JM Van Horn
World of Warcraft: Hunters Pet Guide
August 30th 2010 03:34
Since World of Warcraft started, Hunter’s Pets have gone under major changes, from what skills they learned to how you could tweak the performance of your hunter. Here is a cursory guide to the current pet system for your Hunter in World of Warcraft along with recommendations to selecting the best pet.
Currently Hunters have a choice to select a pet from three different distinct classes that are balanced to fit specific playing styles.
Cunning
Since the Hunter class has a variety of playing styles in World of Warcraft, it is sometimes hard to decide which pet to chose. If you find yourself in this boat, a pet from the Cunning group is the perfect choice.
The Cunning pet, which are made up of Bats, Birds of Prey, Chimaeras, Dragonhawks, Nether Rays, Ravagers, Serpents, Silithids, Spiders, and Spore Bats, have the most flexibility for your Hunter.
Their talent selections allow your Hunter utility and mobility, which is important in PvP fights. This also makes the Cunning pet very useful while soloing or small groups.
Just like with any Talent tree, there are certain ones needed to make sure your Cunning pet lives up to their potential. Boar’s Speed is an easy way to receive a continuous 30% speed increase for your pet. Feeding Frenzy will help increase the overall damage of your Cunning Pet and Wolverine Bite allows your Pet to place an attack that can not be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Tenacity
If you are planning on your Hunter spending all of their time, then a Tenacity pet maybe the right one for you. Their extra health and variety of talents to stay alive and keep the focus of your target make this the ideal pet for solo Hunter.
When you make the decision to go with a Tenacity pet, you can choose from the following families; Bears, Boars, Crabs, Crocolisks, Gorillas, Rhinos, Scorpids, Turtles, Warp Stalkers, and Worms.
As for the important talents from the Tenacity tree, there are several you need to make sure your pet shines. Grace of Mantis is important to help reduce critical hits on your pet. This will allow your pet to absorb more of the damage and last longer in the battle.
Another important talent to have is Taunt, which can be very useful in saving you or someone in your party when a Crowd Control spell breaks or you get unexpected adds. You can skip on the talent, Silverback, because the one percent healing bonus on Growl does not make a real difference for your Tenacity pet.
Ferocity
One of the more popular pet selections for Hunters in World of Warcraft is the Ferocity pet. They main focus is damage and dishing it out in bunches while helping to increase yours. Ferocity pets make the perfect mate in Raids or when your Hunter ventures out for some PvP.
If you make the decision to venture out into Azeroth with a pet from the Ferocity group, you will need to select from the following families; Carrion Birds, Cats, Core Hounds, Devilsaurs, Hyenas, Moths, Raptors, Spirit Beasts, Tallstriders, Wasps, Wolves.
One of the more critical talents your Ferocity pet needs is Cobra Reflexes because it increases their overall DPS. Do not be mislead by the description that says the increase pet attack speed/reduction in damage will make it a wash.
Shark attack is a talent that allows your Ferocity pet to receive a damage boost, even more so if you are a Beast Mastery Hunter. When you max out at level 80, you can drop this talent and make sure to pick up Wild Hunt.
One of the most under utilized talents for the Ferocity pet is Dash. This talent will allow your pet to reach the intended target quicker, resulting in a slight increase in DPS.
In the end, remember that no matter what pet you choose for your Hunter, you should be able to find success if you pick the talents to help maximize their potential, along with yours.
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