Out of curiousity, mostly, I went through the top ten progression parses for each hunter spec, making note of which talents were used. There was really only enough data for the first few bosses, so I may try to do this again over the next couple weeks or so, as more of the bosses are killed by a significant number of raid teams.
I should note, I'm not interested in top parses here just for the sake of high DPS numbers. Especially on bosses like Skorpyron, in normal and heroic the top parses are all filled with padding. Even now in the second week, we're seeing more padding even on mythic difficulty (though not as much as on heroic and normal). The below, however, shouldn't be talents that have the most potential damage while farming raids, but the talents the top hunters are taking for progression raiding.
The talent use columns are separated into "Actual Use" and "Weighted". The "Actual Use" column is the percentage that a particular talent was taken on a given fight. The "Weighted" column shows preference to the top parses. In particular, the top parse is 1.5 times as vaulable as the middle parse, then the parses lower in weighted value gradually until the bottom parse is .5 times as valuable as the middle parse. This may or may not be a useful metric, but I was curious and calculated it for myself, so I figured I'd show it on here.
Survival Talent Use:
Skorpyron
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Animal Instincts | 50% | 44% |
| Throwing Axes | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Mok' | 50% | 56% |
| a Murder of Crows | 40% | 43% |
| Mortal Wounds | 0% | 0% |
| Snake Hunter | 60% | 57% |
| Posthaste | 10% | 5% |
| Disengage | 80% | 88% |
| Trailblazer | 10% | 7% |
| Caltrops | 100% | 100% |
| Guerrilla Tactics | 0% | 0% |
| Steel Trap | 0% | 0% |
| Sticky Bomb | 20% | 26% |
| Ranger's Net | 20% | 11% |
| Camouflage | 60% | 63% |
| Butchery | 100% | 100% |
| Dragonsfire Grenade | 0% | 0% |
| Serpent Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Spitting Cobra | 10% | 11% |
| Expert Trapper | 90% | 89% |
| Aspect o't' Beast | 0% | 0% |
Here, Butchery and Caltrops seem to be the obvious choice for strong AoE. AI vs WotM seem to be both good choices, with more top parses leaning toward WotM. The aMoC vs Snake Hunter choice had more parses choose Snake Hunters, but more top parses choose aMoC; either can be lined up with the vulnerable phases for more damage.
Chromatic Anomaly
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Animal Instincts | 20% | 20% |
| Throwing Axes | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Mok' | 80% | 80% |
| a Murder of Crows | 40% | 42% |
| Mortal Wounds | 0% | 0% |
| Snake Hunter | 60% | 58% |
| Posthaste | 0% | 0% |
| Disengage | 100% | 100% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| Caltrops | 80% | 78% |
| Guerrilla Tactics | 10% | 7% |
| Steel Trap | 10% | 15% |
| Sticky Bomb | 30% | 33% |
| Ranger's Net | 10% | 6% |
| Camouflage | 60% | 61% |
| Butchery | 50% | 41% |
| Dragonsfire Grenade | 0% | 0% |
| Serpent Sting | 50% | 59% |
| Spitting Cobra | 30% | 33% |
| Expert Trapper | 70% | 67% |
| Aspect o't' Beast | 0% | 0% |
I was glad to see a couple hunters taking AI, as I think it's a kind of fun talent, even if a bit underwhelming; though the obvious choice here seems to be WotM. The level 60 tier had a couple outliers taking GT or Steel Trap. I imagine we'll see more and more hunters taking steel trap going forward on single target and mostly single target fights, as more hunters notice that it does about 33% more damage than its tooltip says it should.
Trilliax
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Animal Instincts | 0% | 0% |
| Throwing Axes | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Mok' | 100% | 100% |
| a Murder of Crows | 70% | 73% |
| Mortal Wounds | 0% | 0% |
| Snake Hunter | 30% | 27% |
| Posthaste | 0% | 0% |
| Disengage | 100% | 100% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| Caltrops | 60% | 55% |
| Guerrilla Tactics | 30% | 30% |
| Steel Trap | 10% | 15% |
| Sticky Bomb | 20% | 13% |
| Ranger's Net | 20% | 17% |
| Camouflage | 60% | 70% |
| Butchery | 10% | 5% |
| Dragonsfire Grenade | 0% | 0% |
| Serpent Sting | 90% | 95% |
| Spitting Cobra | 60% | 58% |
| Expert Trapper | 40% | 42% |
| Aspect o't' Beast | 0% | 0% |
Marks Talent Use:
Skorpyron
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Lone Wolf | 100% | 100% |
| Steady Focus | 0% | 0% |
| Careful Aim | 0% | 0% |
| Lock and Load | 100% | 100% |
| Black Arrow | 0% | 0% |
| True Aim | 0% | 0% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| Explosive Shot | 60% | 53% |
| Sentinel | 0% | 0% |
| Patient Sniper | 40% | 47% |
| Binding Shot | 100% | 100% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Camouflage | 0% | 0% |
| A Murder of Crows | 0% | 0% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 100% | 100% |
| Sidewinders | 0% | 0% |
| Piercing Shot | 50% | 46% |
| Trick Shot | 50% | 54% |
The levels 60 and 100 tiers were the only with any variation. In this case all but one person who took Explosive Shot took Piercing Shot, and vice versa for Patient Sniper and Trick Shot, with the choice coming down to, primarily, doing more AoE damage or more Single Target damage, which may be a choice we'll have to make based on Raid Comp, which I did not record.
