Fast and agile classes in MMORPGs require careful builds to show their full potential. Here is the WoW SoD Hunter leveling guide with the best runes, talents and pets for your hunter class.
The best Hunter Build in World of Warcraft Season of Discovery
The best Hunter build for World Warcraft's Season of Discovery is Ranged Beast Mastery, and it's the fastest way to max level. This build is optimized for fast leveling and the Gnomeregan attack that comes at level 40. The ideal Pets that come with this build are Cats and Wind Serpents.
Best Skills for a Hunter Build in World of Warcraft Season of Discovery
Now, let's start this Build by choosing the best Talents for Ranged Beast Master. There are 31 skill points you can spend and this is the configuration we have chosen for the best Beast Master Build.
- Animal Wrath (1/1) – This ability enrages your pet, increasing its damage by 50% for 18 seconds.
- madness (5/5) – After a critical hit, your pet has a 100% chance to increase attack speed by 30% for eight seconds.
- Intimidation (1/1) – After a successful melee attack, your pet frightens the target, making it threatened and stunned for three seconds.
- Animal Discipline (2/2) – The focus regeneration of the pets is increased by 20%.
- ferocity (5/5) – Your pet's critical strike chances are increased by 15%.
- road (1/2) – Cheetah Appearance and Pack Appearance quick bonuses are increased by 3%
- Beast Speed (1/1) – The outdoor speed of your Pets is increased by 30%.
- Unleashed Rage (5/5) – Increases your pet's damage by 20%.
- Thick Hide (3/3) – The armor rating of your pets is increased by 30%
- Improved Revive Pet (2/2) – The casting time is reduced by six seconds, and the mana cost is reduced by 40%. Additionally, your pet will have 30% more health after reviving.
- Improved Appearance of the Hawk (5/5) – While active, it gives all normal attack attacks a 5% chance to increase ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 seconds.
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Best Runes for a Hunter Build in World of Warcraft Season of Discovery
You can choose five runes for your Hunter build in World of Warcraft Season of Discovery. The Runes we have chosen focus on increasing health and damage, improving various abilities and improving stats for all allies. Our selection of Runes is as follows:
- Beast Master – Increases the pet's damage and health by 20% and Focus Regeneration by 50%. Also, Growl pets can taunt enemies.
- Discover Weakness – Melee and ranged attacks increase the player's attack power by 40% of their Agility value.
- Heart of the Lion – Increases total stats for all nearby allies by 10% and Hunter stats by an additional 10%.
- Sniper Training – This room will give you a 2% increased Critical Hit chance while you are not moving. You can stack five times per second while staying in place and lose one stack per second while moving.
- Trap Launcher – You can place any Trap within the 35 yard range, even during combat. Your Fire and Ice Traps have separate cooldowns.
Best Pets for Hunter Build in World of Warcraft Season of Discovery
The best Pets for the Hunter Build in WoW Season of Discovery are Cats with 2.0 attack speed and Wind Serpents. Gnomeregan raid bosses have very high armor value, and Wind Serpents provide great DPS value, especially in raid comps with many Casters. Caster-heavy attack comps often don't have armor reduction buffs, but when equipped, Cats have a bit of an advantage over Wind Serpents.
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