4xHunters and 4xShaman - PvP Comparisons (BG only for now)

[algol]

Stampede (Rhino) has knockback. While not the usual PVP pet type...are the mechanics such that it would give you an adequate PBAoE counter? Thunderstorm has by far the largest radius of any of the knockback AFAIK, but you take what you can get.

[Jaws5]

I just can't give up the BM , having the news pets is just too fun.

the saurs are doing 900-1300k crit damage every 4-5 attacks under bestal

really fun group.

[Boylston]

I have my team all Beastmaster now, and I'm working on leveling their Devilsaurs and their Worms up for the expansion.

4xWorms is pretty fun. Their acid spit does a 508 armor debuff that stacks up to 5 times, and it stacks cross-pet. Meaning... If I sick all four worms on a target, they instantly drop its armor by > 2000 in the first 4xSpit. I've mostly been PvEing with them in instances to level them up, but the few times I've used them in PvP, it's been crazy how fast I can drop a clothie. My Devilsaurs aren't L70 yet, but I can tell that they do great DPS under BW.

No new news here, but I find that the 4xHunter team is "really fun" as well. I am debating whether the Shamans or the Hunters will get the nod for "mains" when the expansion comes out. I will probably end up heavily utilizing rest XP to level both, but I definitely enjoy the hunters. I don't think they'll be as uber as shamans in arenas, but I enjoy playing them in instances far more and really like them in BGs.

If Explosive Shot had a little bit better AoE range, I'd switch to Survival full-time. Explosive is great against high armor classes, and the high crit rate of Survival can make for some exciting PvP moments. Maybe at L74-75, I'll switch to some Gorillas and Explosive Shot and start mowing down the easier instances. I've been trying out my druid 5th with the hunters to see if he can heal well enough to replace my priest in that group. The priest's Circle of Healing and Prayer of Mending are downright awesome, but resto druids did gain some AoE healing capability. Given the gear changes, it's really tempting to utilize my druid 5th for both my shaman and hunter quadbox teams. Same gearset will make him a great boomkin partner for the shammies or a good healer for the hunters.



I'm still a little torn... The hunters have a very high fun-factor, even if the shaman team is more uber in several other dimensions.

[Boylston]

Truth be told, it's still somewhat hard to compare the teams as well, since my hunters are pathetically geared compared to the shammies. Part of my desire to play both to L80 is to get them equivalently geared and make a more fair comparison.