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Hunter Tanking ICC: Prince Keleseth

March 12, 2010

Ahh… ICC is a marvelous thing, every encounter a new mechanic, every encounter a different way for a hunter to shine!
Today I’ll be talking about one of the ideal bosses to plop a hunter on as tank, Prince Keleseth.
Prince Keleseth is one of the three Blood Princes, and the only one that doesn’t need a [...]

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Hunter Basics: The Jump Shot

March 8, 2010

If you’ve played a hunter for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably at least heard of the jump shot.
While running away from an enemy target, the hunter spins around 180 degrees, fires a shot, spins back around, and continues to run in the original direction.
When I first read about this move, it was regarding [...]

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Hit Rating

March 1, 2010

This is a topic I’ve covered many times in the past, but I feel compelled to revisit it today. Why, you ask..?
It’s been brought to my attention that many hunters these days are grossly exceeding the hit cap, and therefore are wasting precious DPS. I figure this is due to a few reasons…

The misunderstanding of [...]

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BM PvP Guide – Part 3: Shot priority and other ponderings

February 23, 2010

Welcome to the long overdue latest installment of my series on BM PvP. This post was actually scratched out in December, but never quite finished. Anyway, I revisited it, added a couple things, groomed it a little bit, and voila! A new post!
So, without further ado… let’s get to it.
While not as cut [...]

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Hunter Basics: Explosive Shot

February 8, 2010

Explosive Shot is the signature ability of the survival tree. However, I often find that many hunters are unaware of how and when to properly use it, especially in the event of a Lock and Load proc.
Until Kill Shot becomes available (once the kill target is at or below 20% health), Explosive Shot is the [...]

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New epic loot dispenser in VoA

February 3, 2010

Meet the latest Vault of Archavon loot Piñata, Toravon the Ice Watcher. If you beat on him long enough he’ll drop some ilvl264+ gear, and maybe even an epic mount. Unlike the other 3 bosses in VoA, Toravon only drops 3 pieces of epic loot, but who can complain..?
If you haven’t yet attempted this boss, [...]

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Beast Mastery PvP Spec Redux

January 13, 2010

So last you heard from me, I was getting ready to try out a Core Hound for use in arena. To bring some of you up to speed, my only arena team this past season has been a 2v2 with a Ret Paladin. I like 2v2 because it only requires one other person, and in [...]

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BM PvP Guide – Part Two: Pets

December 29, 2009

In part two of my Beast Mastery PvP guide, I’m going to discuss BM PvP pets and ways to spec them. Here we go…
Beast Mastery PvP Pets
Part of the benefit to investing 51 points into the Beast Mastery tree is the ability to tame exotic pets. Although currently they’re so-so for PvE, the PvP benefits [...]

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BM PvP Guide – Part One: Talents and Glyphs

December 28, 2009

Welcome to part one of my Beast Mastery Hunter PvP guide! My goal with this series of posts is to help you better understand the spec, and to provide you with the necessary tools and information to enable you to have success as a Beast Mastery PvPer.
Why PvP as a Beast Master?
That’s a good question [...]

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Assembling a raiding Beast Master

December 24, 2009

Hello readers and happy holidays! I hope you are all having a relaxing break, and don’t have a multitude of ruffians that are in your charge for the next week or so until their mothers come back and claim them. Obnoxious, rowdy ruffians who continuously want to play Pokémon with you and will not leave [...]

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