is there an actual hunter counter at all?

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hey, coming back to WoW after a hella long time because a friend said he would like to make f2p twinks. i twinked at 19 so i thought it would be fun. anyways, i've been looking on this website for a few days, and it seems like hunters are extremely overplayed. i'm typically not one to just roll FOTM, and i know that no one wants more hunters. is there any form of counter to a hunter other than playing a better hunter? even if it's something that is countered by everything else in the game, if it is capable of taking on a hunter then i would like to roll it. i was considering rogue so that i can hide from the better hunters and camp the worse ones. thanks
 
Priests, Paladins, Rogues, and Warlocks to a certain degree can do relatively well against Hunters 1v1. Most of the complaining has to do with the hunters illogical amount of burst and their very high skill floor.

For example, If you roll a rogue who can shadowstep when they disengage, youll be fine in terms of 1v1 against mediocre hunters. For pretty much any class, just avoid the 3-5 hunters patrolling mid, it's just dumb.

Good luck and have fun!
 
rsq said:
Priests, Paladins, Rogues, and Warlocks to a certain degree can do relatively well against Hunters 1v1. Most of the complaining has to do with the hunters illogical amount of burst and their very high skill floor.

For example, If you roll a rogue who can shadowstep when they disengage, youll be fine in terms of 1v1 against mediocre hunters. For pretty much any class, just avoid the 3-5 hunters patrolling mid, it's just dumb.

Good luck and have fun!
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oh alright, cool. thanks

youakim said:
imo, priests counter hunters the hardest.
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the friend i'm rolling with is rolling a priest, i think we planned on doing a 2s.
 
It's already been stated but of course no priest at all should loose to any hunter in this bracket. Holy paladins also counter hunters (good times!).

Resto shammys can also counter hunters and to an extent ele, you just have to be really careful to time things properly to get good results
 
Klinda said:
Resto shammys can also counter hunters and to an extent ele, you just have to be really careful to time things properly to get good results
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Ele are absolutely awful against hunters. The few times I've won a 1v1 on my ele against a hunter have been when I have an overabundance of line of sight to use or I'm on WSG roof or AB LM. The problem is that their range is so much greater than yours - by the time you close in enough to start a lightning bolt you need to heal up. Then you spend your last few seconds healing for less than they are inflicting.
 
Priest, Paladin, And a good sub rogue can counter any hunter that isn't BM. BM hunters are almost unbeatable because they have even more un-needed CC.
 
..... FERAL DRUID does pretty good










/flex
 
DubbsBegins said:
..... FERAL DRUID does pretty good










/flex
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The day I see a feral druid win a best of 3 against a good hunter I wil delete my char. :p

srsly though, rogue can win over hunters because we have crip poison, sap (for pet), gouge (for scatter etc), shadowstep, sprint and evasion (hunter + pet do sick dmg even in mele).

Druid got.. travel form?
 
Medan said:
The day I see a feral druid win a best of 3 against a good hunter I wil delete my char. :p

srsly though, rogue can win over hunters because we have crip poison, sap (for pet), gouge (for scatter etc), shadowstep, sprint and evasion (hunter + pet do sick dmg even in mele).

Druid got.. travel form?
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Yeah, when I fight hunters on my hunter, I just reverse disengage into their face, wing clip them, and raptor strike/kill command them to death. They never know how to react, and usually just try to backpedal/strafe away from me and I come out with >80% health almost every time. It's funny as hell. MELEE HUNTAR, RAH! I do this because hunters always disarm other hunters, and I don't need my bow to shank a bitch.
 
i have a almost bis resto shammy(only missing a hat) and no, they do not counter hunters unlike hpally/disc priest.

unlike priests/pally exospam and penance spam you only have a measly 85 ish damage earth shock and primal strike.All you can do is heal.

