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Level 19 hunter twinking guide

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You decided to make a level 19 Hunter WSG twink? It won't be easy, or enjoyable, until your character is Battleground-ready. It will take a lot of well planned time and/or a big hand from one or more helpful higher levels, not to mention quite some resources from your other characters or from an Auction House.

If you want to set your aim higher and make a play at Arathi Basin, you might want to check out my Hunter lvl 29 twinking guide.

Contents

Choosing your race

If you don't care much about the looks of your new character, you might want to consult the table below to maximize the potential of your twink. The main attribute is Agility although some players prefer a higher Stamina base stat. Intellect also plays a factor for Hunters as you'll burn through your mana constantly

Alliance Hunters choosing Agility end up with a Night elf, while choosing for Stamina will lead to a Dwarf. See table below for level 19 base stats :

Race Strength Agility Stamina Intellect Spirit
Dwarf 30 42 40 29 31
Night elf 25 51 36 30 32
Draenei TBC 29 43 36 31 34

Horde Hunters choosing Agility end up with a Troll or a Blood Elf, while choosing for Stamina will lead to a Tauren or Orc. The latter are of course the most interesting due to Blood Fury (yes this stacks with ranged DPS), Command, Axe Specialization, and Hardiness. See table below for level 19 base stats :

Race Strength Agility Stamina Intellect Spirit
Orc 31 43 39 27 35
Tauren 33 41 39 25 34
Troll 29 48 38 26 33
Blood elf TBC 25 48 35 34 31

Equipment

A 'short' summary of the most applicable items for a Hunter twink. Some options (such as [Blood Elf Bandit Mask]) were not included as they are clearly the last resort. Also note that the order in which these items appear is important; the top items are the "best" in terms of being less time consuming or cheaper to acquire, not the best in absolute numbers. To make the choice somewhat easier, the drop percentages for certain items are included as provided by Image:Icon-wowhead-22x22.pngWowhead.


Enhancements

Note that as of Patch 3.1 many enhancements where nerfed with a level requirement. This includes arcana head augments, many leatherworking armor kits, gun/bow scopes, etc. The listing below has been updated to 3.1.

Glyphs

With the introduction of Inscription, Blizzard has given us the equivalent of enchanting your spells. Glyphs can improve your spells to a certain extent, sometimes at the cost of a negative effect towards your spell or ability.
Hunters have the choice of the following Glyphs. Hunters, like all classes at level 19, may only choose 1 major glyph and 1 minor glyph.

Useful Buffs

Talent Builds

Build favored by many for obvious reasons. It offers +5% critical hit increase with Lethal Shots, increased attack power based on 100% of your total intellect with Careful Aim, and remaining points go into Mortal Shots providing your crits with +12% additional damage. The [Glyph of Multi-Shot] takes your Multi-Shot cooldown to 9 seconds, that will help take out groups of healers.

2/2 Improved Concussive Shot 3/5 Lethal Shots 3/3 Careful Aim 2/3 Hawk Eye

Very similar to the DPS build, however this is geared more toward crowd control and long-range sniping. Lethal Shots, though not maxed out, increases your critical hit by 3%, Improved Concussive Shot increases the duration of Concussive Shot to 10 seconds, increased attack power based on 100% of your total intellect with Careful Aim, and Hawk Eye will increase your ranged weapon's attack radius to 40 yards. Including the [Glyph of Serpent Sting] with this build ensures you'll be kiting with the best of them.

Newer build for patch 3.1. This build focuses on Aspect of the Hawk for it's main source of enhancement. Again borrowing from the DPS build, +5% critical hit increase with Lethal Shots, increased attack power based on 100% of your total intellect with Careful Aim, however we pick up two points in Improved Aspect of the Hawk all ranged attacks have a 10% chances to increase ranged attack speed by 6% for 12 seconds. Combined with [Glyph of Improved Aspect of the Hawk] and it's 6% haste increase, you should be able to take down those other hunters one-on-one.

Pets

The main concern for your pet at this level in WSG is the slow your opponent down, especially the enemy flag carrier. Here are a few suggestions for pets:

  • Spider (Tenacity) - Web: stops movement for 4 seconds, 40 second cooldown, 20 yard range
  • Ravager (Cunning) - Ravage: 2 second stun, 1 minute cooldown, melee range
  • Crab (Tenacity) - Pin: pins the target in place for 4 seconds, 40 second cooldown, melee range
  • Hyena (Ferocity) - Tendon Rip: reduces movement speed by 50% for 6 sec, 20 second cooldown, melee range
  • Bat (Cunning) - Sonic Blast: 2 second stun, 1 minute cooldown, 20 yard range
  • Serpent - Poison Spit:DoT every 2 seconds,30 yard range

Useful Macros

These Macros will be of some use to you in Battlegrounds or in World PvP.

Eagle Eye 

#show
/cast !Eagle Eye

This simple Macro will allow you to chain cast Eagle Eye. This can be useful for;

  • Seeing out of Line of Sight in Warsong Gulch.
  • Spying on towns and cities.
  • Having fun ;)

Note: This macro can't defy Eagle Eye's 50,000 yard range.
(more to come soon)

Tips & Hints

Useful information.

Notes and Remarks

Quest Information

  • Alliance Crest [31] An Audience with the King - Last part of a 3 part quest chain rewards 12515-13765 raw experience (depending on the source), not including xp from mobs.
  • Alliance Crest [30] The Night Watch - Last part of a 3 part quest chain rewards 6000 raw experience, not including xp from mobs.
  • Alliance Crest [22D] The Defias Brotherhood - Last part of a 7 part quest chain rewards 8690 raw experience, not including xp from mobs.
  • Neutral [21D] Deviate Eradication - This quest rewards 2500 raw experience, not including xp from mobs.
  • Horde Crest [27D] Arugal Must Die - This quest rewards 3300 raw experience, not including xp from mobs. Requires level 18.
  • Horde Crest [22D] Leaders of the Fang - Last part of a 7 part quest chain rewards 6070 raw experience, not including xp from mobs.
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