Comments on: BM PvP Guide – Part Two: Pets

By: Diarrhea

Diarrhea — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:41:52 +0000

How does death knight ghoul resilience factor in to my domination?

By: Brass-Nipple Murgot

Brass-Nipple Murgot — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:37:41 +0000

Garwulf is my favorite pet for PvMe.

By: Tomhorn

Tomhorn — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:00:56 +0000

Delete Cache, it automatically rebuilds the next time you log in and starts you fresh again.
GL
Happy Hunting
Tomhorn

By: Raybeez

Raybeez — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:25:35 +0000

I’m curious as to how to clear the NPCscan data and start afresh?When I d/led the addon it seems to me have already have a cache flow of data.If at all you can clean it up will it still function properly?Not to sure how to properly use this addon.I have noticed when I go to Dalaran it goes off.Which is cool.But does that hinder the process of me looking for that same pet?Any info on how to fully utilize this addon would be greatly appreciated.
Happy Hunting
Happy New Year.
Raybeez.

By: Nanotrev

Nanotrev — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:44:04 +0000

You really need to try one. If you have time you should most definitely level your Orc and grab a Silithid at 60 by hunting the red rare elite around the hive of red Silithids. Its name is Lapress, and I’m sure NPCscan would find it. I’m leveling my Orc BM hunter on a PvP server and thus far the Silithid has been outstanding both in solo’ing quests as my short-term tank along with being a beast of a PvP death machine. I always have him with me. I never know when I’ll be jumped whilst unaware of an Alliance character’s approach.

By: Garwulf

Garwulf — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:31:53 +0000

Hey Boz,

Yea, I like the idea of the snare being an almost guaranteed blown trinket. If we ever get more stables I’m definitely going to try one out again at some point.

By: Garwulf

Garwulf — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:12:58 +0000

It’s occurred to me to try a Core Hound, but the things that have me sketched are its squishiness and lack of CC.

However, one of the only Hunter/X teams to beat us this season was a Prot-Ret/BM w/ a Core Hound. My partner killed the pet twice pretty easily, but they still outlasted us.

I’m not too hard core about arena, but my partner and I are really starting to gel, so I’m thinking we could probably at least get our helms this season. If we hit a wall sometime soon, then I may switch to SV. For now, BM seems to be working out alright for us.

In the meantime though, I may have to finally break down and try a Core Hound.

By: Bozanimal

Bozanimal — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:45:41 +0000

I love my Silithid. Love it, love it, love it. In almost any 1v1 situation its root makes all the difference. For one, I’ve never seen anyone else use one. Opponents never expect the root. Ever. As an opener, the distance of the root is a huge advantage to get off multiple shots or blow their trinket cooldown early. Then I can follow up with a Concussive Shot when it breaks, and finally they hit my Frost Trap. If I need more movement impairing, I’ll jam a Wing-Clip up their butt, Disengage, and by then Venom Web Spray is back up.

Further: I make liberal use of Starship Troopers references with the Hive’Zora Reaver model (yellow).

Advantages
-HUGE (30 yards) range on Web
-DoT
-Cunning Tree
-Very uncommon
-”Your basic Arachnid warrior isn’t too smart, but you can blow off a limb, and it’s still 86 percent combat effective.”

Disadvantages
-Long cooldown (40 sec untalented)
-Possible cc breaker (as noted)

By: kaiken7

kaiken7 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:06:24 +0000

Actually, Core Hound is the best option for BM speced hunter unless you know what opponents you are going to face and you need chimera or worm who are situational.
Your going to be playing double dps(as retri BM or enh BM most probably) in 2s or beast cleave in 3s and the play-stile of those isn’t control but blowing things up and for that core hound with its massive dmg and reduced casting time debuff is the best.
Other comps aren’t really suited for BM hunter and SV or MM work out better.
With that in mind even going for anything but ferocity pet isn’t good. And if you check sk-100 most BM hunters are using Core House if not all(even for side option.
If you want more controled games BM isn’t really best option, MM or SV are a lot better but pet choices for those are so much different(with crab being the best with 3.3 imo, cunning pets got bug fixed so their dmg reduction doesn’t work anymore).

By: Garwulf

Garwulf — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:57:23 +0000

I’ve tried the crab a few times, but its DPS is just too low. The only reason a worm is so viable is because of the sunder.

I’d go with a Silithid if you wanted the snare. For BM, it’s better than a crab in pretty much every way, apart from it lacking Intervene.