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Survival!
patch 3.1 edit: while some of this is still good, patch 3.1 changed the game a little for survival. Here‘s the guide, and here‘s the shot rotation. Survival is the fittest. Heh. As I’ve stated before,...
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Survival spec details!
patch 3.1 edit: while some of this is still good, patch 3.1 changed the game a little for survival. Here’s the guide, and here’s the shot rotation. OK, I’ve rambled on about how to play a survival...
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Shot macros!
Edit: the macros in this post are no longer valid- here‘s the post 3.1 version. As a hunter, your job is to pump out as much hurt to your raid’s target as possible. You have a multitude of shots you...
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Trapdancing! Part 1- Anub’Rekhan
I’m going to write a multi-part post on trap dancing: the art of finding a safe way to get something to proc a lock and load for you. I’m going to go over all the bosses I’ve got experience with. I’ll...
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Trapdancing! Part 3- Grobbulus, Gluth
The third in my series of posts about how to use traps on specific end game boss encounters will focus on the last half of the construct quarter. We’ve gone over Patchwerk, so today I’ll write about...
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Trapdancing! Part 4- Thaddius, Noth, Heigan
To continue my series of posts about how to trap dance, today we’ll talk about Thaddius, Noth, and Heigan. I didn’t write this last time, and then wowinsider went and linked to part 3 explaining how to...
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Analysis! Xursa’s WWS report
I got a PM on the elitist jerks boards asking for help. A hunter had been asked by his GM to figure out what he was doing wrong. He has graciously allowed me to post my advice on this blog, so here...
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Trapdancing! Part 5- Loatheb, Instructor Razuvious, Gothik the Harvester
Today I’m going to do the next installment in my trapdancing series. We’ll discuss Loatheb, Instructor Razuvious, and Gothik the Harvester. Some background- trapdancing increases your dps by allowing...
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Sniper Training vs Trap Dancing!
There are two perfectly functional hunter builds that you can use to magnify the effects of your explosive shots. One uses sniper training, the other uses resourcefulness to increase your lock and load...
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Sniper Training Revisited!
Sometimes you can’t trapdance. For example- I’m not comfortable running in and out of trapping range on dragons with cleave and/or tail swipe. It’s also almost not worth the run time with their large...
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Survival in patch 3.1! Pun intended!
I was so excited about this post, I used two exclamation points in the title. That’s one over my budget, but I’ll just have to try and save one from another post sometime. Well, the servers have been...
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Survival Rotation!
3.2 edit: I’ve gone through this survival rotation guide and ensured that everything is accurate for patch 3.2. Here it is- the list of things you should choose to fire first. Always choose the higher...
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Lock and load!
Everyone has an opinion about lock and load. It used to be the bread and butter of the trapdancing spec, and is now still an incredibly nice talent that’s well worth the points spent in it. What it...
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Survival spec and glyphs, updated!
This post has been replaced by it’s updated version here. This is a pure survival spec and glyph post that will go over the cookie cutter builds. It’s still valid for patch 3.2, but I combed over it to...
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New look at lock and load!
There’s some anecdotal evidence over at The Hunter’s Mark about new lock and load rates. Did they go up or down with 3.1? Well, I am a big believer that the plural of anecdote is not fact, and that in...
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Common Mistakes!
From Ahunkaluvin: “I’d like a guide to what the common mistakes are. For instance, I have pretty fair gear and have tried to put most of your lessons to practice, but somehow I still get nowhere near...
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S7 and You (Yeah, I Did Just Look That Gift Horse In The Mouth)
If you spend a lot of time on the popular forums, like the class specific ones at the Blizzard site or the class specific ones on arenajunkies.com, you will notice a lot of doom ‘n’ gloom posts about...
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What Patch 3.2 Means to Raiding Hunters!
You’ve all read the patch notes, here’s what’s important. [Edit 10 aug 2009:] Kill shot no longer has a minimum range! Use when applying melee tactics. All profession based PvE boosts get their...
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Survival vs. Marksmanship in 3.2!
It’s not showing up yet in the calculators, but survival might just have eclipsed marksmanship this patch. Marks hasn’t changed, but survival seems to have. Lock and load is proccing way more than it...
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How to Spec Hunters and Pets for Arena!
“OK, I got aimed shot… What next?” Hi guys, today we’re going to talk about speccing a hunter for arenas. I will concern myself mostly with 3v3 and 5v5, I will deal with both marks and surv but not...
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