Hunter 5on5 spec&gear, my vision.

Theres been some questions at the forums and queries @ irc about my gear/talent spec. So heres my thoughts on it. This whole analysis is based to for 5on5 playing our setup(a felguard lock/holy priest/pala/warrior/hunter)




About the gear:




These are my standards for season 2:

11k unbuffed HP with talents.

5% to hit with ranged weapons so I can avoid deep surv.

300 resilience, haven't had any problems with this resilence so far.

After those three you can spend all your ilvl for DPS stats.



About the talent spec: (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cV0bZVVsoEzhbstchhRz)




Standards:



Marksmanship, Atleast 41 points


5/5 Lethal Shots

5/5 Effiency


1/1 Aimed Shot -> 5/5 Mortal Shots


5/5 Improved Stings


1/1 Scatter Shot -> 1/1 Trueshot Aura


3/3 Barrage

3/3 Improved Barrage


5/5 Master Marksman -> Silencing Shot



Survival, Atleast 11 points


3/3 Hawk Eye


3/3 Humanoid Slaying


3/3 Entrapment


1/1 Deterrance



For 5on5 I really don't even consider other than MM spec since Scatter Shot and Silencing Shot are so nice tools to have at arena, both have short cooldowns and will be used many times in one match. Deterrence can really save your life sometimes and its good to let your healers know when you activate Deterrence so they know what kind of damage input you will be taking and cast heals on that information.



Filling MM-tree up to 41 points:



1/2 Go for the Throat

I have 2/2 but 1/2 is enough to ensure scorpid poison on each cooldown(too lazy to respec)

3/5 Improved Arcane Shot

I tend to use arcane shot alot for DPS and the option for these talent points would be to pick Conclussive Shot but I don't want to rely on a 12% proc. Usually our main target is at trap or has a hamstring on it anyway which makes Conclussive Shot quite useless(Yes I know it increases Steady Shot dmg)

2/5 Ranged Weapon Specialization (RWS)

Teh 1/5 is really a no-brainer and the 2/5 fights against a point in Careful Aim, after some quick math I came to the conclusion that RWS is the better talent.



Filling Survival-tree up to 11 points:



1/3 Improved Wing Clip

The option would be to pick Savage Strikes but I rarely do Raptors in 5on5, so I feel this is the better place for this talent point.



Leftover points:



So now we are left with 9 talent points which you can spend how you want, the options are:



1. Spending most of the points in Surv-tree getting %hit cap, personal survivability, some for MM for DPS.



2. Spending most of the points for MM-tree for DPS and leftovers for pets hp/clever traps/hp for you



3. What I prefer: Utility/Pet survibility over DPS(especially in our setup)

2/2 Clever Traps

This really helps me to keep my traps active. It works like this: You pop a trap -> The trap activates -> The traps visual effect is there for 30 seconds and then the visual skating rink disappears and reappears, from that you will know that you have 9 seconds to pop a new trap. This talent IMO lets the hunter to play a little more freely.



5/5 Endurance Training

Your pet is really important for you and for your team as well. The pet lets us execute the outlasting tactic better, keeping the opponents in combat(Be sure to watch any paladins/druids/warriors taunting your pet so you keep the real target in combat)



2/3 Thick Hide

Pretty much same as Endurance Training

or

2/2 Improved Revive Pet

Reviving your pet is very situational even with this talent. It depends on the situation/setup you are up against. Sometimes you can pull off Reviving your pet even without the talent. I really don't know which of these two is the better. Lately I haven't lost too many pets in the games when it means something and would be wise to revive with the talent so I prefer 'Thick Hide' atm. in our battlegroup. Also our healers have big pet bars and are well aware how important the pets really are so the pets are enjoying nice ammounts of healing!=)