EFFECT: Silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you
gain 5 + 1/Level Mana restored per Mana Tap charge currently affecting
you.
RANGE: 8 yards
CASTING TIME: Instant
COOLDOWN: 2 min.
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The Choice Is Yours
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You can’t go wrong with any of the races, though many players feel that the
Horde receive utterly overpowering racial traits and abilities, but those are
the ones who choose their race based upon abilities and stats, when it should
really be decided by the overall presentation of the races. Do you prefer the
funny and witty persona of a Dwarf, or the stunning beauty and finesse of a
Blood Elf? Pick your favorites based upon their aesthetics, not just by their
traits and stats. What will truly matter in the long run is your ability to
effectively play the class.
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c. Choosing Your Professions
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Your profession will be a major helping hand to you in this game and choosing
the right ones will benefit you a lot. Here are your choices:
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Leatherworking + Skinning
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This combination allows you to skin creatures and use their leathers to craft
Leather armor and eventually Mail armor. This is very handy early on but as you
reach into your 50’s, you will find that there is not much in the way of decent
gear for you to craft besides Black Dragonscale Armor. Fortunately, once you
reach Outland, some of the crafted gear may be useful to you. Also, you get to
craft ammo pouches, quivers, a few capes, as well as Armor Kits for your trip
to 70.
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Engineering + Mining
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Engineering is a very peculiar profession that’s hard to describe. You can
create a wide assortment of gizmos and gadgets for different purposes. Such
contraptions include Target Dummies, Explosive Sheep, Dynamite, a smorgasbord
of Death Rays and Deflectors, and much more. You can even craft a few guns and
bullets. The best gathering profession to go with this would be Mining, since
many of these gadgets require metal bars and ground powders.
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Alchemy + Herbalism
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Health and Mana Potions are not easy to come by in this game. Fortunately,
Alchemy allows you to take the herbs you gather and convert them into usable
potions, and not just for Health and Mana. You can create a wide variety of
potions that can boost your stats, absorb magical damage, and more. At later
levels, you can also transmute metals and Essences into other forms.
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Enchanting + Tailoring
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Enchanters can enchant their weapons and armor with stat bonuses using a
variety of dusts, shards, and essences found only by disenchanting items. At
first, the enchants start out nice and simple, as in +50 Health, but late in
the game, you can do enchants that can enhance weapons with fire and ice or
the amazing Crusader enchant. It’s also a great moneymaker, especially if you
find some of the higher end enchants such as +4 Stats to Chest or +25 Agility
to 2H Weapon.
Enchanting is a slow and expensive profession to take because you need to
constantly find new items to disenchant in order to get materials. Tailoring
helps offset this a bit but then you also run into the problem of having to
work incredibly hard to get some of the best Enchants in the game. For
example, the +15 Agility To Weapon Enchant requires that you gain reputation
with the Timbermaw Furbolgs, which can take a long time. The payoff is
excellent but be prepared for a long and slow trip.
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Jewelcrafting + Mining
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Jewelcrafting allows you to create rings and pendants, as well as some early-
level trinkets. At later levels, you can also craft jewels that can be placed
into sockets. You will find that the jewels you craft are superior to the ones
that can be readily purchased from vendors, and since people are always
looking for the best jewels, it’s quite a profitable profession. Since some of
the materials you need come from minerals, Mining becomes the perfect
profession to go with this.
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Bad Professions
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The following professions are good but just not well suited for you:
Blacksmithing
The major highlight here is the Mail armor you can create using minerals.
Other items include sharpening stones, reagents for other professions, and
some mats for other professions. Sadly, the armor you make becomes atrociously
obsolete by the time you reach level 40, and the melee weapons you make just
aren’t worth the time and effort.
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Secondary Professions
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First Aid
Since you’ll be fighting from a distance most of the time, you’ll be taking
minimal damage, but sometimes you’ll take a beating anyway, and when that
happens, you’ll have some downtime towards health recovery. Fortunately, with
First Aid, you may create bandages that quickly heal you over time, which
reduces your downtime. During those moments where the going gets rough, let
your pet take the aggro while you bandage yourself in combat. Since the Heal
Pet skill can quickly drain your mana pool, bandages help to alleviate that
problem. The only reagent needed is cloths dropped by Humanoid mobs, including
Linen Cloth and Wool. Don’t leave home without this one, especially in PvP.
Cooking
Sometimes mobs will drop meat, which can be cooked and consumed. Certain
recipes may even give you temporary stat buffs. It’s a nice profession but
since most of the meats dropped will probably end up as pet food, don’t expect
your Cooking skill to grow very quickly. Side reagents include vendor-bought
spices such as Mild Spices and Hot Spices.
