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Hunter Weak Auras Strings

February 18, 2014 By Garwulf 15 Comments

Update: At the launch of Warlords of Draenor I’m down to using only 6 Weak Auras, but here they are in case anyone wants to use them! These are up-to-date as of Patch 6.0.2.

Hello again!

I’m going to put together a more comprehensive guide for Weak Auras, but in the meantime…I figured I’d share my WA strings for you tech-savvy folks who are familiar with the addon and its import feature.

For those of you who don’t know about the Weak Auras addon of which I speak, it’s a form of heads-up notification for cooldowns, procs, buffs, debuffs, etc… It’s a very powerful addon, which I’ve come to rely on quite a bit, just as I used to with Power Auras.

Here are the Hunter Weak Auras I have configured, along with a description of each function. I’ve included the strings so that you can try them out if you like. If you’re not sure what to do with these things, then leave a comment below and I’ll try to assist you, or you can hold on for a bit until I get a walk through guide up for Weak Auras.

Keep in mind that the majority of them are there to notify me of something that needs doing. Most of the auras do not display unless I need to do something or monitor an important spell or ability.

Enjoy!

Bestial Wrath

This is a simple countdown timer which gives an in-your-face visual cue for your Bestial Wrath duration. It lights up when the ability is popped, then ticks down like an hourglass.

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Heal Your Damn Pet!

This aura shows when BlueCrabGuy is below 60% health. When it appears, I know it’s time to send him some Mend Pet love.

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Kill Shot

This notification pops up and pulses when Kill Shot is queued and ready. I have it set to display right by my target frame so it grabs my attention when it comes time to deliver the pain, no matter how busy and chaotic the fight.

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Mend Pet

This is a simple timer for Mend Pet showing the duration of the heal. It’s basically there so I can time my pet heals without having to waste an unnecessary global cooldown.

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No Pet!

The whistle shows up when my pet has run off, been killed, or any other time when my pet isn’t out and I’m not mounted or at rest. This is a really useful aura. There are countless times where us hunters take for granted that our pets are automatically summoned when we dismount, leave a vehicle, zone into a BG or arena, but you’d be surprised (or perhaps you’re not) by how many times our pets don’t reappear. This aura provides an easy to see notification of when you’re petless.

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Trap Launcher

I like to toggle back and forth a lot with Trap Launcher so this handy little visual right by my unit frames quickly tells me whether I have it activated or not.

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So there ya go! My Weak Auras strings.

I have nowhere near the amount of auras configured that I used to use with Power Auras, but that’s due to me deferring a few of the notifications to Raven. Raven is the bee’s knees when it comes to cooldowns, buff and debuff durations, and misc notifications. Tomber has built an amazing addon with Raven, which I’ll talk more about it in a future post.

If you have some suggestions for additional Weak Auras, please let me know. I’ll be compiling a more in-depth guide and it’d be great to add some other helpful auras to it. I’m just a simple Beast Master, so I may have missed a few which could be useful for MM or SV hunters. If you have some ideas to share, please do!

A Solo Hunter’s Guide to ICC 10 Man

December 15, 2013 By Garwulf 5 Comments

Garwulf n Arthas

Last week I’d mentioned on the Facebook that I finally decided to progress my solo campaign into ICC. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the once dreaded ICC is now actually quite easy to tackle solo as a strapping level 90 hunter. There are a couple of critical fight mechanics to be mindful of, especially with Valithria, but with a little know-how and some preparation, ICC 10 man can be completed by just about any reasonably geared hunter (with a quintet of Spirit Beasts on hand). 😉

I completed the entire instance in ilvl 499 PvP welfare epics, using a Beast Mastery build like this. I made one small change to my build for Valithria which I’ve noted in this guide. I went through the entire instance with a Ferocity specced Spirit Beast.

