Anti-hunter

[Holypowah]

I play a warrior Its great anti-hunter in a group, cuz usually I dont get clicked on (assuming most hunters are clickers). Charge, howl, 300 white crit, 400 BT crit, 200 HS, 150 white crit, 180 HT, dead hunter... all in about 4 GCD

Not every hunter is 1200ish hp and you won't crit everytime. Plus a hunter than has a brain cell will just disengage and kite you with concussive shot. You also realise they have scattershot right?

 

[Moo]

I has brain cell ?

 

[The Saint]

unless it's a bm hunter priest's wins 95% of the time, and i dont mind gearing one to prove it, name the sever and i'll roll there.

not AP, i'd rather shish kebab my scrotum with a rusty nail.

 

[R Prime]

Awesome info so far, thank you all for your input. I am likely to try most classes, but am leaning towards starting a priest, being my class since vanilla on my main account. Sounds like disc is good, but I've always loved shadow, so I'll see how I go.

Over the years I've played every class, and have preferred specs for each. I will likely roll an arc mage, spriest, enh shammy, fury warr, feral drood and a lock... but not all at once. How would a stam-stacked enh shammy go? Do they have the utility yet at 20?

Keep up the awesome,
Dev

First off welcome to the bracket Dev!

A priest is a solid choice to start ... however I think they lose a little bit of survivability (is that a word?) come MoP.

There really is no anti-hunter class - COTUS made an amusing hierarchy regarding the f2p classes that is pretty spot on. Hunter is by and far the most powerful class in the bracket. I find the classes I have had the most success vs. hunters are in order: balance druid, holy pally and mage. The other classes I do so-so and usually lose if it's 1 vs 1. The good news is many of the hunters in this bracket are not skilled. The bad news is the hunter class is so powerful it does not take alot of skill to use it (that's not to say anything about the hunter skillcap to those that may bristle...).

You ask about enh shammy - that happens to be the class I've had the most fun with playing! I don't think I've seem any stam stacked shammies except in FC gear. If you go enh shammy I recommend alliance - better gear choices and easier to obtain. Since you're p2p getting BoAs should be gravy.

Good luck and have fun.

Drünk

PS - You absolutely must roll on AP. You will have next to no chance at AGM - but in sacrificing that you gain a large community of friendly fun and helpful peeps. Word.

 

[Reltney]

A D priest will beat a hunter anytime. A mind blast, holy fire and penace combo can put a hunter to 50% health.

Penance and Holy Fire have a 30 yard range while all hunter shots have a 40 yard range. A good hunter will never let you get close enough to use anything other than Mind Blast and SW: Pain. A godly hunter will dance out of range when he sees you start casting Mind Blast. It will be even worse when priests lose Mind Blast in MOP.

 

[MarzRider]

not AP, i'd rather shish kebab my scrotum with a rusty nail.

sounds painfull

 

[R Prime]

sounds painfull

Isn't that a called a Redheaded Prince Albert?

To each their own - I do not judge* unless playing a Paladin.

*(Credit goes to Earlfriend for that one)

 

[youakim]

A godly hunter will dance out of range when he sees you start casting Mind Blast.

Let me clear something up for you. After the cast starts, it will go off even if the hunter is about 5 yards out of range. The Priest should be using mind blast on cooldown, and the hunters health bar WILL go down faster than the priests mana pool.

 

[Bounce]

normally if we both have cds I scatter when they use penance then pop a healing potion then kite away from the scream inc, burst to keep them healing then normally my next scatter will end it if the fights still going on.

pop a healing pot lol, you don't get those in arenas champ why put them in 1v1 scenarios when we all know the priest could pop one too. Also y arent u scattering the first flash

 

[KainUFC]

I would go straight F2P as thats the way youre going to have the most genuine fun in the bracket and it is also the only way you'll get a brand new, refreshing WoW experience thats unlike any other kind of WoW Ive played, pvp or pve.

If you want to mitigate the effect of hunters roll a healer. Disc priest, Hpal, Rsham or Rdruid.

