When you set out to tame your pet, make sure and match your need with the correct category. For pure DPS you have Ferocity. Need a tanking or good solo pet? Get a Tenacity one. And if you are in a PvP situation and want to make sure someone has your back no matter what? You could try a Cunning pet. With dual specs and Call Stabled Pet you can now match up your spec with the right pet and further enhance your status as the Supreme Hunter! Let's take a moment and talk about Ferocity Pets and raiding specs, alright?
Raiding Pets
As I mentioned earlier, the Ferocity pet is a Hunter's raiding companion. Just like the Hunter in a raid, their only job is to help you down bosses faster. There is a down side to all this raw aggression. Ferocity Pets aren't known for their survivability. This is one reason you have heard Hunters over on the Official Forums complain about pet survivability and the Blizzard development team responded with the recent resilience changes.
There are several options out there for the hunter to choose to take along for a raid. However, if you are really looking to make sure and bring your spec's "A" game to raid you really only have two. For the Beast Master your best pet DPS choice is the Devilsaur. Yes, I know. It's really just an overgrown raptor. You're right, because of its size, no one in their right mind would let you take it in a raid with them. However, even with these issues, the Devilsaur is still the best raiding pet for the Beast Master Hunter.
Now if you're Marksman or Survival, and or if your raid refuses to let you bring T-Rex along with you, then your new best friend will be a Wolf. Wolves have earned their preferred raiding spot because of their Furious Howl. Furious Howl will increase the melee but more importantly the ranged Attack Power by a whopping 320.
MM / Survival Best Ferocity Pet Talent Build
Marksman and SV hunters do not get all of the super spiffy end of tree talents, alas. However they are comforted by doing far more overall dps. Here is the best ferocity raid pet talent build for MM or SV hunters:
As you can see, it’s very similar to the BM tree, and we’re still able to get most of the dps-oriented buffs. We didn’t take Heart of the Phoenix, but then a MM or SV hunter’s pet is only about 10% of their dps, so if the pet dies, oh well. We had a choice between Shark Attack and Wild Hunt, and the raw 3% dps boost of shark attack is better at lower gear levels, but with high gear levels the Wild Hunt becomes better.
So there we have it! The best Ferocity hunter pet talent builds! We hope you give them a try and measure your pet dps increase.
