Marksmanship Soloing Guide: Part 2 – Pets

Durendil at Hunter Soloing: The choice of pets: Cunning pets are nearly useless as far as soloing is concerned, unless the boss hits like a depressive kitten. Tenacity pets are the most used pets because of their superior tanking capabilities. Ferocity pets can be useful if, for a reason or another, you don’t need extensive healing or you cannot use Mend Pet because of line of sight/distance issues.

Tenacity pet talents:
Basic tanking spec: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/tool/pet-calculator#Pp01!!ZkahaZgdZg!

Abilities:
Charge is great because bosses/adds usually run faster than players. It can be replaced by Boar’s speed.
Thunderstomp is mandatory.
Last Stand is a life-saver CD if anything goes wrong or a boss frenzies, or can be used if pet rotations are in order
Roar of Sacrifice actually serves as a damage reduction CD for the Hunter
Taunt is a tricky ability – it doesn’t work on all bosses, but it can be very useful: taunt + Feign Death offers good lead on aggro, making you lose less dps. Besides, some bosses despawn when you FD, so taunt is the only solution to pet switching.

Best pets: Sporebat! (Sorry, I just had to say it).

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Marksmanship Soloing Guide: Part 1 – Hunter Talents

Marksmanship Soloing Guide: Part 3 – Abilities and Macros

See Hunter Soloing, from Classic to Cataclysm: Tips, Guides, Strategies, and Videos for a complete selection of guides to hunter soloing including hunter soloing builds as well as boss-specific strategies and videos for hunters.

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