10-19 Classic 19 Twink Hunter Guide

Samhain

<Nagaz with Attitudez>
(Classic) WoW Version 1.13

Table Of Contents


I. Introduction

II. Choosing Your Race

III. Gearing Your Hunter

IV. Enchantments

V. Hunter Talents

VI. Choosing Your Pet

VII. Training Your Pet

VIII. Mastering Your Class



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I. Introduction



About the Author: I go by the in game name Samhain, I've played in the nineteen bracket from Vanilla all the way through Warlords of Draenor. I originally played rogue but throughout the years I have played every class in each of their expansions and have become very knowledgeable about every aspect of every class. With the announcement of Classic WoW servers at Blizzcon 2017, I am making this guide to help the players that didn't get to experience the nineteen bracket as it was at the games original release.



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II. Choosing Your Race

You may choose to select your race based on two factors, you can play casually and select your favorite race or you can select competitively which will mostly be dependent on race jump boxes and racial abilities. At the end of the day do what you love the most, just keep in mind that competitive play will require specific races and genders to have a competitive edge.

Class Bonus
Hunters get an additional +3 Agility, +1 Stamina and +1 Spirit.

Alliance________________________________________________


race_dwarf_male.jpg
(BEST ALTERNATIVE OFFENSIVE CHOICE)
Male Dwarf
- The male dwarf can do the middle and west horde fence jumps with ease. Male dwarf should spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19415/improved-concussive-shot and https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19431/lethal-shots or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19556/improved-aspect-of-the-hawk.

race_dwarf_female.jpg
(BEST DEFENSIVE CHOICE)
Female Dwarf
- The female dwarf can walk or jump right through the alliance middle and east fence. Typical you would spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19235/improved-wing-clip as this race.

Base Stats
Str:22 - Agi:19 - Stam:24 - Int:19 - Spi:20


https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20594/stoneform - While active, grants immunity to Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects. In addition, Armor increased by 10%. Lasts 8 sec.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20595/gun-specialization - Guns skill increased by 5.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20596/frost-resistance - Frost resistance increased by 10.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=2481/find-treasure - Allows the dwarf to sense nearby treasure, making it appear on the minimap. Lasts until cancelled.

race_nightelf_male.jpg
(BEST OFFENSIVE CHOICE)
Male Night Elf
- Night elf's have the highest base agility on the alliance making them ideal for offensive hunter, males have a very good jump box allowing them to do jumps as good as the taurens. Male night elf should spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19415/improved-concussive-shot and https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19431/lethal-shots or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19556/improved-aspect-of-the-hawk.

race_nightelf_female.jpg

Female Night Elf - Female night elf jump boxes are much more difficult than males, while it is possible to do horde middle fence jump, it is extremely inconsistent and they don't necessarily shine on defense with alliance fence either.

Base Stats
Str:17 - Agi:28 - Stam:20 - Int:20 - Spi:21


https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20580/shadowmeld - Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Night Elf Rogues and Druids with Shadowmeld are more difficult to detect while stealthed or prowling.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20582/quickness - Dodge chance increased by 1%.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20585/wisp-spirit - Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing speed by 50%.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20551/nature-resistance - Nature Resistance increased by 10.

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race_orc_male.jpg

Male Orc - Male orcs are one of my favorite races, but unfortunately their jump boxes are not ideal for jumping the alliance fence terrain compared to their female counterpart.

race_orc_female.jpg
(BEST OFFENSIVE CHOICE)
Female Orc
- The female orc is the counter to alliance fence jumps and can walk or jump through like the female dwarf and female human effortlessly. Female orc should spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19415/improved-concussive-shot and https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19431/lethal-shots or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19556/improved-aspect-of-the-hawk.

