Brutal Companion
Barbed Shot has a 25% chance to cause your pet to use its special attack and deal 50% bonus damage.
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.
Connected below
Brutal Companion leads on to Wildspeaker.
WildspeakerDire 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 CallHati 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 SharpDamage dealt by your pet's Bite, Claw, and Smack increased by 100%.
BloodshedBestial Wrath provokes your pets to tear into your target, causing your target to bleed for (1440% of Attack Power) damage over 12 sec.
SavageryKill Command damage is increased by 10%. Barbed Shot lasts 2.1 sec longer.
Killer CobraWhile 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).
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)