5 Huntard Domination

[Supasnake]

Leveling one hunter is easy on its own. Leveling 5 is unimaginably awesome. I have thoroughly enjoyed pvping, questing, and running dungeons with my hunters. My setup consists of two Orcs specd beast master with cat pets, three Trolls specd Marksman/ Survival with two boars and a spider. I was able to level today in RFK with only one or two wipes. It really is a blast soloing dungeons. Also I was able to land all five chars in the top ten dps for Arathi Basin. Love love love this team.

[Fursphere]

When you hit Outlands, prepare to be disappointed. The dynamic changes considerably, then again when you hit Northrend.

There are many many many posts here trying to get this group comp. to work - but in the end they all come up short. Its a fun comp, but it just doesn't work in the end unfortunately.

[HPAVC]

Agreed, you had me until you said RFK. The pets just cannot tank instance bosses in Northrend, even on normal unless you are VERY out gearing the content.

That said, my hunters and a shaman team was pretty fun stuff right when WOTLK dropped.

[Deevext]

When you hit Outlands, prepare to be disappointed. The dynamic changes considerably, then again when you hit Northrend.

There are many many many posts here trying to get this group comp. to work - but in the end they all come up short. Its a fun comp, but it just doesn't work in the end unfortunately.

Out of interrest, what about the classic 5x Elemental Shaman? I'm currently level 71 and have had no trouble doing instances under-level but what should I expect? Do I need to reroll one into a paladin?

[Talos]

Out of interrest, what about the classic 5x Elemental Shaman? I'm currently level 71 and have had no trouble doing instances under-level but what should I expect? Do I need to reroll one into a paladin?

Back in TBC it was possible to clear heroics with 5x shamans with decent gear trough use of healing and elemental totems on bosses.
In WotLK the bosses hit a LOT harder and even some trash mobs are a pain, making a tankclass almost needed. On the other hand a dedicated healer isnt neceserry in WotLK with decent passive group heals (healing totem, divine storms, etc)

1 guy in here has managed to 5x shaman Normal Forge of Souls (wiping several times and waiting for elemental totems to cooldown)... so while possible its not optimal.

Its up to you to decide if you want to roll a tank, or keep the 5 shammies for pvp and use the LFD tool to queue 4 at a time and pugging a tank (or add a friend/guildy tank)

[Ualaa]

Well, your team won't have any issues getting to 80th.
And you'll have a blast in battlegrounds.

You'll be able to do normal versions of a lot of dungeons.
But I'd be surprised if you did the level 80 normals or any of the heroics.
Then again, you could queue 3 of them at a time, in random dungeons, where you get a tank and healer played by others...

You'll be able to do dailies, farm, pvp, etc.
And the team is quite fun.

[xandor]

[QUOTE=Supasnake;265933] I was able to level today in RFK with only one or two wipes. QUOTE]

Dont mean anything rude, but its enough with 2 characters to solo almost all instances before wotlk.

Did almost all instances on my 2*retri paladin combo until rampart (rampart at lvl 60, not sure if i wiped).
That is a 2*dps combo, with plate and heals ofc but still, many things is possible until outlands atleast.
I wiped in BF tho, the boss mindcontrolled me and made me kill the other paladin, and bouble wasnt enough since the boss used it twice in 1 fight due to the low dps. Didnt try the rest of the outlands instances.

I tried northrend when i reached it but it was really hard, had to use my cds to get past the first thrash, got to first boss in UK with 2 chars with both 2 retri paladins and 1 prot paladin and 1 resto druid (i mean only 2 at a time, not 4), but didnt work further.

Did UK first boss and all thrash until 2nd boss 3 man (my retri paladins and 1 mage), didnt try 3 manning 2nd boss without real healer or tank becouse they joined just when we was gonna go for it, was in random dungeon queue.

More on topic about hunters, im gonna lvl 2 hunters again, only got to 30ish and then i deleted one for room on the server, gonna migrate so i get 9 free spots :P
They are fun, but i dont get how you do when opponents are at you, except for your extremely high pet dmg at low lvl.

[Ualaa]

I leveled 5x hunters, to level 60, during my RAF time.
They were quite fun, but have been on the back burner since then.
I'm planning on getting them to 68th level shortly, for 5x more alchemists.

Chances are you'll need seventy-something, for maximum trade-skill levels in Cataclysm...
So getting them to 80th isn't a bad idea.

Overall a hunter team is quite fun for leveling.
I was running 5x Beast Mastery team.
Very simple to macro and the pets are powerful.
Did not do instances with them, aside from a short stint boosting to have the other four catch up to the existing hunter.

Concussive Shot on round-robin.
Frost Trap on round-robin.
Pet Intimidate on round-robin.
But most of the stuff is just, everyone shoots and pets go wild.
I was using Keyclone at the time, I'd imagine Volley with the IS Boxer mouse broadcasting will make for some very fun AoE too.

I wouldn't think they would be good in instances.
But with flying mounts across the board, probably Slow + Cold... since this is a team I'm not gearing or playing long-term...
And two pieces of heirloom 10% experience gear.
I'd think this will be as fun in the new leveling grind, as they were during RAF.

[Boylston]

One of the best teams I've played was 4xHunters + Healer. Such a blast. Leveled them to 80 in instances, piece of cake. Then the wheels fall off and the composition turns to crap...

Do a search on Hunters with me as author for the full rundown.

Don't waste your time if you want a viable PvE or PvP team at end-game. If you insist on bashing your head against the wall, drop a hunter and put a healer in as your main. Even then, be prepared for disappointment long-term.

[accretion]

If you insist on bashing your head against the wall, drop a hunter and put a healer in as your main. Even then, be prepared for disappointment long-term.

QFT

I had Priest/4xHunter team for a long time. Absolutely loved them...until I tried lvl 80 heroics. The best I could do in newbie 80 gear was an occasional boss or two, but nothing that you could credibly call badge farming. The pets were simply too fragile (even as BM spec), the dps was unimpressive, and the lack of buffs just killed me, literally. I've thought about reviving this team and swapping a Shaman in for the Priest. The availability of better crafted gear, the right totems, scrolls, and the Dungeon Finder tool might get a team over the hump in terms of badge farming.

Bah, now you're getting me all excited...