Hunter pet builds Overview . In the World of Warcraft , the Hunter is able to tame and train his / her pet to specialize in many roles ; such as for PvP ( Battlegrounds or Arena ) or PvE ( Soloing , Tanking , or Raiding ) . Pet Talent Trees . Cunning . Roles : Utility - PvP Pets - Bat , Bird of Prey , Chimaeras ( " exotic " ) , Nether Ray , Ravager , Serpent , Silithid ( " exotic " ) , Spiders , Spore Bat , and Wind Serpent . Cunning pets are the most flexible of the three talent trees . Their talents focus on utility and mobility , which makes them especially valuable in PvP fights . But that same flexibility also makes Cunning pets a good all - around choice for soloing and small groups . " " Cunning pets , like spiders , have a mix of offensive and defensive abilities and are particularly useful in Battlegrounds and Arenas . ' " ' Ferocity . Roles : DPS - Raids Pets - Carrion Bird , Cats , Core Hound ( " exotic " ) , Devilsaurs ( " exotic " ) , Hyena , Moths , Raptors , Spirit Beast ( " exotic " ) , Tallstrider , Wasp , and Wolves . Ferocity pets are all about the damage . Their talents focus on increasing both their damage and yours , and they have some nice abilities aimed at keeping them alive as well . Ferocity pets are popular in groups and raids , but can also help polish off enemies extra fast in solo play and PvP . " " Ferocious pets , like cats , can dish out damage but can ' t take it as well . " " Tenacity . Roles : Tank - Solo Pets - Bears , Boars , Crab , Crocolisks , Gorilla , Rhino ( " exotic " ) , Scorpid , Turtle , Warp Stalker , and Worm ( " exotic " ) . Tenacity pets have extra health and a variety of talents for staying alive , protecting their friends , and keeping the enemy focused on them and not you . Tenacity pets are excellent for solo questing and leveling and can even tank for a small group in many situations . " " Tenacious pets , like turtles , are more defensive and can occupy an enemy ' s attention while you stay at range . " " PvP Builds . Tenacity . PvP Build First , we see that while Taunt and Gaurd Dog become useless , Other talents take the stage , like Intervene , Charge , and Lionhearted . I ’ ve left the last few points open , depending on whether or not you want to focus more on defense or offense . A more offensive build would take Cobra Strikes and Spiked Collar , while a defensive build would focus on Great Resistance . PvE Builds . Ferocity . Solo . Leveling build at 60 Tenacity . Solo . Leveling Build Here we assume that the pet will be able to adequately handle most situations easily , and so we can shift some of the focuse to dps , in order to speed up the leveling process . RoS and Intervene simply wont be as useful in the absence of other players . Group . Instance Build Let ’ s look at a tanking build for playing with a group . The assumption is that you will be off - tanking trash and boss adds , occasionally saving other players , and maybe even main - tanking a few times . Up until the last point , the normal build is pretty straight forward in my opinion . ( The last point can be spent in Pet Barding , Intervene , or Charge , depending on your preference . Pet barding is the only talent you can sacrifice , or even would sacrifice , to take both Charge and intervene ) . To include Great Resistance or Lionhearted for a situational build , decide which other talent you can most easily sacrifice in that situation . For Example : Build that takes Great Resistance