Hunter Introduction

WoW Hunters are good characters to use either solo or in groups. Hunters are unique because of their pets and their ability to deal damage from a distance, usually with rifle. Hunters can do well in melee as well, but they aren’t as skilled in that area as other classes (Warrior, Paladin, Rogue). A Hunter is better off letting his pet take on enemies while the Hunter chips away the health from afar.

Hunter Talent Build

While leveling a hunter one of our first priority is choosing our talents. Their talent trees are: Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and Survival. The Beast Mastery talent build is the ultimate hunter leveling tree so we will choose that. This tree will focus on improving your pet, so that you can send it in and burn the mob down with ease, and it can put out solid dps in instances as well. Here is the build:

10-14: Endurance Training – 5/5
15-16: Thick Hide 2/3
17-18: Focused Fire – 2/2
19-19: Thick Hide – 3/3
20-24: Unleashed Fury – 5/5
25-25: Aspect Mastery 1/1
26-30: Ferocity – 5/5
31-31: Intimidation – 1/1
32-33: Bestial Discipline – 2/2
34-34: Improved Mend Pet – 1/2
35-38: Frenzy – 4/5
39-39: Improved Mend Pet – 2/2
40-40: Bestial Wrath – 1/1
41-43: Ferocious Inspiration – 3/3
44-44: Pathfinding – 1/2
45-49: Serpents Swiftness – 5/5
50-50: The Beast Within – 1/1
51-51: Invigoration – 1/2
52-54: Longevity – 3/3
55-59: Kindred Spirits – 5/5

Now we go into the Marksman Tree.

60-64: Lethal Shots – 5/5
65-69: Mortal Shots – 5/5
70-71: Rapid Killing – 2/2
72-73: Go For the Throat – 2/2
74-76: Careful Aim – 3/3
77-79: Focused Aim – 3/3
80-80: Readiness – 1/1

Hunter Gears & Items

One point of agility equals an increase in attack power, critical chance, and dodge, making it essentially the wonder-stat for hunters in that it increases everything required at once. However, individual items possessing significant amounts of straight up +attack power or +critical rating are valued as well.

• Agility – Your #1 stat over all else.
• Stamina – Your pet is taking the mob’s attack, so you don’t need a lot of Stam. It is, however, more valuable if you’re on a PvP server
• Intellect – Increases your mana pool, which is good, but is always #2 to Agility
• Strength - You need Agility to use that bow of yours with the 200# pull, not strength. Strength has no value for you, unless you’re that rare Hunter who like to live dangerously and melee a lot. Even then, Agility is far more useful, as is Stam.
• Spirit – of no use.
• Crit rating – the more the merrier.
• Attack Power - You can never have enough.
• Hit rating – Focused Aim will provide all you need until you start to raid or PvP.

It is crucial to get items which are the most effective for hunter leveling. We want to deal as much damage as possible so we need to get as many agility items as possible. Agility will increase your attack power, your critical hit rating and your dodge rating. Agility,agility and more agility that is all you need.

Get your personal guide to what gear to wear and what it does for you: Need to decide between dual wield or a 2 handed melee weapon? Or are you just looking for a break-down on the items you should get at a specific level? Leaving no questions unanswered, the hunter guide addresses item issues with an eye for details.

Hunter Pet

If you have ever seen a truly gifted hunter fight you know that pets are more than mere damage dealers or meat shields. Some hunter’s don’t realize the science that is behind choosing the right pet in order to ensure the hunter is operating at max efficiency depending on the characters main focus and objectives in the game.

The best pet changes depending on level. You train your pets skills that are taught by catching other pets who have that skill and learning it yourself. If you’re out to learn about hunter pets to help you level quicker, you might also want to check out this Hunter Leveling Guide.

Unless you’ve leveled half a dozen toons to 80, you could probably use a guide that shows you the fastest questing routes. If you feel frustrated with the time it takes you to level, pair my leveling info with Dugi’s popular “Ultimate Leveling Guide“.