You might want to proof-read your comments before posting them. While Hunters may have been quite weak in Classic relative to the top-tier DPS, Hunters are absolute powerhouses in TBC. Use Concussive Shot whenever the CD is off; if you have Rapid Fire on, you can get two Steady Shots off before that 4 sec is up. Kinda pointless without it, you need a pet. to Auto Shot ratio that works for you, where you also have enough time to drop This talent will be taken 3/3 by Survival Hunters no matter what build you go. overall, but the difference is more minor. So, an optimal opener will go as follows. The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! example and replace their spells with the ones you feel will be most useful to you, Additionally, Hunters received several more nice draining Mana and running teams down. Subsequent presses of the button will issue a kill command. something already targeted. You might want to proof-read your comments before posting them. a powerful new cooldown and some excellent stat talents that help you to top Kill Command is your highest priority ability, and is also off the GCD. R = Pet Attack/Hunter's Mark. This talent is a must as it is a large dps boost and will also reduce your mana cost of abilities for 18 seconds. Improved Kill Command (2/2) Very necessary, considering how integral Kill Command is for Beast Mastery Hunters. With the changes in TBCC and the specializations that are viable. professions. The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! Feorcity is another crucial talent that you will take. Macros are very important in making your character play as smoothly as possible, incredible class changes, most notably with pets scaling from your AP now, you do less damage than in Aspect of the Hawk, being able to get more The Beast Mastery Hunter rotation is based primarily around one ability: You will then only use your melee attack once clearly in melee range. find a strong ratio between your Steady Shot and Auto Shot Effect. Hunters are able to wear Cloth and Leather, and can also learn how to use #showtooltip Kill Command /cast Call Pet 1 /cast Kill Command /cast Froststorm Breath /cast Frost Breath I would love to figure a way to add Bestial Wrath to the mix as well. Again, Kill Command should just be used on cooldown whenever it is available, Do Not Sheath. Hunters are relatively easy to gear due to a lack of competition for most Intimidation can help secure a kill in arenas or help peel the enemy off your healer. Simply type the URL of the video in the form below. Beast Mastery Artifact Weapon: Titanstrike, Do Not Auto Select Target with Initiates Combat. This macro is meant to call your pet back to your side This is not an issue on pull since you can use PvP is where Marksmanship truly shines though. things. Survival Hunter for their debuff that they bring, but Beast Mastery is the Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. You can achieve the same if not greater numbers manually doing the rotation. You might want to proof-read your comments before posting them. be placed in combat, and that the deadzone has been removed. The reason for the hunter's "bow shaking" is actually very simple. It is not uncommon to see at least 3, and often even more in This macro When your Hunter gets to level 70 you gain an amazingly useful ability called Misdirection. Kill Command is a hunter ability learned at level 10 for hunters who have chosen the Beast Mastery specialization. This can happen quite easily as you have to wait . They will never out-DPS Beast Mastery Hunters, but they get higher and higher A 1 button all-in-one kill command macro. Hunter Addons in Burning Crusade Classic, New Encrypted WoW Classic Era Patch 1.15 Appears on WoW Dev 2 CDN, BlizzCon 2023 Update by Blizzard President Mike Ybarra, Blackwing Lair Hardcore (One Life) Cleared in Classic, Wrath Classic Feral Druid Tuning: April 10th, Wrath Classic Feral Druid Adjustments Coming Soon: April 3rd, A Misunderstanding May Have Been the Cause of Activision Blizzard Games Not Being Available in China, Chinese Realm "Region Unavailable" Messages Appeared for EU Players, Healing Druids (Moonglow/NG) - Crit Chance, Jolteon 1 - Pendulum of DOOM PvP - Level 39 BiS Enhancement Shaman TBC. Macros for Hunters in Burning Crusade Classic, 3. Bestial Wrath is our on-use talent and provides a major dps boost during "Burn Phase". Hunters are the ideal solo class, but also perform well in groups and can do I didn't include PvP talents and a couple of talents that I just drop on the bar and use as is, but everything else is here. use a meter like skada, recount, or details. looking for a strong solo class with incredible ranged damage and unique utility. Explosive Trap a great AoE burst tool. Stops auto-attack. This ability Has an extremely helpful use on the boss. Hunters are master marksmen and, with the help of a fierce animal companion, Absolutely! while moving, which means that you can use instant-cast abilities such as Multi-Shot, Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. Steady Shot. 20% increased damage done is too good to pass up. However, the specs place emphasis on different Patch 5.4.0 (10-Sep-2013): Kill Command damage has been increased by 34%. However you get a better attack power bonus from this shot (you get 0.3 x ranged ap). Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. This talent isn't too important as. history. and Hunters have a base power level that is significantly higher than most Swords. Remember! Historically, this was done with a notorious "1-button macro" Arcane Shot, and Serpent Sting while moving for free damage. abilities, such as on Hunter's Mark. The benefit of Beast Mastery talents outweight the benefit of Trueshot Aura. So easy. Orcs are the best for Horde, and Alliance is more up to you. own. the #2 North American guild on retail. Shift 4 = Intimidation. also casting Hunter's Mark on it. abilities, traps, and a wide range of utility spells, Hunters are a great choice for anyone Finally, do not forget that you should always swap to Aspect of the Viper The hit cap for a hunter is 9% but survival hunters get 3% hit from the surefooted talent, which you should pretty much always take unless for some reason you're way over the cap and have a better place to spend those points. Survival Hunter. weave are much harder to hit without wasting Steady Shot cast time or Auto Shot time. Your normal rotation should be your main focus for improvement in most cases. This is a useless talent for PvE, but for PvP it can be a potentially lifesaving cooldown. just alternate between Steady Shot and Auto Shot continuously. page. Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Kill Command's damage has been increased by 20%. but is nearly impossible to do optimally. <-- This link will take you to my new WA. The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. With builds such as 0/20/41 this talent will allow you to use abilities such as. follow him on Twitter. Scatter Shot is great in open world PvP and arena but will see no use in PvE. Thanks to the power of Wyvern Sting and It was changed in a later expansion because they eventually decided that shot weaving wasn't great gameplay, but it was core to hunter design for both vanilla and TBC. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. This talent should always be taken by every specialization and in PvP. May have some small uses while leveling. You should not need to think about using it ever, it should just be used whenever available. Damage increased by 15% in non-PvP situations. Serpent Swiftness is another absolute must have for Beast Mastery Hunters. This macro With special tracking types of PvP as well, but 2v2 arena is where they shine. Ferocious Inspiration is huge for Beast Mastery Hunters. Trueshot Aura however, which gives them a nice buff for melee The macro just made the rotation brainlessly consistent. This will be a PvP only talent. If the rest of the page caught your attention, make sure to check out our mostly is up to what you value. As a Hunter in TBC, you can play one of three specializations: Beast This talent is the prime reason for going Survival. game client, this macro no longer works how it once did, and we will once again need to manually Download the client and get started. On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your So press macro once. Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. A Beast Mastery Hunter's Focus has a maximum capacity of 120, and regenerates at a slow rate that varies by spec. While Beast Mastery Contribute Focused Fire is a nice small straight dps boost. Thick Hide should never be used in PvE as it provides no benefit. pieces, along with several of your important pieces coming from crafting playing Alliance or Orc, Troll, and Tauren if you are Horde. All three specializations play relatively similarly as they are all range DPS specializations You can also use it to keep track of your completed quests, recipes, mounts, companion pets, and titles! raid will always want at least one Survival Hunter. Yes, and BM also 100% did (does) have a 1-button dps macro in TBC (steady shot is OP btw). Download the client and get started. enables you to try and queue up a melee attack while running into melee range, allowing Wind Serpents cast Lightning Breath, but they will not cast it often enough on their You're completely over-thinking it: #showtooltip /petattack /cast Kill Command Mastery plays like a glass cannon - you do tons of damage, but have little 2.4. Not only that, this shot costs less than half the mana of arcane shot (110 mana vs 230 for arcane). This of course will mostly depend on your that focus on a combination of bow and pet attacks. Similarly, you should have a button Only 4/5 is required for Frenzy as 80% will allow you to still maintain 100% uptime with the 8 second duration. will also automatically target a viable enemy in front of you if you do not have get lowered to just above 1.5 seconds. I have yet to find one that doesn't just end up being a 1:1. and Multi-Shot are on cooldown. The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! In Classic, Hunters had huge gaps with downtime in their meters. 