I know many of you reading this have already cleared this instance and are thinking, ICC 10 man…that’s like sooo 10 months ago…

Pops This guide is intended for casual noobs like myself, so if you’re like me, and you want to see some raid content you may have missed, AND you love soloing on your hunter, then read on.

With a little luck, ICC 10 man normal can be soloed in about 2 hours, and is a jolly good show.

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Stalking Savage

October 8, 2012 By Garwulf 13 Comments

While doing a bit of leveling last night, I happened upon some Bloody Tracks. Being the pet-crazed hunter that I am, I stopped questing and turned my attention to finding the elusive beast responsible for them. Based on where I found them, I was pretty certain these tracks had been left by Savage, the striped white tiger found in the Jade Forest.

I first noticed the Bloody Tracks in the area where the Jade Tigers are located.

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How I Roll, Part 2… More BM PvP Build Advice

January 23, 2012 By Garwulf 19 Comments

One major benefit of having a class site like Huntsman’s Lodge is that I get so much great input from all of you. Your comments and discussion really prompt me to revisit a lot things, and in turn, influence change – making me a better player as a result.

After reading some of the comments that were posted in my last BM PvP build post, I ended up trying out a new build. While not radically different, I do think it’s a better build (for BGs, anyway) than the one I posted last week.

Old habits die hard…

I’ve always been one to take a point in Improved Mend Pet. Having the ability to cleanse DoTs and CC from my pet has always been of huge importance to me. However, after reading through some of the comments in response to my posted build, I decided to drop the point just to see if I missed it. If I didn’t, then that would free up a precious talent point that I could use for more DPS, for example.

Another talent I decided to give up was Survival Tactics. I really like this talent for the reduced Disengage cooldown, and to a lesser extent… the increased trap efficiency. Anyway, I elected to dump Survival Tactics to test if the shorter Disengage cooldown would really be missed and to see just how much more often my traps would fail as a result of losing this talent.

Were I a highly competitive arena hunter, I feel that Survival Tactics would be a staple talent. A failed Freezing Trap could make the difference between a victory or a loss, where as in battlegrounds, you can afford to have a small margin of error with traps.

Survival Tactics shaves 4 seconds off the cooldown of Disengage, plus it cancels out the inherent 4% “miss rate” hunters have with traps. Even with capped Spell Penetration, traps have a 4% chance to miss, i.e., a 1 in 25 chance to “not hit”, rather than be resisted.

At any rate… I decided to see if giving up that 4% bonus would actually be that noticeable. The result…not really. I’ve yet to be in a situation where a failed trap has been a game changer, nor have I really noticed my traps missing all that often.

As for the 4 second longer cooldown on Disengage…that hasn’t been a problem either.

Without the point in Improved Mend Pet and the other two points in Survival Tactics, I then had 3 extra talent points to spend elsewhere. So where to put them..?
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How I Roll… A look at my current Beast Mastery PvP build

January 18, 2012 By Garwulf 37 Comments

Beastly-Ass Beast Mastery Hunter Ass-Kicking Build of Death: Patch 4.3 Edition

Been awhile since I posted an overview of my BM PvP build, so I figured it was about time to provide a glimpse at what I’m using currently.

My previous build I posted way back in July of last year, and while it served me well at the time…I’ve made a few beneficial adjustments since then. My interview with Garxz was mainly what prompted me to reevaluate my build. Given that the guy is a pretty godly PvP Hunter, I was eager to follow some of his build advice.

Let me begin this guide by saying…unlike PvE builds, PvP builds are not an exact science. There is no “best way” to do it. There are definitely wrong ways of doing things as well as more ideal types of builds, but there is usually never one build that is going to work as well for everyone. Having said that, most “good” PvP builds will share around 90% of the same talents – give or take. Apart from those “core talent points”, there are typically about 4-5 points that you can spend as you see fit.

My build is mainly geared for BGs. I very seldom compete in arena these days, although that may likely change. 🙂 I mostly just log on and do some randoms – never playing with a set group of teammates.

Anyway, here’s how I roll…
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