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Hunter is an expert tracker capable setting traps and using bows and guns in battle, as well as the ability to tame beasts into their pets and the ability of crowd control, tracking, and a nice boost in damage output.
Hunter Strengths
High damage ranged attacks.
Feign Death ability.
Pets can provide a nice distraction or deal high damage of their own.
Hunter Weaknesses
Not naturally adept at close quarter combat.
While you can spec your talents to build up your melee skills with the Survivability School, it's really a waste of good talent points. Even if you spec for full melee you will find that the Hunter doesn't take a beating well and getting up close and personal with a class like the warrior is just plain suicide. Going this route is kind of like watching a Paris Hilton home movie, it might last a while but eventually it's going to end with you going down.
That being said, Hunters are not totally weak in melee and with certain talent builds you can make your Hunter more adept at surviving a melee encounter without surrendering the benefits of your ranged combat talents. This by no means makes the Hunter the guy you want in the enemy's face, but it can improve your chances of coming out of a close encounter alive.
Defining Abilities
As a Hunter, ranged combat is your greatest asset and melee should be carried out as a last resort or when the main tank goes down and you're the next best thing. In the early levels the Hunter can wear leather armors, but as you progress in the game you will eventually earn the ability to wear mail armors at level 40. This will increase your ability to take a beating and aid in your survivability. At higher levels the Hunter gains access to skills that can enhance her own attack power greatly such as Aspect of the Dragonhawk and skills like Aspect of the Wild that can assist a group by enhancing their Nature Resistances.
Pets
Blizzard went all out to ensure that the hunter has a variety of pets to choose from. There are many different variations ranging from tanks to damage dealers and a large number of different creatures that can serve each role. As you level up you can even train talents that will enable you to tame exotic pets, providing you with an even larger pool of pets to choose from. Your pets also gain a talent tree that will allow you to customize them even further. So when it comes to the pets, you will have no shortage of options. All you need to do is tame the one you want and train it like you want it.
A Hunter's pet is important to solo survivability. If you like going it alone, the pet is a needed commodity. They can distract your enemies and enable you to deal damage with your ranged attacks without having the enemy jump right in your face and force you into melee combat.
The PvP Hunter
Always make sure you stick with your group, if you have one. If you don't have a group and it's an open PvP event, make sure to move with the crowd. Soloing can be fun but doing so in a PvP field can get you killed pretty quickly. Always make use of your ability to track both humanoid and invisible characters as those Rogues will sneak up on you and jam a dagger in your back in a second.
Hunter Strengths
High damage ranged attacks.
Feign Death ability.
Pets can provide a nice distraction or deal high damage of their own.
Hunter Weaknesses
Not naturally adept at close quarter combat.
While you can spec your talents to build up your melee skills with the Survivability School, it's really a waste of good talent points. Even if you spec for full melee you will find that the Hunter doesn't take a beating well and getting up close and personal with a class like the warrior is just plain suicide. Going this route is kind of like watching a Paris Hilton home movie, it might last a while but eventually it's going to end with you going down.
That being said, Hunters are not totally weak in melee and with certain talent builds you can make your Hunter more adept at surviving a melee encounter without surrendering the benefits of your ranged combat talents. This by no means makes the Hunter the guy you want in the enemy's face, but it can improve your chances of coming out of a close encounter alive.
Defining Abilities
As a Hunter, ranged combat is your greatest asset and melee should be carried out as a last resort or when the main tank goes down and you're the next best thing. In the early levels the Hunter can wear leather armors, but as you progress in the game you will eventually earn the ability to wear mail armors at level 40. This will increase your ability to take a beating and aid in your survivability. At higher levels the Hunter gains access to skills that can enhance her own attack power greatly such as Aspect of the Dragonhawk and skills like Aspect of the Wild that can assist a group by enhancing their Nature Resistances.
Pets
Blizzard went all out to ensure that the hunter has a variety of pets to choose from. There are many different variations ranging from tanks to damage dealers and a large number of different creatures that can serve each role. As you level up you can even train talents that will enable you to tame exotic pets, providing you with an even larger pool of pets to choose from. Your pets also gain a talent tree that will allow you to customize them even further. So when it comes to the pets, you will have no shortage of options. All you need to do is tame the one you want and train it like you want it.
A Hunter's pet is important to solo survivability. If you like going it alone, the pet is a needed commodity. They can distract your enemies and enable you to deal damage with your ranged attacks without having the enemy jump right in your face and force you into melee combat.
The PvP Hunter
Always make sure you stick with your group, if you have one. If you don't have a group and it's an open PvP event, make sure to move with the crowd. Soloing can be fun but doing so in a PvP field can get you killed pretty quickly. Always make use of your ability to track both humanoid and invisible characters as those Rogues will sneak up on you and jam a dagger in your back in a second.
