Improved Aspect of the Monkey

Hunter · Beast Mastery · opens at 5 points spent · 3 ranks

Improved Aspect of the Monkey works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

Improved Aspect of the Monkey ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Rank 2 Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 4%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Rank 3 Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.

Higher-rank values taken from a secondary source.

Where Improved Aspect of the Monkey sits in the Beast Mastery tree

Improved Aspect of the Monkey is a Beast Mastery talent for Hunter. You need 5 points in Beast Mastery before the row it sits on opens.

Same row: Focused Fire, Pathfinding, Improved Revive Pet

How often people take Improved Aspect of the Monkey

27 of the 120 public Hunter builds saved here — 23% — put at least one point in Improved Aspect of the Monkey. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Where this came from

Changed in Forever.

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