important. The idea is that you’re trying to attack something that’s chasing
you without losing momentum on your footing.
Even if you don’t face forward on your landing, jumping helps you make quick
about-face turns, which is important in positioning yourself for an attack.
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Snack Time
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Hunters are the only class that has the ability to eat and drink mid-fight,
thanks to Feign Death’s ability to remove you completely out of combat. Simply
Feign Death and click on your food and drink. However, you must make sure that
your pet is not attacking anything or is attacked as you Feign. Otherwise, you
will remain in combat.
This can also be done during boss battles but you only have a few seconds to
start eating and drinking before reentering combat. Also, foods that restore a
set amount of health, such as Roasted Quails, will stop healing you once you
reenter combat. Curiously, foods that restore a percentage of your health,
such as the Harvest Festival foods, will continue to heal you while in combat.
If the Harvest Festival comes around, be sure to get an item called the Bounty
of the Harvest, which creates four Harvest Breads with a twelve-hour cooldown.
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Resetting Traps
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Originally, the only way to reset traps was to Feign Death to exit combat and
then immediately lay down a trap of your choice. Since the 2.01 patch, you may
now set traps while in combat but there is a two-second delay before it
actually goes off. Use this to your advantage while kiting. Freezing Traps are
especially handy since it gives you an open opportunity to use Aimed Shot.
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Pet Combat Manipulation
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While it’s easy to enter and exit combat with Feign Death, it gets a little
trickier to do so when your pet is on the front line. If you need to exit
combat, command your pet to stop attacking and then quickly Feign Death. You
will immediately exit combat completely, which will allow you to do all of
those little things that you can’t normally do while fighting. However, your
pet will remain in combat so just keep that in mind. This is handy for
situations where you need to make an escape on your mount.
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Bait-Trapping
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Place your pet somewhere far away from where you’re currently standing, and
place a Freezing Trap in front of it. Cast Misdirection on your pet, and
attack a mob. It will run towards your pet and right into the trap. This is
good for those times when you need to lure a single mob away from a party, and
it also buys you several seconds worth of crowd control, as the mob will spend
time running to the trap. As an extra tip, just as the mob is about to thaw
out, use Eyes of the Beast to lure the mob even farther away.
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Aggro Dump
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Although the Misdirection ability makes it easy for a Hunter to dump aggro on
a Warrior, there is still one additional way to dump even more of it.
Supposedly, the way a warrior’s Taunt works is that it gives the warrior aggro
equal to the player with the highest aggro plus 10% more. Apparently, Feigning
Death immediately after a Warrior Taunts causes even more aggro to transfer to
the Warrior. At the start of a fight, cause as much aggro as possible and then
Feign Death just as the Warrior successfully Taunts. Of course, this only works
if Feigning does not get resisted so if that happens, you might want to keep
your finger on Disengage.
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e. Fight Or Flight: Learning To Survive
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At certain times, you’re going to find yourself in a dire situation. You may
have just ran out of mana, both you and your pet are on the verge of death
against several mobs, and your Feign Death was resisted. So what do you do?
Here are some pointers that will help you survive in the wild.
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Know Thy Enemy
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Know what you’re up against. Are you fighting a melee or a caster mob? This
question is important because it will help you decide on how you should handle
the situation. Casters will behave differently, and will oftentimes stand in
one place to cast a spell rather than chase you down.
Are you in the wild or in an instance? Mobs in the wild will stop chasing you
after a certain time and distance unless you continue to attack them. In an
instance, however, mobs will chase you continually, and will not cease until
you’re dead, which in that case, will either have you running until you Feign
Death or escape out of the instance.
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Low Mana
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If you’re low on mana, and Feigning and drinking is not an option, immediately
switch to Aspect of Viper, and use Arcane Shot (Rank 1). Late in the game, the
mana efficiency of Rank 1 will help you continue attacking. If you’re
confident that you can kill it with whatever you’ve got, use Rapid Fire. If
you don’t have Aspect of the Viper yet, switch to either Monkey or Cheetah,
depending on whether or not you feel that you have a chance at killing.
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Spreading Out Damage
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Your pet is designed to soak up damage, but too much damage isn’t going to help
either. If you’re up against three mobs, where one is already Freeze Trapped,
lure one mob towards you while attacking the one that is currently on your pet.
If you have Scatter Shot, use it on the mob that’s attacking you, which will
buy you four seconds of time. If you can’t take the hits, Wing Clip it and run
around while continuing your attack.