 

[Quintos]

No one class can truly be an "anti-hunter" because while one on one they may be able to kill them, in a BG you almost never get a one on one and there is almost never just one hunter. In most horde will have 2-3 hunters and ally will have 4-6 hunters so while a good player of any class can kill a hunter one on one no class can over come the mass amount of hunters because every time you get one to half another joins in and eventually no matter how well you heal, how much damage you do, or what your CC is, they will kill you before you kill all of them. The only chance you have is to roll a hunter and take 1-3of them with you when they kill you. That is the most discouraging thing you can do to them. It shows no matter what they do that your better than them and they cant win. But even that tactic has limited usefulness because after a while they will just run away from engagements with you. (In this post I was referring to the "Bad-hunters" not those of you with real skill that no matter what people do to you they cant get better than a 50-50 win ratio. Regarding them the best tactic is to earn there respect and seek the hard won one on one wins it will prove fun and satisfying to both of you.)

 

[youakim]

in a BG you almost never get a one on one and there is almost never just one hunter

That's what teammates are for, going 1v3 is obviously not a balanced matchup. I said that Priests counter Hunters by class mechanics, they really are the best choice for dealing with hunters. They're good in a team environment and 1v1, I would (and I have already) say that Priest is definitely the best choice for dealing with Hunters both 1v1 and in team fights.

EDIT: and I want to say to the people thinking nothing can beat a good hunter, good hunters are so few and far between that it's almost a pointless discussion and if the OP rolled a priest, he should be able to find out through personal experience that it really IS the best choice, even if other people think a priest can't beat a good hunter they would be willfully ignorant to say that priests don't have the best chance.

 

[Zatox]

BM belf hunter is the only class/race combination able to even pressure a good priest.

 

[Lil]

unless it's a bm hunter priest's wins 95% of the time, and i dont mind gearing one to prove it, name the sever and i'll roll there.
not AP, i'd rather shish kebab my scrotum with a rusty nail.

If you're that willing I'm on misha

pop a healing pot lol, you don't get those in arenas champ why put them in 1v1 scenarios when we all know the priest could pop one too. Also y arent u scattering the first flash

That's cool I'm talking in bgs? and because I normally don't roll with my agm equipped in bgs so I need to minimize dmg. My dps can normally keep up with priests healing and if they choose to do some kind of dmg against me they better be bubbled at over 90% health

 

[R Prime]

BM belf hunter is the only class/race combination able to even pressure a good priest.

Enh shammy does pretty well vs priests in my experience.

 

[MarzRider]

Enh shammy does pretty well vs priests in my experience.

Ya you guys are kinda irritating.

 

[youakim]

Belf ret, Belf BM hunter, and any race Enh are the only classes capable of pressuring a priest 1v1.

 

[DubbsBegins]

veinte, you know priests cant beat hunter without LOS.
and hunter can use LOS to eat to get hp back too.
I dont know where and who you fight these hunters but they are probably not good or didnt bother to try to counter priest 100%
(2moths)
I love how you use LOS for priest advantage but never use LOS for hunter advantage.
you say that mind blast can hit hunter even 5 yds out of range. That is true but what if hunter uses LOS? mind blast (or any kind of cast) is not going to happen. and most hunter dps are instant casts which means its easier for hunter to hit priest even if they are using LOS.

 

[The Saint]

If you're that willing I'm on misha

will start tomorrow.

That's cool I'm talking in bgs? and because I normally don't roll with my agm equipped in bgs so I need to minimize dmg. My dps can normally keep up with priests healing and if they choose to do some kind of dmg against me they better be bubbled at over 90% health

you really must have faced some terrbad priests, because when your focus is dumped they should be able to dps with no problem.

veinte, you know priests cant beat hunter without LOS.
and hunter can use LOS to eat to get hp back too.
I dont know where and who you fight these hunters but they are probably not good or didnt bother to try to counter priest 100%
(2moths)
I love how you use LOS for priest advantage but never use LOS for hunter advantage.
you say that mind blast can hit hunter even 5 yds out of range. That is true but what if hunter uses LOS? mind blast (or any kind of cast) is not going to happen. and most hunter dps are instant casts which means its easier for hunter to hit priest even if they are using LOS.

while this hunter is dancing in and out of LoS, you expect the priest just to stand there and wait for him to dps?

for a start he's pet is dead, and while hes eating priests can eat too

 

[DubbsBegins]

while this hunter is dancing in and out of LoS, you expect the priest just to stand there and wait for him to dps?

for a start he's pet is dead, and while hes eating priests can eat too

... if priest is casting mind blast, hunter has at least one instant cast hit time before priest is done casting. thats what i meant.
why is the pet dead when starting? hunter can control their pets. (if priest wants to kill the pet, they have to get out of their LOS (which will allow hunter to get on priest since the pet is going back to hunter) and even if hunter's pet is dead, they can be easily rezzed using LOS