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Hunter Guide

Posted October 29th, 2009 by Messiah

The Hunter class is here to track the enemy with their keen sniping sense.

What is a Hunter? If you were not familiar with the World of Warcraft Hunter you might visualize some guy tracking down animals and speaking with an Australian accent. However, the WoW Hunter is actually an expert tracker capable setting traps and using bows and guns in battle. But one of the biggest benefits to being a Hunter is their ability to tame beasts and make them their pets. Hunters are great utility players in a group and can offer many benefits such as crowd control, tracking, and a nice boost in damage output. Their pets can serve as off-tanks to prevent adds from overwhelming a group, making them a valued class for any team.

All in all the Hunter is a fantastic class that uses is ranged attacks combined with its long list of utility to avoid direct conflicts and stay at the back of the battle. They aren’t completely handicapped in melee matters either, Hunters have the ability to duel wield and several melee based attacks that can aid in escaping back to their preferred ranged habitat.

If you ever have a Hunter related question or find that our class guide lacks something, then please feel free to share your thoughts on our Hunter forums. Our Hunter forums are a great place to discuss everything there is about the Hunter class!

Hunter Overview

Hunter Overview
  • Ranged physical DPS with a lot of utility and crowd control.
  • Animal allies join the fight along side the Hunter to aid in battle.
  • Hunters can lay traps to surprise their enemies and deal various effects.
  • Capable of faking death and tracking almost everything in WoW.

Hunter Strengths

  • High damage ranged attacks.
  • Ability to slow enemy movement speed.
  • Feign Death ability.
  • Pets can provide a nice distraction or deal high damage of their own.

Hunter Weaknesses

  • Not naturally adept at close quarter combat.
  • Cannot take much damage.

mage in epics

Races: Human, Dwarf, Draenei, Orcs, Tauren, Trolls, Blood Elves
Armor: Cloth, Leather, Mail
Weapons:
Bows, Crossbows, Guns, Polearms,

Ranged Physical DPS

Hunter Guide Contents

Name Description
Basics All of the basics that you need to the Hunter class in one easy to find place. What professions do you use? What do Hunters do? What tracking abilities are there? All of that is right here.
Combat Advanced trap useage, kiting, and more is right here in our combat section.
Quests Hunter specific quests? Right here.
Trainers Looking for a trainer? Well here they are.

Hunter Leveling Guide

A leveling guide for the Hunter going over gear, where to go, and more. All designed for the Hunter.
U.I. Mods Hunter approved U.I. Mods.
3.1 Enhancements Guide A guide to enhancements for the Hunter in 3.1
3.1 Talent Guide 3.1 Talent Builds are located right here.
Pre 3.1 Pet Info Pre-TBC pet info, a lot of it is still good, but pets do have talent trees now.
Forums Our Hunter forums, come join the community and chat with fellow Hunters.
Glyphs Glyphs for the Hunter.

PvP Basics

PvP and Hunters? Goes well together and even better with this guide to PvP as a Hunter.
3.1 Raid Gear 3.1 best in slot raid gear for the Hunter.
Gearing Up Gearing up to raid is right here.
Description An advanced description of the Hunter.
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