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Fooling The Caster
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Caster mobs are incredibly powerful, and something as simple as a Fireball can
be extremely lethal. However, such mobs are not very intelligent. Any mob that
has an AoE effect will continue to channel it in a single area, even after you
step out of its radius. They also don’t understand that you can step out of
their casting range, which is usually about 41 yards for a typical Bolt spell.
Even after you step out of their range, they will continue to cast the full
duration of the spell. A caster will also continue casting as you step out of
their line of sight. Use this to your advantage.
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Use Your Environment
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Look around you. Your environment will play a key role in your survival. Large
trees and walls can thwart a caster’s attempt to hit you with their spells, and
most land animals will not chase you into a body of water. Although mobs can
run up and down slopes and hillsides that aren’t possible for your two feet,
they’re not smart enough to jump off ledges and bridges. In fact, many of them
will try to walk their way around towards ramps and stairways.
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Making A Run For It
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If all else fails and you know for sure that you’re going to get killed, turn
on Aspect of the Cheetah, and run for your life. Most mobs in the wild, as well
as in smaller instances, will run at your Cheetah speed, but they’re also
susceptible to Traps. Drop a Frost or Freezing Trap and keep running. If you
feel that you may be able to kite it to death, use jump shots and Arcane Shot
(Rank 1) with Serpent Sting.
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f. Building Your Hunter
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Even with all that you’ve learned about the class, sometimes it’s not easy to
decide upon how you should build your Hunter, especially nowadays with the wide
variety of gear and talents to choose from. This section will help you make the
right decisions when it comes to deciding what your Hunter should be wearing,
and what talents should go with your choices.
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Knowing The Numbers
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This game has its share of complex formulas and numbers, which can get very
complicated at times, and sometimes, it’s hard to keep track of the numbers.
Here is a table of conversions for various percentages and numbers such as
Attack Power and Dodge.
Basic Conversions:
1 Agility = 1 Ranged Attack Power
1 Agility = 1 Melee Attack Power
1 Agility = 2 Armor
14 Attack Power = 1.0 DPS
1 Stamina = 10 Health
1 Intellect = 15 Mana
1 Strength = 1 Melee Attack Power
1 Spirit = 5 Mana Per Tick
At level 60:
33 Agility = 1% Critical Strike
14 Crit Rating = 1% Critical Strike
10 Hit Rating = 1% Hit
20 Agility = 1% Dodge
12 Dodge Rating = 1% Dodge
At level 70:
40 Agility = 1% Critical Strike
22 Crit Rating = 1% Critical Strike
16 Hit Rating = 1% Hit
25 Agility = 1% Dodge
19 Dodge Rating = 1% Dodge
Weighed Value:
1 Agility = 2 Attack Power
Most of these numbers have been rounded up for the sake of simplicity. The
actual values can be broken down into decimals, which is not something the
average player should need.
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Agility Or Attack Power
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What you must first decide is whether you want to specialize in Agility or
Attack Power. This choice will greatly affect the kind of talents, enchants,
and gear that you’ll be investing your time into. Although you can potentially
invest your time and effort into a mix of both, you’ll ideally be stronger if
you specialize in one. The sections below will address these two stats.
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In Favor Of Agility
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PROS
Higher Critical Strike percentage.
Higher Dodge percentage.
Higher Armor.
CONS
Lower base damage; lower Ranged Attack Power.
Lower Arcane and Steady Shot damages.
Lower Mongoose Bite damage.
TALENTS
Most Agility-based Hunters favor Survival talents, since many of the tree’s
later talents use Agility, and the featured defensive talents compliment the
Armor and Dodge percentage that come with it. The tree also has features
several talents that boost Critical Strike percentages, and does especially
well when paired with Lethal Shots from the Marksmanship tree.
MAJOR CHOICES
When it’s time to choose your faction in Shattrath City, you will want to
choose The Scryers so that you’ll have access to the Inscription of the Blade,
which mainly adds Crit Rating to your Shoulders. You’ll also want Enchants that
add Agility to your gear, as well as matching gems.
OVERVIEW
Agility favors players who enjoy burst damage. What they lack in base weapon
damage, they make up for with their more frequent critical strikes, and the
higher Armor and Dodge percentage helps them endure close-range encounters.
Agility is the stat of choice for PvP enthusiasts.
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In Favor Of Attack Power
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