Base Stats
Str:23 - Agi:20 - Stam:23 - Int:17 Spi:24


https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20572/blood-fury - Increases melee attack power by X, but reduces healing effects on you by 50%. Lasts 15 sec.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20573/hardiness - Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional 25%.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=21563/command - Damage dealt by Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20574/axe-specialization - Skill with Axes and Two-Handed Axes increased by 5.


race_tauren_male.jpg
(BEST DEFENSIVE CHOICE)
Male Tauren
- Both tauren genders work best as defensive hunters, tauren's have the easiest effort doing horde middle fence and tot jumps which are the prime kiting routes for defense. Defensive hunters should spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19235/improved-wing-clip.

race_tauren_female.jpg
(BEST DEFENSIVE CHOICE)
Female Tauren
- Both tauren genders work best as defensive hunters, tauren's have the easiest effort doing horde middle fence and tot jumps which are the prime kiting routes for defense. Defensive hunters should spec into https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19235/improved-wing-clip.

Base Stats
Str:25 - Agi:18 - Stam:23 - Int:15 - Spi:23


https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20549/war-stomp - Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20550/endurance - Total Health increased by 5%.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20552/cultivation - Herbalism skill increased by 15.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20583/nature-resistance - Nature Resistance increased by 10.


race_troll_male.jpg

Male Troll - Trolls have the highest base agility on the horde side and decent racial abilities that get better in tbc but there are better races when it comes to jump boxes.

race_troll_female.jpg

Female Troll - Trolls have the highest base agility on the horde side and decent racial abilities that get better in tbc but there are better races when it comes to jump boxes.

Base Stats
Str:21 - Agi:25 - Stam:22 - Int:16 - Spi:22


https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20554/berserking - Increases your casting and attack speed by 10% to 30%. At full health the speed increase is 10% with a greater effect up to 30% if you are badly hurt when you activate Berserking. Lasts 10 sec.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20555/regeneration - Health regeneration rate increased by 10%. 10% of total Health regeneration may continue during combat.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=26290/bow-specialization - Skill with Bow Weapons increased by 5.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20558/throwing-specialization - Skill with Throwing Weapons increased by 5.

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20557/beast-slaying - Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.



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III. Gearing Your Hunter



Gearing your hunter you will want to discover the areas you need to do your quests in before hand and do your quests at the earliest level possible. Keep in consideration you also need to make sure you get your pets as early as possible to keep them equal with your level when you reach nineteen.


Quests by earliest level
(10) Beastmaster's Girdle (Horde)
(10) Wingblade (Horde)
(14) Tunic of Westfall (Alliance)
(15) Trailblazer Boots (Horde)
(15) Talbar Mantle
(16) Engineer’s Cloak
(16) Seal of Wrynn (Alliance)
(18) Screecher Belt (Horde)
(18) Seal of Sylvanas (Horde)
(18) Quiver of the Nightwatch (Alliance)
(19) Bow of Plunder (Horde)

HEAD
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=19972/lucky-fishing-hat

NECK

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20444/sentinels-medallion (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20442/scouts-medallion (Horde Only)

SHOULDERS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10657/talbar-mantle
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=5404/serpents-shoulders

CLOAK

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2059/sentry-cloak
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6449/glowing-lizardscale-cloak
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6667/engineers-cloak

CHEST
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2041/tunic-of-westfall (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10399/blackened-defias-armor

WRISTS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=15331/wranglers-wristbands of the Monkey 3/3, of the Falcon 3/3, of Agility 5
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3202/forest-leather-bracers

HANDS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6586/scouting-gloves of the Monkey 4/4, of the Falcon 4/4
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=15115/rigid-gloves of the Monkey 4/4, of the Falcon 4/4


WAIST

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6468/deviate-scale-belt
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=16987/screecher-belt (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=5355/beastmasters-girdle (Horde Only)

LEGS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10410/leggings-of-the-fang

FEET

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=1121/feet-of-the-lynx
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10653/trailblazer-boots (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=19969/nat-pagles-extreme-anglin-boots

RINGS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20439/protectors-band (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2933/seal-of-wrynn (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20429/legionnaires-band (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6414/seal-of-sylvanas (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=1156/lavishly-jeweled-ring
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=12006/meadow-ring of the Monkey 3/3, of the Falcon 3/3, of Agility 5

TRINKETS

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=19024/arena-grand-master
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=18856/insignia-of-the-alliance (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=18846/insignia-of-the-horde (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=4381/minor-recombobulator

ONE HANDED WEAPON

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=5191/cruel-barb
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6504/wingblade (Horde Only)

