distance.