Sniper fury trainer 1.03a
If you need to adapt from someone else's builds, I recommend using the Armory to look at top PvE guilds and Arena teams. What are some good, specific talent builds? Some looks are only available early on leveling a lowbie pet later on is a pain. Survival requires a lot of talent points and appropriate gear for the synergy to kick in. Poor soloing.īoth Beast Mastery and Marksmanship are solid leveling specs, especially once you have either 31 point talent. Potent non-stacking raid buff for physical attackers. Tends to be lowest sustained damage among well geared Hunters. Mediocre non-stacking physical party buff. Marksmanship - High PvP control and burst damage. Stacking party damage buff works on magic users too. Weapon skill doesn't make much of a difference nowadays.Īny of the three trees can be effective when played well, though strengths differ:īeast Mastery - Best personal DPS. Don't let races with +Gun or +Bow skill make you feel locked into those weapons. But every race has interesting perqs and can be effective in any environment. Orcs and Draenei are especially good for PvE Dwarves and Tauren for PvP. Troll - Berserking: 10-30% Haste buff for 10 seconds (more when activated at low health) on a 3 min cooldown. Tauren - War Stomp: instant AoE stun on a 2 min cooldown. Orc - Blood Fury: self-buff to increase Attack Power but cut received healing in half for 15 sec on a 2 min cooldown. Mana Tap: drains enemy mana slightly and gives it to you during the next Torrent. 10 Nature Resist.īlood Elf - Arcane Torrent: instant AoE Silence on a 2 min cooldown.
Night Elf - Shadowmeld: can stealth when standing still out of combat. 10 Shadow Resist.ĭwarf - Stoneform: 8 seconds of Bleed, Poison, and Disease immunity/removal on a 3 min cooldown. Hunters have no facility for sustained melee damage.ĭraenei - Gift of the Naaru: decent heal-over-time on a 3 min cooldown. Hunter melee is designed around delivering a heavy burst of damage while snaring or rooting your opponent with the goal of moving back to range. Is it possible to play a melee-oriented Hunter?Īgain it is possible but neglecting ranged attacks and utility is even worse than neglecting your pet and is looked down upon.
In a today group for a raid or instance, you would be looked down upon for not "knowing" your class. All three trees are "pet trees" in their own way. Extra Focus regen from crits courtesy of the talent Go for the Throat is especially high for Survival Hunters. Pet attack power scales by its master's ranged attack power, which Marks Hunters have in abundance. But neglecting pet use even as a Marks or Survival Hunter will make your overall damage subpar. Is it possible to play a Hunter without using a pet? Finally, each of the three trees has either a group or raid damage buff. Misdirection allows Hunters to send extra threat to specified tanks. Hunters are uniquely able to "safe pull" every thirty seconds by aborting tricky-pulls-gone-wrong with Feign Death. Is this a good class for me?Ĭan be! A Marks or Survival spec Hunter has the best crowd control potential in the game, but takes practice to achieve. But put in the effort and you will deal serious damage with relatively little maintenance required. Same goes for having to deal with your ranged attacks not working against targets within 8 yards.
Depending on how you prefer to play, the complexity of pet management and split second timing for optimal shot rotations may sound interesting or like too much hassle. Is this a good class for me?Ĭertainly a good class, but not necessarily the best fit. You get out what you are willing to put in. Overall, this is one of the classes which scales most dramatically with player skill. With a little patience and certain talents, additional mobs can be sidelined for a brief, critical time. One of the best reasons to have a Hunter around is the ability to keep a mob of any type occupied indefinitely with Freezing Traps. And they allow for certain distraction tactics.
Tuned damage dealing pets can significantly boost your DPS. Pets make soloing much easier, as your own pocket tank. Almost any species of beast in a wide array of colorings can be tamed. Hunters have the only permanent, personalizable pets. These can daze, disorient, silence, sleep, poison, drain mana, or cause clumsiness in their targets. Hunters can send in a flurry of arrows or barrage of shells for solid raw damage, but also command a variety of special Shots and Stings. No other class uses ranged weapons with real effectiveness. This from a combination of ranged DPS, threat manipulation, safe pulling, and the most versatile crowd control in the game. A well-played Hunter makes everything easier for the group with very little maintenance. Hunters combine elements of nature and crafty artifice to scout, confound, and destroy their foes.