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Korth · December 22, 2006, 09:59 AM

This advice is all great when you find yourself in a perfect 1v1 situation, but I find hunters to be the greatest threat in group PvP largely because their tactics mimic ours in many ways.

Unless your demonlogy specced, the hunter's pet is always going to be more dangerous to us than ours is to them. Sure, we get the nifty seduce ability, but our succubus isn't going to melee the hunter to death.

Secondly, in equal gear they greatly out DPS us in single-target damage. Raids give you a pretty good idea in fixed conditions how their damage compares to ours...I only approach hunter DPS in affliction because I can DoT multiple targets.

While their seduce (freeze trap) is trickier to use, it's more reliable once landed and can't be trinketed out of.

The bottom line is that only the Felguard and Soul Link give the Warlock equal footing with the hunter. Skill and gear can compensate some with other builds, but they've certainly replaced rogues as our nemesis class.

On the other hand, it's nice seeing everyone complaining in BG's to nerf hunters.

Even before the 2.0.1 patch, the only place I ever saw "Nerf warlocks zomg!" was on the official forums. My guildmates never complained about them in BG's and our supposed overpoweredness was just never a topic of conversation. Our guild's champion PvPer wasn't a lock or a hunter...He's a Shadow Priest.

No matter how you cut it, classes won't stay static. Hunters will be adjusted, and I imagine warlocks will be too.

December 22, 2006, 09:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
Korth Member Character Info Drayke 80 Undead Warlock Daggerspine US PvP Guild: Sacred Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/41/30	Re: How to Destroy a hunter This advice is all great when you find yourself in a perfect 1v1 situation, but I find hunters to be the greatest threat in group PvP largely because their tactics mimic ours in many ways. Unless your demonlogy specced, the hunter's pet is always going to be more dangerous to us than ours is to them. Sure, we get the nifty seduce ability, but our succubus isn't going to melee the hunter to death. Secondly, in equal gear they greatly out DPS us in single-target damage. Raids give you a pretty good idea in fixed conditions how their damage compares to ours...I only approach hunter DPS in affliction because I can DoT multiple targets. While their seduce (freeze trap) is trickier to use, it's more reliable once landed and can't be trinketed out of. The bottom line is that only the Felguard and Soul Link give the Warlock equal footing with the hunter. Skill and gear can compensate some with other builds, but they've certainly replaced rogues as our nemesis class. On the other hand, it's nice seeing everyone complaining in BG's to nerf hunters. Even before the 2.0.1 patch, the only place I ever saw "Nerf warlocks zomg!" was on the official forums. My guildmates never complained about them in BG's and our supposed overpoweredness was just never a topic of conversation. Our guild's champion PvPer wasn't a lock or a hunter...He's a Shadow Priest. No matter how you cut it, classes won't stay static. Hunters will be adjusted, and I imagine warlocks will be too.