OFF HAND

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=16768/furbolg-medicine-pouch

TWO HANDED WEAPON

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=890/twisted-chanters-staff
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=15269/massive-battle-axe of the Monkey 5/5, of Agility 8

RANGED WEAPON

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=6469/venomstrike
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=13136/lil-timmys-peashooter
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20438/outrunners-bow (Alliance Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=20437/outriders-bow (Horde Only)
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3742/bow-of-plunder (Horde Only)

QUIVER & AMMO POUCH
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3605/quiver-of-the-night-watch or https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3604/bandolier-of-the-night-watch (Alliance Only)

ARROWS & BULLETS
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3464/feathered-arrow and https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3465/exploding-shot


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IV. Enchantments


Head

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=11647/lesser-arcanum-of-voracity or https://classic.wowhead.com/item=11642/lesser-arcanum-of-constitution

Cloak

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=13882/enchant-cloak-lesser-agility or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=25082/enchant-cloak-greater-nature-resistance

Chest

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20025/enchant-chest-greater-stats or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20026/enchant-chest-major-health

Bracers

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20011/enchant-bracer-superior-stamina

Gloves

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20012/enchant-gloves-greater-agility or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=25080/enchant-gloves-superior-agility

Legs

https://classic.wowhead.com/item=11647/lesser-arcanum-of-voracity or https://classic.wowhead.com/item=11642/lesser-arcanum-of-constitution

Boots

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=13890/enchant-boots-minor-speed or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20023/enchant-boots-greater-agility

Weapon

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=23800/enchant-weapon-agility or https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=27837/enchant-2h-weapon-agility

Ranged

https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=3979/accurate-scope



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V. Hunter Talents


Offensive Spec

Improved Concussive Shot 5/5, Lethal Shots 5/5 - Standard offensive hunter build for premading.
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/hunter/-5005

Defensive Spec
Humanoid Slaying 3/3, Deflection 2/5, Improved Wing clip 5/5 - Standard hunter spec for playing premade defense focusing on spamming wing clip for imp wing clip.
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/hunter/--032005

Stances Spec

Improved Aspect of the Hawk 5/5, Improved Aspect of the Monkey 5/5 - Great for stance swapping in those situations when you get charged by a warrior or opened on by a rogue.
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/hunter/5005

Beast Spec

Endurance Training 5/5, Thick Hide 3/3, Improved Revive Pet 2/2 - This spec is purely pet based, it works best with defensive pets such as the Boar.
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/hunter/050032

Alternative Glass Spec

Improved Aspect of the Hawk 5/5, improved Concussive Shot 5/5 - Alternative glass cannon hunter build that is more RNG based but can be devastating.
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/hunter/5-5




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VI. Choosing Your Pet


Unlike current retail, hunters do not start with pets in Classic WoW, you have to reach level ten and then accept the quest that sends you through a chain of taming different beasts, upon the chains completion you learn Tame Beast and then can tame your first pet.

Notable nineteen twink pet choices
The Rake (Lvl 10) Fast attack speed
Slavering Worg (lvl 19) Fast attack speed
Boar Best defensive choice
Wind Serpent Armor penetration

Offensive Pets

ability_hunter_pet_cat.jpg

CAT Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Medium (-2%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: High (+10%)
Learns: Bite, Claw, Cower, Growl
Diet: Fish, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_raptor.jpg

RAPTOR Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Low (-5%) • Armor: Low (+3%) • DPS: High (+10%)
Learns: Bite, Claw, Cower, Growl
Diet: Meat

ability_hunter_pet_bat.jpg

BAT Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: High (+7%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl, Screech
Diet: Fruit, Fungus

ability_hunter_pet_owl.jpg

OWL Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: High (+7%)
Learns: Claw, Cower, Growl, Screech
Diet: Meat

ability_hunter_pet_spider.jpg

SPIDER Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: High (+7%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl
Diet: Meat

ability_hunter_pet_windserpent.jpg

WINDSERPENT Family
Type: Offensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: High (+7%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl, Lightning Breath
Diet: Bread, Cheese, Fish


