Shihli's Proposed lv. 80 survival tree
Shihli — Fri, 07/25/2008 - 09:38
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=cxbZ0eVZeb0iohfVcsczAo
Here's the idea:
1) Imp. AotH and Focused Fire = free large-dps increases for few talent points. Yay!
2) Lethal Shots and Mortal Shots are must-have for ANY hunter. Careful Aim is cheap and provides a LOT more attack power, capitalizing more on the gear we use.
3) The meat in the Survival tree:
- Improved Tracking - 5% more damage done to targets you are tracking (e.g. if I have "Track Humanoids" on I will deal 5% more damage to human targets).
- Lightning Reflexes and Expose Weakness - the main reason SV hunters exist.
- Potent Venom - serpent sting essentially deals a lot more damage, and is now cheaper to use.
- Sniper Training - special shots deal more damage, yay!
- Hunting Party - my ranged crits restore 2% mana, 10 energy, 4 rage, or 10 runic power to the party. 2% mana at our current level of progression = ~200 mana per crit, and unbuffed Shihli has 35% crit ... this means that 1 in 3 shots will restore 200 mana to the group's mana users, which is equivalent to around 200 mp5. TWO HUNDRED. OMFG.
- Explosive Shot - better than I thought it'd be. Instant shot, short CD, deals (RAP*0.2 + 345) to (RAP*0.2 + 415) damage to the target. Currently Shihli has 2800 RAP or so. This means that in my current form, I'd do 905-975 damage to all targets every 2 seconds, within 5 yards of the mob hit by the shot. Nice!
Survival hunters are the new shadowpriest in WotLK. Gotta have at least one imo.


BM tree I
Shihli — Fri, 07/25/2008 - 10:50BM tree I dig:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=cxbGzgxRiuMxsz0eVbZx
MM build I dig:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=cxbZ0eVbMVzhesxuAoe
Another option might
Shihli — Fri, 07/25/2008 - 09:43Another option might be:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=cZ0eVZeb0qohfVcseuAo
Takes advantage of the Clever Traps with Point of No Escape. If PoNE works like I *think* it might, it might be ridiculously powerful in a raid setting.
"Increases the critical strike chance of all attacks on targets affected by your Frost, Freezing, and Bear Traps by 6%."
Notice it does not specify ONLY the hunter. If this holds like I think it might, imagine the raid-wide buff possibilities ... one Surv hunter would do the following:
1) 25% of their agility as AP on the current target, RAID-WIDE
2) (Possibly) increase raid-wide critical strike chance against trap-affected targets by 6%.
3) Shadowpriest-like behavior for their current party.
4) (optional) spec into Imp. Hunter's Mark - extra AP based on top-rank Hunter's Mark, RAID-WIDE
Even though I'll be a/the resident raiding Deathknight, I have to admit the possibilities for Surv hunters in WotLK are AMAZING.