[Alohakeith]

Key to hunters is definitely range. You have to, emphasis on have, get into their melee range. A well geared hunter will mow through cloth in what 4 shots? If I encounter a hunter and I'm mounted, I make a mad dash into melee range, dismount, pop IHOT (affliction specc'd) and load up the dots, I can usually burn him down in a few ticks with drainlife going as well. Easy fight....If I'm on foot: cast DC at them and so they can't scatter shot me or whatever, while they're feared cast my insta dots while running into range once I get in range it's another IHOT and they're done for....If game mechanics decides to own my DC by allowing his scatter shot to get off, you probably won't get in range by the tme you have 1/4 hp. GG you, but just keep dotting and casting whatever damage you can. But yeah, ignore the pet or cast CoW on it, fear works almost 0% of the time, and you're usually almost dead by the time it finishes.

A well played shaman is sometimes tough, they can do impressive burst damage and take a good chunk of your hp every what...30 seconds or something? But yeah, fear..dot.dot.dot.dot.dot drainlife wins it for me.