Hunter Guide for Classic World of Warcraft

In Classic World of Warcraft, Hunters are easy to play and hard to master with a high skill ceiling. Hunters have many utility abilities allowing them to excel in both PVE and PVP making them a strong solo class. The pet system is a whole mini game unto itself. The name, hunter, derives itself from the many npc beasts you can tame and also have to hunt for specific npcs and then using those pets to gain specific pet skill ranks.

Race

As with all Race/Class combos pick the one you like the best.

Alliance - Night Elf, Dwarf
Horde - Orc, Troll, Tauren

Talents

The great thing about classic is you have options. Try out some different builds and respec appropriately that being said here is a few good builds.

Leveling - BM 31/20/0


Endgame PVP - Survival 0/21/30

Endgame PVE

Spells and Rotations

Leveling Rotation: Auto Shot > Serpent Sting > Auto Shot > Arcane Shot > Auto Shot
Rotation PVE - Auto Shot > Aimed Shot > Auto Shot > Multi Shot > Auto Shot

Pets - Check out this snapshot of Petopia around patch 2.0 it has a good list of what pets are available, and what skills each pet has and can train. Some of the stats may be a little off as I mentioned this is around patch 2.0.

My pet choices:
10 to 30 Boar or Raptor
30 to 59 Cat
60 PvE Bloodaxe Worg (56-57, Blackrock Spire for Furious Howl 4)
60 PvP Son of Hakkar or Cat (anything with attack speed 1.5 or less)


List of Pet Skills - Skills Ranks, what pets can train what skills, where and what pets to tame to get the skills. Use your extra stable slot to put your main pet in then tame and use the pet and the skill in order to learn it.

Gear

Macros and Addons

Rais Auto Shot - Auto Shot Timer

Video Guide


Other Guides and Resources

companioncodex.com - pet types
Vanilla Talent Calculator
Blizzard Talent Calculator (Archive Nov. 2006)
Weapon Masters
Vanilla Dungeon Keys and Attunements

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