WoW Hunter Guide
This WoW Hunter Guide will give you an introduction to the Hunter as well as point out their capabilities and drawbacks. You’ll also learn how to effectively function in this class.
1.) Understanding the Hunter
The first thing that you must understand is that a Hunter is a soloist. They can and do function well in groups but they excel at solo game play. You also need to understand that even though Hunters wear chain armor and have a Survival skill tree they are not tanks. You were given a ranged weapon and a pet for a reason, so use them. Simply put a Hunter without a pet and in melee range cannot generate the damage output that they can with their pet and ranged weapon. We are a ranged DPS class. If you want to melee DPS then start a DPS warrior or paladin.
2.) What Race works best for Hunter’s?
Hunters can be played successfully by a wide rang of classes. The best of the bunch are the Night Elf and Dwarf for Alliance, and the Tauren, Orc, Troll, or Blood Elf for Horde. Each race has its own set of perks, but all can make good Hunters.
First you’ll need to choose your faction, either Alliance or Horde. I then suggest you spend some time looking at the different races and finding out what their perks are before making your decision. Regardless of what race you choose however, in the end game it will come down to the knowledge you have of your class and the game in general.
3.) Leveling Up the Hunter
Leveling as a Hunter is in my opinion the easiest of all classes. Make good use of your pet and let it take the damage for you - don’t wrap it in cotton wool, you can always heal it and resurrect it later. It’s better to let your pet take a fall than you. If things get dire, throw your pet at the enemy and run away.
Make the most of your broad range of abilities. Hunters are equipped with a wide range of abilities including being able to resurrect and heal pets, engage numerous targets and use traps. If you take the time to learn what you’re capable of you will do much better in the long run.
4.) Choosing a Pet
Being a Hunter you’ll be able to tame animals. Its worth remembering that you pet will have a skill tree and acquire experience points as they go along. These points can be spent on enhancing abilities. You should also check to see the foods that your potential pet eats and make sure you have enough on hand. To do this go into the animals character sheet and move the mouse over the happiness symbol.
Happiness is another thing that you need to monitor closely. Happy well fed pets do more damage so when you see the icon on your pet window change from green to yellow you need to feed it.
5.) Talents
Hunters have three different talent trees.
Beast Mastery - The talents here are aimed at making your pet tougher, stronger, and more difficult to kill.
Marksmanship - This tree concentrates on ranged DPS output. By concentrating in this tree you will significantly increase your DPS output.
Survival - This tree helps most with crowd control and melee damage.
Choose a tree that’s going to suit your playing style. If you think you’re most likely going to go it alone, then Beast Mastery will work best. Marksmanship might be the correct choice for PvP. Survival is in my opinion the least important tree unless you are planning to go in hand to hand combatbut then if you are planning on this then maybe a different class would work better.
The Hunter is a solid all round character to have. They are in my opinion the kings of solo play. They are very good gatherers and if well equipped can work well in almost any situation.