What should hunters gem for pvp

Belf have the same utility, basically as taurens where you have a situational silence which could be useful but just not as good as the orc racials. Rogues are one of the toughest classes to fight in general especially as a hunter. Crippling poison makes it very hard to escape rogues along with the stacking wound poison for healing reduction makes it hard to survive, stoneform removes all these and bleeds for 8 seconds. Night Elf can be useful in some situations to get a shadowmeld drink but for the most part if you play properly with aspect of the viper and you manage your mana efficiently you should be able to get off a few ticks of drinks by using feign death.

You want to max out first aid for those clutch moments you get out of line and heal yourself up. Other than that you just want to pick up some star's tears for arena water.

Pet food and arrows since some of your games might get long if played properly. The best and most common way to win as a survival hunter in arenas is the mana bar. Using Viper Sting off cd is your main tool alongside using your Rapid Fire for when the enemy is either out of mana or during a CC chain with either your Scatter into trap or Wvyern Sting.

Every situation during an arena match is always going to be unique so scripting to use the same way every game offensive cds usually isn't going to be the best in every situation in TBC because of the natural RNG of TBC. Your only real offensive CD is going to be rapid fire which is a 5 minute CD or 3 if specced alongside your offensive trinket if you're using one.

As survival, your goal is mainly to wither out your opponents with viper stings and "dampen". In general aimed shot is your most impactful offensive ability in pvp situations. Try to get it off as often as possible to take advantage of improved wing clip procs, counterattack, entrapment or even out of traps. As a survival hunter your defensives are very limited, Detterence , Stone Form if applicable , Feign Death , and kiting.

Hunters are very fragile if they are attacked by melee and have little to no ways out especially vs casters like frost mages. Positioning is the most important thing as a hunter and coordination with your partners to get you breathing room to get away from situations like these.

Creating distance with CC is a major part of keeping you alive as a hunter. A good example of how to use your CC defensively is if you imagine you're fighting a druid and a warrior, you have to keep in mind that a druid does NOT have magic dispel in BC Classic.

To take advantage of this you want to scatter and trap the warrior to isolate the druid this is going to allow you to recover and get a positional advantage and you can even set up your healer for drinks. These trinkets can have a passive or on-use effect. The stats you want to be increasing are either Agility or Mastery.

The Agility will provide a very large increase to your damage and Mastery will increase the damage dealt by your pets. Here is the best gear we recommend you using as a Beast Mastery Hunter. Note: it is important to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you a Versatility boost that will increase your damage and healing. Unchained Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have equipped at all times.

This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself. You will normally use this when you are stuck in crowd control and a teammate is at low health. Note, if you play a Human and are playing against a team with only stuns, Unchained Gladiator's Relentless Brooch is a better option. Unchained Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity gives you Haste and has a 1-minute cooldown that increases your primary stat. This is great to use right before you activate a powerful cooldown.

Unchained Gladiator's Emblem increases your maximum health when used. This gives you an additional defensive when you think a team will be focusing you. Unchained Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity increases your Haste and has a chance to proc your primary stat. This is an overall strong trinket, as the stat will proc often throughout an arena match. Some gear from the Sanctum of Domination raid have a Domination Gem socket.

These gems have various passive effects. To get more information on this gear and sockets, read more on our dedicated page. Although they do have powerful affects, they are not mandatory to be successful in PvP. With that said, if you do get the chance to use Shards of Domination, here are the best ones for Beast Mastery Hunter:.

Gem all of your gear with Versatile Jewel Cluster. This guide has been written by Mysticall , a seasoned PvP player who has repeatedly achieved Arena Master and rating. You can watch his stream on Twitch , and you can also check out his YouTube channel. Sign In Remember me Not recommended on shared computers. Sign in anonymously. Sign in with Facebook. Diablo III. Diablo II. TBC Classic. Path of Exile. New World. More Games Diablo IV.

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