Quote Originally Posted by 'puppychow',index.php?page=Thread&postID=159160#po st159160
You could also take 3 hunters and find a tank/healer and do most heroics I'd imagine.
I think you're skipping from "5xHunter" to "3xHunter" too fast there, my friend.

Solo hunters are reporting that their pets can tank Heroics already now; multi-hunters have the advantage that you have multiple tanks for the pet to chew through (and can Battle Rez lost ones EASILY). While my slow leveling speed has prevented me from being 80 and proving it, all the signs seem to point to healer+4xhunters being able to do heroics without too much difficulty.

The OP's post wasn't really about heroics, though. It was about clearing normal L80 instances to grind rep for gear. 5xHunters will probably work for that, although you may need to be well-geared enough to pull that off consistently that the rep-based gear isn't so appealing anymore. 4xHunter+Healer is the next logical step to take if you want to "for sure" be able to farm those instances. It also makes Heroics a viable shot, not a pipe dream. I don't think you need to drop all the way down to 3xHunter plus separate tank/healer to make that happen, though.