Hunter Beast Mastery?

Nyquil-cheap

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So I've played a few games since the last patch and have seen a few new BM hunters and two hunters sporting a golden lion. Now maybe its preference but JW Is BM the new Huntard spec?
 
Well, not like the spec really matter for a hunter :p

But yeah, id say BM can be sorta good for farming mid, its better in 1v1 imo

Or just some people who miss the bat stun
 
Ya I knew about the stun but I mean for hunters like me if I lost that 15% Id be at 1.2k hp and thats vaporizingingly low and Explosion is a HUGE dps jump

But thanks for the input so far
 
People miss the stun as mentioned but you will see a few BM hunters I think in premade comps simply for extra CC and focused burst. Isn't Kill Command hitting pretty high?
 
I think my crits are around 580s so yes it can be pretty effective if the pets there

I find my pet getting outran quite a bit lately
 
I've been using BM pre-4.2 and found it best 1v1 (because of the stun). I didn't really care about the 15% hp from the other talent tree because in pugs (which is all i play) you are probably gonna have most of your health or be completely screwed regardless of a couple hundred health. I have rarely used the mega damage pet attack except when I'm guarding fc and some douche is try to kill him from roof.
 
Nyquil-cheap said:
Explosion is a HUGE dps jump
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Hm, 2 x arcane does almost as much damage as expl shot (incl 2 fire charges) and same focus cost. Kill command ( > then shots you have) does good damage and the stun makes it game breaking and more suitable for wsg. If ya didnt specc bm allready with your hunter, well, just lol for not thinking about whats best for wsg and for your team and not checking the damage output of your shots. And who needs the 15% more health from surv anyways when you play a hunter with all his cc these days and escapes. Add pet stun to it and its even the best specc, more ways to cc, in > 1v1's. Only thing wich i can think of wich might make the difference is that the sting of a surv hunter does damage on hit but then again bm has pet stun and spirit bond. Also bm's can have an easier time to kill/annoy a healer (or any other class) with full mana and there are loads of them.



Well this is my opinion and you might think different and its ok, i dont want to argue about it. Hunter is good in all speccs anyway but i like to support the best i can and that is with bm by far.
 
i played BM pre 4.2 always found it better than surv, on O or D scatter/bat stun/bm stun was a lot of cc, but surv was the goto spec for standing in the middle shooting at every thing that was red on the mini map :)
 
Alright cool thanks for the input guys :)
 
I think BM is a bad idea personally because all you would have to do is kill the hunter's pet and he is crippled; without explo shot, there isn't any real burst we would have to down the enemy. Now you could just kite the guy for a little while, but there aren't many opportunities to 1v1 in a wsg.



I suppose in arenas it is a great idea for BM (By arenas I mean wargames :p )
 
It can be good too stun a healer or an fc. Id say its best if you actually are going for the objective. But almost no hunters do that..
 
Dutchman said:
It can be good too stun a healer or an fc. Id say its best if you actually are going for the objective. But almost no hunters do that..
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written truth.
 
Awesome said:
I think BM is a bad idea personally because all you would have to do is kill the hunter's pet and he is crippled; without explo shot, there isn't any real burst we would have to down the enemy. Now you could just kite the guy for a little while, but there aren't many opportunities to 1v1 in a wsg.



I suppose in arenas it is a great idea for BM (By arenas I mean wargames :p )
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Actually, I reconsidered this; me and Nyq went BM and it is pretty good in WSGs. 2 Arcane Shots make up for the damage of Explo shot, and with the new AP gain, our Arcanes are critting big. Kill Command is also getting crits well into the 600s.
 
as much as i see you on the forums, i never see you. brings a druid to tears.
 
Opinion said:
as much as i see you on the forums, i never see you. brings a druid to tears.
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Iv seen u like once :p i remember returning a flag off you too :p but your deff one of the better druid FCs iv seen since the shattering.
 
talking about yayo awesomeness, god this thread isn't all about you. and yeah, i was about to say i saw you maybe once or twice a long time ago. and thanks, kind of left the FCing to a few others in the guild to become BiS Feral Kitty.
 
Beaulol said:
Survival is the best talent tree to spec into as a hunter in the 19 bracket. The reasoning behind choosing survival as apposed to beast mastery or marksmanship is because you receive the ability of explosive shot. By having explosive shot available it allows to you keep your damage extremely bursty. Ontop of the burst you receive from survival you also receive 15% more health, lower CD on disengage, and you receive agility instead of an increase in auto-attack damage and AP, which are received from the passives of the other two hunter talent trees. In this bracket, the stun would be completely useless compared to the damage and survivability you receive from survival.
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I see what you are talking about, but specs are a personal preference. I wanted to go BM because of the stun and auto attack damage solely, that is also why I race changed to UD. Besides, if you fire off two Arcane Shots as BM, it will hit for almost as much as Explosive Shot. BM allows much better focus conservation because of the loss of Explosive Shot.
 
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