Defensive Pets

ability_hunter_pet_bear.jpg

BEAR Family
Type: Defensive
HP: High (+8%) • Armor: Medium (+5%) • DPS: Low (-9%)
Learns: Bite, Claw, Cower, Growl
Diet: Bread, Cheese, Fish, Fruit, Fungus, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_boar.jpg

BOAR Family
Type: Defensive
HP: High (+4%) • Armor: Medium (+9%) • DPS: Low (-10%)
Learns: Bite, Charge, Cower, Growl
Diet: Bread, Cheese, Fish, Fruit, Fungus, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_tallstrider.jpg

TALLSTRIDER Family
Type: Defensive
HP: High (+5%) • Armor: Low (+0%) • DPS: Medium (+0%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl
Diet: Cheese, Fruit, Fungus

ability_hunter_pet_crab.jpg

CRAB Family
Type: Defensive
HP: Low (-4%) • Armor: High (+13%) • DPS: Low (-5%)
Learns: Claw, Cower, Growl
Diet: Bread, Fish, Fruit, Fungus

ability_hunter_pet_crocolisk.jpg

CROCOLISK Family
Type: Defensive
HP: Low (-5%) • Armor: High (+10%) • DPS: Medium (+0%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl
Diet: Fish, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_scorpid.jpg

SCORPID Family
Type: Defensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: High (+10%) • DPS: Low (-6%)
Learns: Claw, Cower, Growl, Scorpid Poison
Diet: Meat

ability_hunter_pet_turtle.jpg

TURTLE Family
Type: Defensive
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: High (+13%) • DPS: Low (-10%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl
Diet: Fish, Fruit, Fungus


Well-Rounded Pets

ability_hunter_pet_vulture.jpg

CARRION Family
Type: General
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Medium (+5%) • DPS: Medium (+0%)
Learns: Bite, Claw, Cower, Growl, Screech
Diet: Fish, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_hyena.jpg

HYENA Family
Type: General
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Medium (+5%) • DPS: Medium (+0%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Growl
Diet: Fruit, Meat

ability_hunter_pet_wolf.jpg

WOLF Family
Type: General
HP: Medium (+0%) • Armor: Medium (+5%) • DPS: Medium (+0%)
Learns: Bite, Cower, Furious Howl, Growl
Diet: Meat


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VII. Training Your Pet


Training your pet in Classic WoW is much different than it is today, there are several things that factor into a pets training, (feeding) pet happiness, pet loyalty, pet level, and the types of skills that your pet can learn and training the max rank available for those skills.



Pet Happiness and Loyalty
Keeping your pet "Happy" at all times is vital to gaining loyalty ranks. To do this make sure you always have the food in your pets diet available to feed him, even before taming a pet it is wise to have that pets food on hand because when you tame him he will be "Unhappy". Do not keep your pet dismissed for long periods of time when training loyalty this will lower his happiness. If your pet dies too much it will lose happiness. Keep your pet feed and happy at all times, a happy pet is a loyal pet. When your pets loyalty increases so will it's available training points to spend on pet skills and passive bonuses. There are six pet Loyalty Ranks.



5% of your current level is exactly one bar of experience. So it takes a maximum of 25% of your current level or 5 bars of experience to max loyalty with the exception of the time required while your pet is fully "Happy". Make sure you stop getting experience in between the time required phase to prevent unnecessary exp gain. The higher your pets Loyalty Rank the more training points it will have, the less you will have to feed him and the less likely your pet will leave you.



Training Your Pets Skills
In Classic WoW you had to actually learn the pet skill from a pet that has that skill upon being tamed to teach to your own pet. So in other words you have to tame a pet you more than likely will not want to keep in order to add that pet skill to your pets skill list.


To do this you needed to find out what skills your pet can learn (I provided this in the "Choosing Your Pet" section), leave your pet at a stable master and go and tame the pet that has the skill you need and then use that pet skill in combat against other mobs in PvE until you see in your chat log that the ability has been learned.



Pet Trainers

Alliance

Stormwind - Karrina Mekenda
Ironforge - Belia Thundergranite
Darnassus - Silvaria

Horde

Orgrimmar - Xao'tsu
Thunderbluff - Hesuwa Thunderhorn
Undercity - None

Once you have learned the abilities from the pet trainer press "P" to open your spell book.


