Not only can I more easily handle unexpected situations, but I find the normal combat more engaging this way. I learned that I prefer an armored pet when leveling. There are many places where you basically have to pull three mobs and I just couldn't manage it with a cat, but with a scorpid I had no trouble at all. Leveling almost entirely solo, I started with high DPS pets, but I couldn't handle multiple mobs well. Try out all the different kinds of pets, some will suit your playstyle better than others. If this sounds confusing, here is a video I found on YouTube demonstrating. The addon YaHT (Yet Another Hunter Timer) provides a visual cue that allows you to time your AutoShots perfectly to maximize your DPS. You can just stand still and shoot away, but you should be moving most of the time between shots, either getting to a safer area or setting up position for the next mob. Once you get your pet, it is simple to keep mobs out of melee range. As a bonus, you develop great situational awareness so you don't aggro another mob, which is a crucial aspect of kiting. You can usually take the mob down before having to melee this way, certainly once you get Concussive Shot. Therefore, shoot, strafe, shoot, strafe, shoot. What these hunters don't realize is that since you can attack mobs on your side, strafing away is the equivalent to backpedaling, but much faster. Backpedaling is slow, and there is no reason for a hunter to even leave it bound to a key. Unfortunately, what you will see most hunters do is shoot, backpedal, and try to get a second shot in. You learn fast to keep mobs out of your melee range as much as possible. If you don't, you will get one ranged shot in before the mob is in melee range. While it's never taught explicitly, I believe the point of these levels is to force you to learn the basics of kiting. The early leveling of a hunter is tedious since you don't get your pet until level 10. Now let's talk about other factors in playing a hunter well. You should also look at my page on Advanced Hunter Macros for a lot of extremely useful macros. If you want to play well, you need to be able to control the game well. I don't see a lot of people using some of these techniques that I'm going to show, so it will definitely give you a leg up over some of the competition just by knowing about them.įirst, I highly suggest you look at The Best Control Scheme for World of Warcraft.

With an upcoming fresh private server from Light's Hope and later the official WoW Classic servers, I thought it would be helpful to put some interesting tips together for playing the vanilla hunter well, especially while leveling. The hunter is probably the easiest class to level in Vanilla World of Warcraft, but it is also the easiest to play poorly. Leveling a Hunter in Vanilla World of Warcraft Filed under: World of Warcraft

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