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Nihilum Hunter Guide
This one is not recommended if you do not have more than 40% crit fully buffed, since you will only have 2/3 in Exposed Weakness(EW) or 2/3 in Thrill of the Hunt.
The best dps spec for a survival hunter. You get the extra speed you need to increase your DPS. However, you do have to sacrifice and can only take 2/3 in Exposed Weakness.This spec is quite flexible, as you can switch around the points in Focused Fire, Exposed Weakness and Thrill of the Hunt to a find a balance that best suits your play-style.
EW brings about [Ranged + Melee on target]*[Attack Power gained from Expose Weakness]*0.3. in raid DPS.
Improved Hunter's Mark brings about [Melee on target]*[Attack power from Improved Hunter's Mark (22/44/66/88/110 depending on how many points spent in it)]*0.3 in raid DPS.
There is only 1 BM spec , since either way you're going to go 41 points into it and then it's very clear that you can't skip out on Mortal Shot in any spec. The only thing you should remember when putting 41 points into BM is that you'll find yourself about 1 talent short to take all the best talents and still be able to get 5/5 Mortal Shot. This is where you should only put 4 talent points into Frenzy (80% chance to Frenzy on crit instead of 100%), ending up with the ideal DPS/BM spec.
However, it's worth noting that for a future MM spec, it's not a bad choice to get 20 talents into BM (20% more pet damage). Also, it's worth adding that Improved Hunter's Mark adds 100 attack power to your pet, so don't forget that ;)
Survival:
I usually go with AS - SS(Steady Shot) - ARC - AS - SS - AS - SS - MS - AS - SS, etc. Try to fit in Arcane shot(ARC) and Multi-Shot(MS) wherever there is time without delaying Auto Shot(AS). This uses all the abilities which might be mana heavy for newly specced Survival hunters, but it is the rotation that deals out the best damage , if you time your shoots right. If you still want to use this rotation but can't find the mana for it, use a lower rank of MS and you should be fine on the mana issue.
A little less mana heavy rotation would be AS - SS - ARC - AS - SS - AS - SS - AS - SS - ARC - AS - SS etc.
Basically the same as the one above just that you leave MS out. It costs less mana, but will also take away the damage from MS.
The least mana heavy rotation is the normal AS - SS - AS - SS spam. This is the rotation you would use if you are low on mana and are forced to use Aspect of the Viper(AotV) (Explained a bit later in the guide).
You need to have a addon that tracks your AS castbar. The addon I use for this is ZhunterMod. It's easy to set up and works like a charm.
To make sure you do not miss any AS in your rotation a good macro can come quite handy:
Standard version:
/castsequence reset=3 Auto Shot, Steady Shot
/cast Kill Command
A little better version:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castsequence reset=3 Auto shot, Steady shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget] Kill Command
This macro will make sure you use a AS before you cast SS and will also try to cast Kill Command(KC) if it's available. This skill does not effect Global Cooldown(GCD) and it can be used between both the AS and SS. If you do not have it macroed, you will most likely delay your shots. The reset timer can be set to any number you want, it's the time (in seconds) when the macro is not being used before it resets to the original state (to cast Auto shot at first click).
I personally do not use the "/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()" part of that macro, since it will remove all Error Messages, like resist on Feign Death.
Beast Master:
As a BM hunter, the only skills you're really going to use effectively are autoshot, steady shot, and serpent sting. These 3 are the only ones you need to limit yourself to and still do great. However, every encounter involves something other than just standing still and doing dps. If you have to move, you should use arcane/multi shot, since they can be used while moving. There are always different kinds of situations that will allow you to still use them regularly. The most common one is where you perhaps missed your steady macro or simply a round without steady, since they will always occur frequently. Mana wise you shouldn't have a problem at all, if you follow these guidelines (with mana oil, viper + fel mana pots, and perhaps even night dragons).
Hello and welcome to Ahoq and Teh's hunter guide!
This guide focuses on PvE and two talent builds:
Survival (Ahoq)
Beast Master (The/Blomsterjohn).
I would not recommend to spec into the survival tree until you have around 600-650 unbuffed agility, before Lightning Reflexes (which will bring you to around 800 raid buffed agility).