Select the "General" tab.


Here you can finalize all your pets abilities, it will display all the abilities you have learned from the beasts you have tamed and trained at your pet trainer as well as stamina, armor and resistance passive bonuses that can be trained at the pet trainers and the skill point costs.


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VIII. Mastering Your Class


Hunter_Role
Ranged Damage



Stat_Priority
Agility > Attack Power > Stamina > Intellect


Hunter Statistics

1 Agility = 2 Ranged Attack Power / 1 Melee Attack Power / 2 Armor / 0.07% Ranged Crit / 0.14% Dodge


1 Attack Power = 1 Ranged Attack Power / 1 Melee Attack Power


1 Stamina = 10 Health


1 Intellect = 15 Mana / 0.02% Spell Crit



Hunter Movement And Kiting
The hunter is a ranged class and the most important thing when playing a hunter is knowing how to keep your range and kite enemies that are trying to close in on you.



Back Strafing
I know we've all been victims of that concussive shotting hunter that slowly walks backwards with the S button and while he can keep you at range while keeping concussive shot on cooldown, this is not the ideal way to play hunter and will not give you the maximum advantage, don't be that noob.


First thing I will recommend is keybinding your S key to another ability and don't even give yourself the option to walk backwards. I use my S key for pet management with pet attack and pet follow which I will go over later.


Back strafing is a movement that allows you to move at full speed backwards. To do this hold down your right mouse button using your mouse movement to change the camera angle and use the Q or E button (or whatever you have bound your strafe to) to strafe in the opposite direction of your enemy. This will be uncomfortable at first but with practice will give you an advantage over other players.


(Here is an example from master hunter Raziya.)



Raziya also created an add-on you can see in his video above that times your auto shots so you can maximize your damage at all times while kiting. When the white bar is fully depleted stop to cast autoshot, when the bar is fully red you will shoot and then can continue kiting.

Add-on

WeaponSwingTimer

Below is an auto shot macro that will allow you to keep autoshot active without accidentally canceling it so long as you pull with the hotkey you have this macro bound to, change the (insert hotkey macro is bound to here) to the button you have the macro on. For example my autoshot macro is on button 1 so IsAutoRepeatAction(1) is in my macro description.



Map Placement And Track Humanoids
Hunters have an advantage with track humanoids so make use of it, make it a habit to watch your mini map. I would recommend a mini map add-on that allows you to customize and move your mini map to a more visible location, like the Chinchilla Minimap add-on.


Add-on

Chinchilla Minimap

Map awareness and knowing where to place yourself on the field is the most important thing in Warsong Gultch, intercepting and killing flag carriers trying to cross the field, slowing targets with concussive shot that are attempting to connect with their group or get away and finding sneaky warriors trying to get in range to charge you. Good warriors can be very sneaky hiding behind the stumps in Warsong Gultch to get within charge range and before you know it you can find yourself permanently slowed with hamstring, catching the warrior with track humanoids before he charges is your best defense. I also would recommend enabling enemy name plates by pressing CTRL V this will show enemies health bars behind objects. Speaking of warriors that brings us to our next subject pet management.



Pet Management
Pet management is important especially in Classic WoW where your pets health pool is so low, if you don't manage your pet you will quickly find yourself without a pet for most of the game. Below are some great hunter pet management macros that combine seven functions into two buttons.



One Button Pet Attack, Follow Macro

/petattack [@pettarget,noexists]
/petpassive [@pettarget,exists]
/petfollow [@pettarget,exists]
All In One Pet Macro (Calls Pet, Mends Pet and Revives Pet) you can change the mod to whatever you like.
#showtooltip Call Pet
/cast [nomod, nopet] Call Pet
/cast [mod:alt, @pet, dead][mod:shift, nopet] Revive Pet; [mod:alt, nochanneling] Mend Pet
/petpassive [nomod]
/petfollow [nomod]

When you see a warrior running towards you, it's not in your best interest to hope your arcane shot lands before his charge especially with the smaller range window in Classic, managing your pet as a barrier between you and a warrior is a great way to prevent a warrior attempting to charge you, simply have your pet attack the warrior and force him to back off or enter combat with your pet and allowing you to engage without being charged, if you see the warrior backing away trying to kill your pet simply call your pet back. Boars with charge are great for this with high defense and the ability to charge opponents.