Chromatic Anomaly
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Lone Wolf | 100% | 100% |
| Steady Focus | 0% | 0% |
| Careful Aim | 0% | 0% |
| Lock and Load | 90% | 95% |
| Black Arrow | 0% | 0% |
| True Aim | 10% | 5% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| Explosive Shot | 30% | 28% |
| Sentinel | 0% | 0% |
| Patient Sniper | 70% | 72% |
| Binding Shot | 100% | 100% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Camouflage | 0% | 0% |
| A Murder of Crows | 0% | 0% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 100% | 100% |
| Sidewinders | 0% | 0% |
| Piercing Shot | 20% | 20% |
| Trick Shot | 80% | 80% |
Nothing too out of the ordinary here. I imagine a couple people took Explosive Shot to try to more quickly kill those 4 adds that spawn when the big add dies. Lock and Load may have been more of a movement choice, though Patient Sniper may also be problematic with the increased and decreased time.
Trilliax
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Lone Wolf | 100% | 100% |
| Steady Focus | 0% | 0% |
| Careful Aim | 0% | 0% |
| Lock and Load | 20% | 20% |
| Black Arrow | 0% | 0% |
| True Aim | 80% | 80% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| Explosive Shot | 0% | 0% |
| Sentinel | 0% | 0% |
| Patient Sniper | 100% | 100% |
| Binding Shot | 100% | 100% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Camouflage | 0% | 0% |
| A Murder of Crows | 80% | 80% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 20% | 20% |
| Sidewinders | 0% | 0% |
| Piercing Shot | 0% | 0% |
| Trick Shot | 100% | 100% |
Here again we see mostly pretty typical single target builds. A couple people took Volley and Lock and Load (the same people, I should note), which I'm told (thanks @ABirdofPrey) is more beneficial for those making hard swaps for add damage.
Beast Mastery Talent Use:
Skorpyron
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Big Game Hunter | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Cobra | 0% | 0% |
| Dire Stable | 100% | 100% |
| Stomp | 100% | 100% |
| Dire Frenzy | 0% | 0% |
| Chimaera Shot | 0% | 0% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| One with the Pack | 0% | 0% |
| Bestial Fury | 0% | 0% |
| Blink Strikes | 100% | 100% |
| Binding Shot | 100% | 100% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Intimidation | 0% | 0% |
| A Murder of Crows | 0% | 0% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 100% | 100% |
| Stampede | 0% | 0% |
| Killer Cobra | 90% | 91% |
| Aspect of the Beast | 10% | 9% |
This fight was the closest to having all top 10 parses using the same exact build. One lone BM Hunter took Aspect of the Beast instead of Killer Cobra, but asside from that, it seems there is one clear AoE build here.
Chromatic Anomaly
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Big Game Hunter | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Cobra | 60% | 57% |
| Dire Stable | 40% | 43% |
| Stomp | 100% | 100% |
| Dire Frenzy | 0% | 0% |
| Chimaera Shot | 0% | 0% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| One with the Pack | 10% | 14% |
| Bestial Fury | 40% | 27% |
| Blink Strikes | 50% | 59% |
| Binding Shot | 90% | 91% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Intimidation | 10% | 9% |
| A Murder of Crows | 100% | 100% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 0% | 0% |
| Stampede | 0% | 0% |
| Killer Cobra | 100% | 100% |
| Aspect of the Beast | 0% | 0% |
Two tiers had some variety here. Pets tend to suffer more from long distances between targets, which I believe is what put Blink Strikes into the lead in its tier, with the most uses, and 4 of the top 5 parses. Way of the Cobra and Dire Stable seems to be more of a wash, with both seeming fairly viable.
Trilliax
| Actual Use | Weighted | |
| Big Game Hunter | 0% | 0% |
| Way of the Cobra | 70% | 59% |
| Dire Stable | 30% | 41% |
| Stomp | 100% | 100% |
| Dire Frenzy | 0% | 0% |
| Chimaera Shot | 0% | 0% |
| Posthaste | 100% | 100% |
| Farstrider | 0% | 0% |
| Trailblazer | 0% | 0% |
| One with the Pack | 20% | 20% |
| Bestial Fury | 70% | 75% |
| Blink Strikes | 10% | 5% |
| Binding Shot | 80% | 85% |
| Wyvern Sting | 0% | 0% |
| Intimidation | 20% | 15% |
| A Murder of Crows | 100% | 100% |
| Barrage | 0% | 0% |
| Volley | 0% | 0% |
| Stampede | 0% | 0% |
| Killer Cobra | 100% | 100% |
| Aspect of the Beast | 0% | 0% |
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