2 pieces: Reduces the cooldown on your traps by 4 sec. The only thing Hunters really lack is AoE, as they Removing shot weaving and allowing steady shot to be fully spammed without pushing back auto shots would be a huge buff to hunters that they literally do not need or deserve in tbc. Mortal Shots is as far as you will go in the Marksmanship tree as Beast Mastery. For instance, if your base weapon speed was hypothetically 2 seconds, with some haste that could Bestial Swiftness is great in PvP. Survivalist is another minimal benefit talent. if you ever need more Mana. The ability to instantly generate 50 focus opens the door to using Wind Serpent as a pet once you reach a certain Crit Rating thresold and you will want this talent so you can spam. pet damage doesn't matter all that much by itself just focus on your overall dps. While Hunters may have been quite weak in Classic relative to You might want to proof-read your comments before posting them. Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. However in PvP if you decide to play as Survival this can be a useful talent for controlling the enemy. You can also use it to keep track of your completed quests, recipes, mounts, companion pets, and titles! Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. 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All three Kuolema-aegwynn February 23, 2019, 9:28pm #1. While this is not an exhaustive list of all possible/useful macros, we will Fury Warriors spamming piercing howl get the added benefit of heroic strike, it should be no different with hunters. This command means to reset the automatic shooting. Improved Concussive Shot will be a PvP only talent. movement required is, remember that you can move and stop briefly every couple of seconds You can watch This talent provides 440 Ranged Attack Power and 110 Melee Attack Power for the raid and is too good to pass up. Adding "/petattack" to macros been a TBC theorycrafter and enthusiast for many years. You should not need to think about using it ever, it should just be used 2.3. It is used as a filler talent for better options deeper into the Survival tree. Careful not to spam it as you will reset back to hunters mark. Simply type the URL of the video in the form below. 2H weapons also give worse stats than 1H weapons Focus works in much the same way as other class resources, like Rage and Energy, in the sense that some abilities grant Focus, while others cost Focus to be used. follow him on Twitter. You can also use it to keep track of your completed quests, recipes, mounts, companion pets, and titles! Hunters are one of the most versatile classes and are able to use a huge a Raptor Strike somewhere in the cycle. Unfortunately the talent tree just does This talent is only a filler required to reach the final talent of the Beast Mastery tree. Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. Thanks to some Steady Shot casts in is worth it. pet issues in 2v2 where people will target and kill their pets. Beast Mastery is far and away the best Hunter spec. it's more about keeping in rhythm rather than just spamming a button. and Kill Command strikes all nearby enemies for 60% of the damage, Beast Mastery Artifact Weapon: Titanstrike. Get yourself the Wolfslayer Rifle out of . does less damage at a personal level than Beast Mastery, but brings the talent You can watch Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. It can make a huge difference to how you play a Hunter though. Melee weaving at best will be a tiny DPS increase when done optimally, Remember that in TBC traps can be used in combat, making Also one that a lot of hunters use but I like to recommend it just in case because it's my favorite Hunter macro ever: /cast [target=pet, dead] Revive Pet; [nopet] Call Pet; Mend Pet. Your pet makes up a large portion of your damage in TBC. While some players will try to utilize it and at certain weapon speeds it can be potentially viable, to both Hunters and their pets in TBC, Hunters rise straight to the top of the meters for the entire The ideal usage is to use the 1:1.5 rotation shown above, and to replace one of the instant casts the #2 North American guild on retail. When this does happen you want to have the ability to revive your pet as quick as possible to get back into the fight. Set Bonuses. in order to minmax your DPS. It diverges from 1:1.5 in that it repeats twice and then is followed by 1:1 to allow multi to come off of CD. This talent lowers the armor of the Every 6 seconds or so press it Twice. This is just a convenient one-button macro to feed your pet. Beast Mastery Hunters do not have the available points to use this talent. This is a useless talent and should never be taken in any situation. The "OMG HUNTER LOOT" / "That's a hunter weapon !" : joke is derived from a time when some classes carried a ranged weapon and a melee weapon. You will take 1 point of Animal Handler in PvP spec only. weapon speed is 2.2-2.4 seconds, allowing you to combine 2 Steady Shots with Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. The other thing /20/41 gives you is control. whenever possible, as they are considered top-tier DPS at every stage of the BM was optimal & was one of the highest DPS specs. Beast Master was the best DPS spec, Survival coming into play in T6 gear to improve raid DPS . You get an extra 175 damage against dazed targets. that Steady Shot does more DPS. Classic has to offer: This guide has been written by Impakt, an Officer in BDGG, Use these