Aspect Swapping And Jump Turning
In the event that you are charged by a warrior or opened on by a rogue there are a few things you can do depending on your race and the engineering skill to break away.


The first thing that you should do is quickly swap to the Aspect of the Monkey to prevent as much damage as possible, be sure to keep your back turned away from the enemy, you cannot dodge when an enemy hits you from behind, likewise when trying to break away from a rogue, you need to master the jump turn and wing clip the rogue from behind, this is the best way to deal with rogues using evasion and shield blocking warriors.


The second thing you can do is throw an engineering bomb just as hamstring is about to fall off to get enough distance to break off, keep in mind you need to keep the warrior in combat because he can charge again if combat drops.


Lastly the Tauren can warstomp to break away like the bomb it also stuns the enemy for 2 seconds.



Other Macros
Try and bind as many abilities as possible, multi functional key binds means less buttons and a easier cleaner UI to work with. Below are some other simple key binds with abilities that go well together.



One Button Aspect Swap Macro

#showtooltip Aspect of the Hawk
/cast Aspect of the Hawk(Rank 2)
/cast Aspect of the Monkey
Continuous Cast At Cursor Eagle Eye

#showtooltip Eagle Eye
/cast [@cursor] !Eagle Eye
Mouseover Wing Clip And Raptor Strike For Melee Weaving Without Dropping Ranged Target

#showtooltip Wing Clip(Rank 1)
/cast [target=mouseover,exists,harm] Wing Clip(Rank 1); Wing Clip(Rank 1); [target=player] Wing Clip(Rank 1)

#showtooltip Raptor Strike(Rank 3)
/cast [target=mouseover,exists,harm] Raptor Strike(Rank 3); Raptor Strike(Rank 3); [target=player] Raptor Strike(Rank 3)


This concludes my hunter guide for the time being, if you have any questions about the hunter class at 19 that I may not have covered here, feel free to send me a PM and I will respond to you when I am available.
 
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Is there any single possible thing that you missed out on here? LoL, I got literally no words but praise for you m8! ;) Well, maybe except... this wow hunter guide on mmo sucks, hate the guy that reccomended it to me! Oh don't mind me, I just like when you read a guide, you put in your time, and you put out just what you wanted to know! Like me here about choosing the pet for instance - loved it! Now certailny gonna go with Raptor :)
 
Is there any single possible thing that you missed out on here?

There are actually two items I did not list but that is due to the fact that I am not 100% positive if these items will be available in classic wow as they are on pvt servers but I do not recall them ever being available in the original vanilla wow retail until the TBC pre-patch/TBC release and those items are https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3742/bow-of-plunder and https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10653/trailblazer-boots both horde only quest items, I will post them within the guide once I can confirm they are in fact available once classic wow is released.

Also if you were planning on using a raptor to use Takk the Leaper, he will not have the huge advantage in pursuit speed due blizzard using the 1.12 client, all pets will have the same pursuit speed.
 
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There are actually two items I did not list but that is due to the fact that I am not 100% positive if these items will be available in classic wow as they are on pvt servers but I do not recall them ever being available in the original vanilla wow retail until the TBC pre-patch/TBC release and those items are https://classic.wowhead.com/item=3742/bow-of-plunder and https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10653/trailblazer-boots both horde only quest items, I will post them within the guide once I can confirm they are in fact available once classic wow is released.

Can Confirm that Trailblazer Boots are in classic wow. They are in the stress test / Available right now a buddy got them with a group of 15's. !
 
Tauren hunter in my opinion is actually the best pick for horde, the reason being is stamina is the most valuable stat you can get in the 19 bracket and https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20550/endurance not only scales with your gear but also with world buffs, Rumsey Rum Black Label, Scroll of Stamina, Powerword: Fortitude, etc. that alone is a far bigger static stat advantage over anything the other two races can offer. Then you have https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20549/war-stomp the only available interruption out of all the races which can be game changing when used at the right moment. Personally I would rather run a Tauren hunter FC that can contribute to the dps on the back line over a druid that is very mana dependent assuming you are not running a kiting defense, still strength in numbers.