Fishing
Fishing will yield raw fish, which can be cooked or used as reagents for
Alchemy recipes. Occasionally, you’ll find something funky, like a fish that
can be held in your off-hand. If you find little whirlpools or floating
wreckage, you can fish those areas to get some loot. It’s also something to do
while you’re waiting for a friend or a boat. The only problem with Fishing is
that it’s incredibly boring and it takes a lot of time to raise your skill.
Still, if you’re an Alchemist, this is a must-have profession, and if you’re
not, it’s something to do when you’re bored.
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This section will give you a full analysis of each of your abilities. As a
Hunter, you’ll have many abilities in your arsenal, many of which are extremely
important. I recommend that you enable all of your ActionBars and set hotkeys
to some of them. For example, a friend of mine uses his F keys to correspond to
his bottom-left ActionBar. I hold my Shift key for the same function.
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a. Marksmanship
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This branch of abilities makes up the core prowess of every Hunter. These
abilities are associated with your ranged weapon, and will provide the majority
of the damage you inflict.
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Aimed Shot
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ACTION: An aimed shot that increases ranged damage by 70.
RANGE: 8-35 yards
CASTING TIME: 3.5 sec.
COOLDOWN: Weapon Speed +6 sec.
NOTE: This move is accessible only through its respective talent.
LEVEL RANK MANA CHANGE
20 1 75 Ranged damage bonus starts at 70.
28 2 115 Ranged damage bonus increased to 125.
36 3 160 Ranged damage bonus increased to 200.
44 4 210 Ranged damage bonus increased to 330.
52 5 260 Ranged damage bonus increased to 460.
60 6 310 Ranged damage bonus increased to 600.
70 7 370 Ranged damage bonus increased to 870.
OVERVIEW: Thanks to the changes made in the pre-expansion patch, Aimed Shot is
now best used as an opening shot, as was originally intended. The cooldown,
casting time, and the fact that it resets your Auto-Shot timer make it
unviable to use otherwise. It’s still a great way to begin a fight though.
Also, if you mana to Freeze Trap a mob while in the middle of combat, that
gives you an open the opportunity to use it a second time.
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Arcane Shot
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ACTION: An instant shot that causes 15 Arcane damage plus 15% of your ranged
attack power.
RANGE: 8-35 yards
CASTING TIME: Instant
COOLDOWN: 6 sec.
LEVEL RANK MANA CHANGE
6 1 25 Base Arcane damage equals 16.
12 2 35 Base Arcane damage equals 25.
20 3 50 Base Arcane damage equals 40.
28 4 80 Base Arcane damage equals 71.
36 5 105 Base Arcane damage equals 100.
44 6 135 Base Arcane damage equals 138.
52 7 160 Base Arcane damage equals 174.
60 8 190 Base Arcane damage equals 220.
68 9 230 Base Arcane damage equals 300.
OVERVIEW: Bust out your calculator because the actual numbers are going to look
funky, thanks to the new formula used to calculate the actual damage. For you
math enthusiasts out there, it’s (RAP*0.15+X). The mana-to-damage ratio is far
higher than ever before, making this the prime ability to use. Also, as you
grow in level, the lower ranks will become increasingly more mana efficient
due to the formula. It’s also still usable while running and jumping, making
hit-and-run tactics that much more effective.
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Auto-Shot
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ACTION: Automatically fire your ranged weapon at the target until cancelled.
RANGE: 8-35 yards
CASTING TIME: Instant
COOLDOWN: Based on Weapon
LEVEL RANK MANA CHANGE
1 n/a n/a n/a
OVERVIEW: This is your basic auto-attack with a ranged weapon. Although you can
easily press T to auto-attack, it is a good idea to keep this slotted in one
of your ActionBars to keep an eye on whether or not you’re still set to auto-
attack.
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Concussive Shot
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ACTION: Dazes the target, slowing movement speed by 50% for 4 sec.
RANGE: 8-35 yards
CASTING TIME: Instant
COOLDOWN: 12 sec.
LEVEL RANK MANA CHANGE
8 n/a 8% n/a
OVERVIEW: Concussive Shot serves both an offensive and defensive purpose. You
can use it to either catch targets that are trying to flee or slow down an
enemy that’s trying to get near you. It is very useful, especially if the
Improved Concussive Shot talent triggers. It also serves as an excellent
setup for Steady Shot.
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Distracting Shot
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ACTION: Distract the target, causing threat.
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