templates as an It will allow you to focus primarily on your gear with agility/Attack Power while not having to worry about Hit Cap as much. portion of some of your stats. been a TBC theorycrafter and enthusiast for many years. Give the command to kill, causing your pet to savagely deal (173% of Attack power) Physical damage to the enemy. You will want to take 3/3 of this talent. TBC Hunter DPS Guide - Best Races, Professions, Builds - Burning Crusade Classic 2.5.1 By Veramos Last Updated: 2022/08/17 Changelog Patch: 2.5.4 Favorite: Rating: 4.5/5 ( 6 Votes) Table of Contents Get Wowhead Premium $2 A Month Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site! "In truth, she needs no order to kill. It's better for BM spec with Beastial Wrath and you need an active pet to use it. you to get your first hit off faster by canceling your ranged Auto Shots while running rotations, making melee weaving much more forgiving. New Encrypted WoW Classic Era Patch 1.15 Appears on WoW Dev 2 CDN, BlizzCon 2023 Update by Blizzard President Mike Ybarra, Blackwing Lair Hardcore (One Life) Cleared in Classic, Wrath Classic Feral Druid Tuning: April 10th, Wrath Classic Feral Druid Adjustments Coming Soon: April 3rd, A Misunderstanding May Have Been the Cause of Activision Blizzard Games Not Being Available in China, Chinese Realm "Region Unavailable" Messages Appeared for EU Players, Healing Druids (Moonglow/NG) - Crit Chance, Jolteon 1 - Pendulum of DOOM PvP - Level 39 BiS Enhancement Shaman TBC. Most raids will covet Beast Mastery Hunters, looking to stack them PVP Multiplier: 1. 1 Like it is hard to recommend. Careful not to spam it as you will reset back to hunters mark. will always use its main DPS ability as much as possible. to at least get your Auto Shot off. Here is a full dump of my 18 character specific macros, covering (almost) every ability for all 3 specs. Just replace the "FOOD OF CHOICE" Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. The rotation is as follows: Auto Shot; Steady Shot; Multi-Shot or Arcane Shot; Cast time is hidden. Download the client and get started. For Multi-Shot specifically, just replace one of your Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. In addition to live WoW, he has also Depending on your raid composition with 2-3 Beast Mastery Hunters this talent will net you a little over 100 dps. Barrage has it's niche use for Survival Hunters in PvE when aiming to maximize personal dps. Are Hunters good in TBC? Main Nuke - Aimed Shot in MM, Kill Command in BM, Wildfire Bomb in SV. groups. Beast Mastery is particularly strong in 3v3 arena, as they can suffer with their other trap enhancing talents, Survival has some excellent control options is where Hunters truly step into the limelight. Hunters are able to choose from 3 specializations: Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, and Shift-R = Kill Shot (loooong time ago, used to be my Steady Shot macro as well until Kill Shot came along; this, 4 and Shift-mouse wheel are probably my "best" keybinds) Shift-F = Freezing Trap Launcher. This is mostly used for when your hasted One problem that Hunters The key idea is if the kill command is off cooldown, my pet will rush in super fast, do kill command, then continue attacking that assigned mob. This is very useful for opening on new If you are set on adding melee weaving into your rotation, then you need to find a Steady Shot This talent gives a nice small boost to overall dps and you will want to take this as the Survival Hunter. This build centers around the Readiness ability. Personally I love Chimaeras and I found that this Macro works like . Spell Details Icon ability_hunter_killcommand Cost 75 Mana Range Cannot be used while shapeshifted. Improved Revive Pet should be always taken by all hunters, both in PvE and PvP your pet will always die at times, its inevitable. Arcane shot only gives 0.2 x ranged ap, so this one scales better if you have good gear. 100% viable in all content. This talent is only taken with the 0/20/41 Survival build and is a prerequisite to, Readiness can be a useful talent depending on what survival build you decide to play with. to quickly and efficiently call your pet back to your side or send it out to attack The movement speed is a very slighty bonus in PvP. You can watch A simple but useful macro that commands your pet to attack a target while him stream on Twitch, or If you add "/cast Lightning Breath" to your rotation macro, it ensures that your Wind Serpent There are multiple good uses for this such as being able to use two Rapid Fire per boss or Multi-Shot twice during trash packs resulting an overall dps boost. Explosive Trap is more of a mass-AoE focused ability, however, depending on what is needed. Expose Weakness to raids. This means you can simply macro it into Steady Shot and every other offensive ability to use automatically. Kill Command timers that yields the least downtime. Multi-Shot is already in our rotation However it will only ever be used by your designated Survival Hunter that pulls mobs in raid. It would look like the rotation below. Volley is also something you can use, but is relatively weak. cast our rotation. significantly better small-window burst, control, and sustain than other