Also-a well geared hunter should never lose to a rouge.EVER. One of my favorite things when i was f2p was to 1vs1 a 24 rouge.
1) wait till that700-800 ambush hits you ( ihad 900 armor on my hunter) u still have 1300 hp and get crippling posioned
2) scatter shotand start backpedaling and be ready for concussion shot
) the second they trinket out( human reaction aint perfect you should have already backed off for approx 1second) concussion shot them
3) wait till they shadowstep u (thats when you use disengage)
4)kite em tillthey are dead.If they pop their AGM while shadowstepping u.Pop yours.Sometimes i had tohealpot aswell.90% of times not.
if they vanish-be ready to rinse/repeat the above procedure
remember you also have a pet to disarm those rouges with.I wont even mention the 20 rouges.

but taking out hpallys/priests. It is ...possible if you dont get into their range of exorcism and kite them, but it wont happen in a timely fashion( approx 2 minutes of constant fighting lol)

as for priests their range is even greater-when i dueled my friends Bis priest, i had to AGM/healpot/run off and mageweave bandage for 5 secs before i got interrupted just to win(he agm+mana potted aswell)
but it takes like 2 minutes like i said while ur fighting the healers, the dps will come and rape u.
idc if tl;dr
 
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inoobupro said:
i have a almost bis resto shammy(only missing a hat) and no, they do not counter hunters unlike hpally/disc priest.

unlike priests/pally exospam and penance spam you only have a measly 85 ish damage earth shock and primal strike.All you can do is heal.

Also-a well geared hunter should never lose to a rouge.EVER. One of my favorite things when i was f2p was to 1vs1 a 24 rouge.
1) wait till that700-800 ambush hits you ( ihad 900 armor on my hunter) u still have 1300 hp and get crippling posioned
2) scatter shotand start backpedaling and be ready for concussion shot
) the second they trinket out( human reaction aint perfect you should have already backed off for approx 1second) concussion shot them
3) wait till they shadowstep u or vanish(thats when you use disengage)
4)kite em tillthey are dead.If they pop their AGM while shadowstepping u.Pop yours.Sometimes i had tohealpot aswell.90% of times not.

remember you also have a pet to disarm those rouges with.I wont even mention the 20 rouges.

but taking out hpallys/priests. It is ...possible if you dont get into their range of exorcism and kite them, but it wont happen in a timely fashion( approx 2 minutes of constant fighting lol)

as for priests their range is even greater-when i dueled my friends Bis priest, i had to AGM/healpot/run off and mageweave bandage for 5 secs before i got interrupted just to win(he agm+mana potted aswell)
but it takes like 2 minutes like i said while ur fighting the healers, the dps will come and rape u.
idc if tl;dr
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You forgot the part where concussive shot does damage! Tell us how much damage concussive shot would do!
 
Medan said:
The day I see a feral druid win a best of 3 against a good hunter I wil delete my char. :p

srsly though, rogue can win over hunters because we have crip poison, sap (for pet), gouge (for scatter etc), shadowstep, sprint and evasion (hunter + pet do sick dmg even in mele).

Druid got.. travel form?
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you cant beat a good hunter as a rogue either. NO class can beat a good hunter at this lvl

lets see rogue.
rogue opens with ambush.
hunter scatter shots and gains distance (if trinketed pet disarm ftw) (if poison gets on hunter, hunter can trinket)
hunter conc shots and rogue will never gain back distance
rogue is forced to use SS
hunter disengage
GG

lets see feral druid.
druid opens with mangle.
hunter scatter shots
druid trinkets and put rake on hunter
hunter disengage with conc shot (disarm doesnt work on feral)
druid powershifts and gains back distance

hunter wins if hunter is good
druid wins if hunter is bad
 
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@inoobupro
It sounds to me like your friend had literally zero idea of how to play a priest.
@dubbs
A good rogue most definitely can kill a good hunter. Crippling is a 70% slow, and can be applied by thrown.
 
alright what can a rogue do?

after scatter shotted its either trinket or wait till the hunter gains distance.
thrown? thats not gonna help when the hunter is far away with hunter damage. the duel will be over.
 
After the scatter, step to the hunter and gouge his disengage. Save trinket for disarm and its gg.
 
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