Which pet for a melee hunter?
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Which pet for a melee hunter?
My question to you fine folks is what type of pet would make this the easiest? Are there any abilities in particular that any pets have that would benefit me the most?
Thank you very much!
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
Of course, having a Priest as a tank could also be a challenge.
A bit of palindromic wisdom:
"Step on no pets!"
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I love pets - combat or non.
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
Once upon a time, a shadow priest tanked The Labyrinth of BC expac with only a healer and a dps as support. He also did the most dps and almost as many self heals. When we all died, he soloed the mobs that killed us.Sukurachi wrote:I'd say the ultimate challenge would be to level a hunter with no weapon nor pet and function as a healer.
Of course, having a Priest as a tank could also be a challenge.
Shadow priest got tank skills bro.
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
A bit of palindromic wisdom:
"Step on no pets!"
Casual player.. don't raid, don't PvP. Suffer from extreme altitis
I love pets - combat or non.
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
Ravagers/Raptors/Boars/Worms (exotic)/Rhinos (exotic)/Tallstriders for the 4% damage increase done to enemies affected
Quilen (exotic)/Wolves/Devilsaurs (exotic) for 5% crit increase
Shale Spiders (exotic) for 5% stat increase but they also have a web wrap ability that glues their enemies in place so you'll need to turn that off
Something Spirit Beast for their heal ability
Maybe something that can disarm (Birds of Prey), though this only works if they have a weapon to begin with
Or if it's a matter of trying to outlast it since it'll take a lifetime and a half to kill anything, something that can reduce an enemies attack power (Bears/Carrion Birds)
Or perhaps something that can physically endure (Beetles/Turtles)
Spellcasters can be downright awful so families like Sporebats/Core Hounds (exotic)/Foxes/Goats
Ones who's abilities stun the enemy entirely are Bats (2sec stun)/Cranes (breaks when they take damage but a 4sec stun otherwise)/Monkeys (4sec stun)/Nether Rays (also spell locks for 2secs)/Moths (also spell locks for 4 secs)/Wasps (2sec stun)/Basilisks (cannot harm target and stun lasts 3secs)/Gorillas (2sec stun)/Porcupine (2sec stun)
Blizz pretty much culled absolutely everything ability related except for traps (and you need a range weapon to use the trap launcher) that didn't require a ranged weapon so you're literally stuck auto attacking, using a pet, and placing traps at your feet for any source of damage :X
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
birds of prey can disarm for 8 sec
if you go bm (which would be a good idea, extra pet damage and stuff to pick up the slack. but if you want this to be about the hunter and not the pet just skip these.)
core hound for hero
spirit beast for heals.
a chimera/worm for the aoe situations may be nice but probably not as useful.
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Re: Which pet for a melee hunter?
I felt like it did happen faster as well.GormanGhaste wrote: ...and learning pet skills from pets always seemed to happen more quickly when I melee'd the mob, although I don't know if that was really true.
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