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Brutal Companion

Brutal Companion1 point

Barbed Shot has a 25% chance to cause your pet to use its special attack and deal 50% bonus damage.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassHunter
Specializations3
Tree sectionBeast Mastery specialization talents
Row9 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Beast Mastery Hunter talent tree, Brutal Companion sits in the Beast Mastery specialization talents, row 9 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Beast Mastery Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Brutal Companion from Dire Frenzy.

  • Dire Frenzy2 ranks

    Dire Beast lasts an additional 1 sec and deals 10% increased damage.

Connected below

Brutal Companion leads on to Wildspeaker.

  • Wildspeaker

    Dire Beasts will now obey your Kill Command, dealing its damage at 30% effectiveness. Bestial Wrath now sends your Dire Beasts into a rage, increasing their damage dealt by 10% for 15 sec. Dire Beasts summoned during a Bestial Wrath will benefit at a reduced duration.

Same row

Also on this row: Huntmaster's Call, Razor Sharp, Bloodshed, Savagery, Killer Cobra and Master Handler.

  • Huntmaster's Call

    Hati Increases the damage of all your pets by 4%. Fenryr Pounces your primary target, inflicting a heavy bleed that deals (800% of Attack Power) damage over 8 sec and grants you 4% Haste.

  • Razor Sharp

    Damage dealt by your pet's Bite, Claw, and Smack increased by 100%.

  • Bloodshed

    Bestial Wrath provokes your pets to tear into your target, causing your target to bleed for (1440% of Attack Power) damage over 12 sec.

  • Savagery

    Kill Command damage is increased by 10%. Barbed Shot lasts 2.1 sec longer.

  • Killer Cobra

    While Bestial Wrath is active, Cobra Shot resets the cooldown on Kill Command.

Talent trees

Brutal Companion is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Hunter: Beast Mastery (DPS), Marksmanship (DPS), Survival (DPS).

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Brutal Companion Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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