Best Hunter Builds for World of Warcraft - Best Solo and Leveling Builds
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007
by Eric Vladir
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Below are a variety of viable hunter builds, mainly to give WoW hunters who aren't sure what talent build is right for them an idea on where to put their talent points. Since everyone has their own playstyle and most talents are fairly balanced now, there are really no 100% perfect builds but some are slightly better than others depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
When it comes to leveling and questing, you will be playing solo a lot of the time. For this I recommend the beastmaster tree. Your pet can be a great tank, add a good amount of damage, are very gear-independent and make grinding very mana-efficient, decreasing downtime in between fights considerably. On top of that, they are fun and obedient companions to have with you on your journeys, and improving them by talents will let you kill enemies while leveling faster than any other build!
PvE Solo and Leveling Hunter Build (1-60) - 43/5/3Mainly improving your pet, this will make leveling and questing solo a lot faster. If you're wondering what pet to get, it doesn't really matter since they are all similar, but some are slightly better than others. Just make sure you take pets you like, since you'll be spending a lot of time with them! Boars/bears are good to start off with since they are quite tough and eat pretty much everything (except gnomes). The boar charge ability is quite nice too. Later on, once you get the Frenzy talent, you might want to get a high damage pet with a fast attack speed, ideally a cat, for even faster leveling.
Since this is also a leveling build i will give some advice on in what order you might want to spend your talent points while you are leveling:
Lvl 10-14: BM: Endurance Training 5/5
Lvl 15-17: BM: Thick Hide 3/3
Lvl 18-19: BM: Improved Revive Pet 2/2
Lvl 20: BM: Bestial Swiftness 1/1
Lvl 21-25: BM: Unleashed Fury 5/5
Lvl 26: BM: Improved Mend Pet 1/2
Lvl 27-29: BM: Ferocity 3/5
Lvl 30: BM: Intimidation 1/1
Lvl 31-32: BM: Ferocity 5/5
Lvl 33-34: BM: Bestial Discipline 2/2
Lvl 35-37: BM: Frenzy 3/5
Lvl 38-39: BM: Cat Handler 2/2
Lvl 40: BM: Bestial Wrath 1/1
Lvl 41-43: BM: Catlike Reflexes 3/3
Lvl 44: BM: Frenzy 4/5
Lvl 46-49: BM: Serpent's Swiftness 5/5
Lvl 50: BM: The Beast Within 1/1
Lvl 51: BM: Frenzy 5/5
Lvl 52-56: MM: Lethal Shots 5/5
Lvl 57-59: Surv: Hawk Eye 3/3
Lvl 60: BM: Improved Mend Pet 2/2
PvE Solo / Leveling Hunter Build (60-70) - 48/13/0
Lvl 61-62: MM: Go for the Throat 2/2
Lvl 63: MM: Aimed Shot 1/1
Lvl 64-66: BM: Catlike Reflexes 3/3
Lvl 67-69: BM: Ferocious Inspiration 3/3
Lvl 70: BM: Improved Revive Pet 1/2
A good build although there are, of course, many other options to take.
Clarification on some choices: I find Spirit Bond a nice HP regen for the player (while solo) so even if you occasionally take a hit you won't need to worry about your HP, as it will regenerate even in combat. Aimed Shot won't be needed much at all, but it can be a great opening shot (for example after you trapped someone that tried to gank you or in Instances combined with the Misdirection ability).
Hawk eye is always nice to have, but it does not contribute as well to solo or instance play as Ferocious Inspiration, although you could take the 1 point from Improved Revive Pet and put it in Hawk Eye (or Improved Mend Pet) instead if your pet hardly ever dies.
For more of the best hunter builds including raiding and PvP builds: Best Hunter Builds
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)Should have a printer friendly version
do you have a guid that will tell you step by step information to lvl me from 42 to lvl 55 fast
you should update this for WotLk
what about Improved Arcane shot , Is that skill not necessary ???Thanks!
not veary good im sorry and for the printer frendly thing just highlight and put in word than print but ill still mark as 5/5 ... anyway add my acc its name is shadowspirt
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