Trolls are great especially when you can stack Berserking with Improved Aspect of the Hawk, however that's still only a 10 second ability on a 3 minute cooldown compared to a Tauren's static health, Tauren takes the cake by far.

Orc just flat out sucks for hunter, Blood Fury only affects melee attack power and a 50% healing reduction for 25 seconds is absolutely crap, also Hardiness isn't worth taking for just a paladins Hand of Justice alone although there is a chance to resist other hunters imp conc stuns. (speaking non-world pvp)

I probably should add some text regarding best picks for both factions for hunter, I will have to add to that section.
 
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I didn't list any level 10 twink items due to them being obsolete to the 19 options with the exception of Wingblade.

I would agree with the Crescent Staff if you were running a budget twink otherwise you have Twisted Chanters Staff as a better option for 25 agility or 22 intellect and Wingblade is the better option over Cruel Barb.

I originally ran a Boar in retail vanilla, but it was more just because everyone else was doing it but there were actually a lot of other really good picks.

Cats were also used quite often as well particularly The Rake due to his insane amount of enemy caster spell knock back caused by his 1.2 attack speed combined with claw rank 3.

Takk was also a very popular choice prior to patch 1.9 due to his mount like pursuit speed but took a nerf after 1.9, he more than likely will not have the insane pursuit speed advantage in classic due to it using the 1.12 patch data.

Hunters can combine their multi-shot ability with the wolf furious howl to up it's damage by a 9-13 damage for all three shots, on the same exact cool down of 10 seconds, the wolf pet Slavering Worg also has a 1.2 attack speed making him another great choice for enemy caster spell knock back.

Lastly wind serpents have the quickest form of burst out of all the pets available with lightning breath rank 2 although I tend not to run them though due to them being a caster pet with lower stats than the other available pets.
 
a belt with 5/5 stats, is definitely just as well worthy for a 19. the screecher belt along with the horde bow, put you dangerously close to hitting 19 from what i remember.
 
Yeah you definitely have to be careful and know what you are doing, actually since you put it that way, I will add Beastmaster's Girdle and Gloves of the Moon for a pre-BiS option so people can plan it out in their questing route and not miss out on any available items, thank you Shanker.
 
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I can understand u why u thing taurin are better then trolls. My problem currently with taurin is the leeway mechanic. As taurin hunter u have more meele range and a larger Deadzone. U range with bow is smaller as troll or orc. Thats in my opinion are very big problem.
thats what i mean.
 
I see... interesting, I knew different classes had different hit ranges but didn't know how you could attack from further ranges which happened quite often in vanilla which I always figured was lag on one of the two sides or server based, this could count for some dirty wing clips without getting into a melee classes range, could be quite effective especially while back strafing and for FCing.

Oh and because of the "Leeway" mechanic you have a bigger deadzone than the said 8 yards. Yes this could be quite troublesome when trying to break off to get into range for auto shot, but I think it would be quite difficult for another hunter to stay within range of shooting you when you could not, I don't think this would be game breaking besides you have a spam snare to get range in most cases, I suppose there are pros and cons.

Edit- So I have come to realize that the ranged deadzone would remain the same for auto shot for any race because you cannot be moving to cast autoshot, leeway would only effect melee strikes because you must actively be moving for the leeway mechanic to take effect, so to answer your question the leeway would not effect a hunters autoshot range or deadzone though you may need a macro to specify that you are autoshotting and not trying to melee.
 
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@Rocketjonny If the Tauren hit box goes live like that, then that will be a huge issue for Tauren hunter, if that is the case then I would 100% roll Female Orc hunter, that's pretty ridiculous deadzone.

@Atax Male Night Elf is the better choice, they have a higher base agility, the cleanest jumps on horde middle fence and dodge, as well as nature resistance for a chance to resist entangling roots and earthbind totem that could slow you down. Shadowmeld and Wisp also can be quite advantageous. Female Dwarf for defense, their racials kind of suck but they can walk directly through the ally fence in multiple locations.
 
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