Tag Archives: Melee Hunter

Opinion

Legion Alpha: Some more things making me grumpy about Survival

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Warning: This post is going to be a bit of a rant. If you're looking for objective analysis, you can skip this post, alright? The most recent alpha build has some changes to Survival that unfortunately made the spec... less exciting... for me. Alpha/beta is a very iterative process so I guess this is to be … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Legion Alpha: Some more time with the Melee Hunter

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I've warmed up to the melee Hunter a little more since my last post. I still don't think it's going to pull me away from my bread and butter (Beast Mastery), but I am starting to get the hang of it. I still sometimes need to remind myself to use traps more often because … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Legion Alpha: Testing the new melee Survival Hunter

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I'm in Alpha! Yay! So far only Survival is playable, so I was kinda forced into trying out the melee Hunter first. The most recent Locked and Loaded I posted at Blizzard Watch goes into my initial thoughts on the spec (keeping in mind it's still incredibly early). I'll talk about some of that … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

New bits of Legion info, and going casual

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It sure has been slow on the news front ever since the Legion announcement, eh? Blizzard wasn't kidding when they said they'd be more tight-lipped about things this time around (can't say I blame them after Warlords). We did get a few new tidbits of info today, and when I say "tidbits" I really mean … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Legion: New Hunter roles confirmed

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I speculated on this yesterday, but it looks like we have the official word via a developer interview at Icy Veins.
  • Survival: Melee spec that utilizes a pet
  • Beast Mastery: Ranged spec that utilizes a pet
  • Marksmanship: Ranged spec that has NO pet
This means the Lone Wolf talent should be no more. Blizzard is fully … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Melee hunter does 300k DPS

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Hunter Trictagon from US-Kel'Thuzad recently put out a video showing off their melee hunter build, pulling off 300k DPS against Kor'kron Dark Shaman in flex mode with beast mastery spec. With an average item level of 578 and two 574 daggers, the vast majority of the damage was done by the pet. Only about 5% of … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

Could a melee hunter work?

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The image above is Rexxar, Champion of the Horde, the one hunter in Azeroth (well, Outland) who refuses to give up his melee weapons. The melee hunter concept is a longstanding joke for many hunters, and a secret desire for others who like the idea of ditching their bow to fight side by side with … Continue Reading ››