Barbed Scales

In the Beast Mastery Hunter talent tree, Barbed Scales sits in the Beast Mastery specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Beast Mastery Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Barbed Scales from Go for the Throat.

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  Go for the Throat

  Kill Command deals increased critical strike damage equal to 100% of your critical strike chance.

Connected below

Barbed Scales leads on to Serpentine Strikes and Snakeskin Quiver or Cobra Senses.

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  Serpentine Strikes

  Cobra Shot critical damage dealt increased by 20%. When Cobra Shot critically strikes, it refunds 10 Focus.

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  Snakeskin Quiver

  Your auto shot has a 15% chance to also fire a Cobra Shot at your target.

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  Cobra Senses

  Cobra Shot Focus cost reduced by 5. Cobra Shot damage increased by 10%.

Same row

Also on this row: Laceration, Kill Cleave, Training Expert, The Beast Within, Thrill of the Hunt and Pack Tactics.

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  Laceration

  When your pet attacks critically strike, they cause their target to bleed for 8% of the damage dealt over 6 sec.

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  Kill Cleave

  While Beast Cleave is active, Kill Command now also strikes nearby enemies for 20% of damage dealt. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.

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  Training Expert2 ranks

  All pet damage dealt increased by 3%.

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  The Beast Within

  Reduce the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 60 sec.

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  Thrill of the Hunt2 ranks

  Barbed Shot critical strike chance increased by 5%. Cobra Shot critical strike chance increased by 15%.

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  Pack Tactics

  Barbed Shot now instantly grants 25 Focus. Passive Focus generation increased by 75%.