Survival Speccs:
0-20-41
This is good for pulls. A dual Misdirection(MD) at the start of encounters gives the tank a good start on threat. 0-20-41
This one is not recommended if you do not have more than 40% crit fully buffed, since you will only have 2/3 in Exposed Weakness(EW) or 2/3 in Thrill of the Hunt.
6-20-35
The best dps spec for a survival hunter. You get the extra speed you need to increase your DPS. However, you do have to sacrifice and can only take 2/3 in Exposed Weakness.This spec is quite flexible, as you can switch around the points in Focused Fire, Exposed Weakness and Thrill of the Hunt to a find a balance that best suits your play-style.
Hybrid Speccs:
0-25-36
The ultimate raid buffing spec. This hybrid has all the AP buff talents, but it will sacrifice a bit of your own DPS in order to increase the DPS of the raid members. 0-25-36
EW brings about [Ranged + Melee on target]*[Attack Power gained from Expose Weakness]*0.3. in raid DPS.
Improved Hunter's Mark brings about [Melee on target]*[Attack power from Improved Hunter's Mark (22/44/66/88/110 depending on how many points spent in it)]*0.3 in raid DPS.
Beastmaster Speccs:
41-20-0
41-20-0
There is only 1 BM spec , since either way you're going to go 41 points into it and then it's very clear that you can't skip out on Mortal Shot in any spec. The only thing you should remember when putting 41 points into BM is that you'll find yourself about 1 talent short to take all the best talents and still be able to get 5/5 Mortal Shot. This is where you should only put 4 talent points into Frenzy (80% chance to Frenzy on crit instead of 100%), ending up with the ideal DPS/BM spec.
However, it's worth noting that for a future MM spec, it's not a bad choice to get 20 talents into BM (20% more pet damage). Also, it's worth adding that Improved Hunter's Mark adds 100 attack power to your pet, so don't forget that ;)
Survival:
I usually go with AS - SS(Steady Shot) - ARC - AS - SS - AS - SS - MS - AS - SS, etc. Try to fit in Arcane shot(ARC) and Multi-Shot(MS) wherever there is time without delaying Auto Shot(AS). This uses all the abilities which might be mana heavy for newly specced Survival hunters, but it is the rotation that deals out the best damage , if you time your shoots right. If you still want to use this rotation but can't find the mana for it, use a lower rank of MS and you should be fine on the mana issue.
A little less mana heavy rotation would be AS - SS - ARC - AS - SS - AS - SS - AS - SS - ARC - AS - SS etc.
Basically the same as the one above just that you leave MS out. It costs less mana, but will also take away the damage from MS.
The least mana heavy rotation is the normal AS - SS - AS - SS spam. This is the rotation you would use if you are low on mana and are forced to use Aspect of the Viper(AotV) (Explained a bit later in the guide).
You need to have a addon that tracks your AS castbar. The addon I use for this is ZhunterMod. It's easy to set up and works like a charm.
To make sure you do not miss any AS in your rotation a good macro can come quite handy:
Standard version:
/castsequence reset=3 Auto Shot, Steady Shot
/cast Kill Command
A little better version:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castsequence reset=3 Auto shot, Steady shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget] Kill Command
This macro will make sure you use a AS before you cast SS and will also try to cast Kill Command(KC) if it's available. This skill does not effect Global Cooldown(GCD) and it can be used between both the AS and SS. If you do not have it macroed, you will most likely delay your shots. The reset timer can be set to any number you want, it's the time (in seconds) when the macro is not being used before it resets to the original state (to cast Auto shot at first click).
I personally do not use the "/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()" part of that macro, since it will remove all Error Messages, like resist on Feign Death.
Beast Master:
As a BM hunter, the only skills you're really going to use effectively are autoshot, steady shot, and serpent sting. These 3 are the only ones you need to limit yourself to and still do great. However, every encounter involves something other than just standing still and doing dps. If you have to move, you should use arcane/multi shot, since they can be used while moving. There are always different kinds of situations that will allow you to still use them regularly. The most common one is where you perhaps missed your steady macro or simply a round without steady, since they will always occur frequently. Mana wise you shouldn't have a problem at all, if you follow these guidelines (with mana oil, viper + fel mana pots, and perhaps even night dragons).
