Last week it occurred to me that I don’t have any all-encompassing build guides for raiding Hunters, anywhere on the site. After helping three of our guild’s newer Hunters over the past two weeks with respecs, re-glyphs, and suggestions, I realized I’d probably save myself a lot of in-game time by having some guides on here that I could send them to. Plus, that way I could also share my tips and recommendations for anyone else who cares to know. It’s a win-win situation if you ask me.
The latest Hunterlings who’d sought my tutelage have all reported moderate to massive gains in their DPS. The BM Hunter I mentored increased their DPS by about 80% and is no longer getting kicked from heroics and raids. *warm fuzzies*
One of our latest recruits who consulted me for advice on his Survival build and rotation, has actually surpassed me on some fights. He’s got me trumped a bit as far as gear is concerned, but nothing pleases me more than to see another Hunter apply what he’s learned from me and enjoy success with it.
I knocked out my first guide yesterday, which is entitled, “The Raiding Hunter: Beast Mastery“. I decided to just get to them in order of left to right in the ol’ talent pane. Marksmanship is next on my list, then Survival of course.
I found out something interesting when putting this guide together. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with some of my remaining Naxx relics, namely the Valorous 2 pc bonus, but I found that the best possible DPS BM build for me was only 6% below my current SV build. Either way, 6% is still 6%, which is why I choose to raid as Survival. However, I think for a lot of players that 6% gap can easily be overcome by playing a less convoluted spec that they feel more comfortable with.
I feel as if the best possible spec depends a lot upon the player. If you don’t feel like trying to wrap your head around how the other two specs work and you like your big red pet, then represent!
6% is not that much, to be honest. If you pull around 6000 dps it’s like you do around 5600 on BM. Perfectly acceptable and not so noticeable in situations with high mobility.
Can you do a comparisom between BM and SV/MM on a Toc10/25 run?
The only problem with BM is when your pet dies: you really get a bad DPS cut. Of course you can revive him quite fast (need to spend some talent points) but overall on some fights that can be problematic.