It seems like Onyxia is using a mix of vanilla and WotLK mechanics for hunter pets. I wonder what pets are going to be best for leveling, raiding, PvP, etc.
I'm playing an orc and so far I've tried a scorpid and a wind serpent while leveling. Both seem good, but I wonder if there's anything better I can get, and what the best is going to be at level 60.
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Best hunter pet for vanilla on a 3.3.5 client? (Onyxia)
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PvE RAID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpD3h5kn3WI
You want the Bloodaxe Worg in LBRS. They have the rank 4 Howl buff.
(There is the Wind Serpent in Zul Gurub later. Better personal recount but no Howl buff for the melee group / tank...)
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It seems like how it works on Onyxia is that any pet can spec into the max rank of their abilities as long as they're high enough level. My usual move for vanilla/TBC hunter is to get Washte Pawne from the barrens for early rank 3 lightning breath, but when I tamed it on Onyxia it had no abilities and I could just spec into rank 3 lightning breath on the pet talent page.
Seems like wind serpent or wolf are probably still the way to go though. Rank 3 lightning breath feels insane at level 25-30. I turned off growl and it's still holding aggro with just the breath. It's out-aggro'd the tanks in a couple RDF dungeons I've done.
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Raids:
Play around with this spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...=sharing&pli=1
TLDR cats/raptors > everything else. Yes even with a full melee team getting furious howl from your wolf, cats and raptors still do more raid dps >provided you use sunder armor + curse of recklessness<.
The only reason to use wind serpents is if you can't keep your pet alive in melee and you just want to use the lightning breath from range.
PvP: cats (shadowmeld + prowl is cool), scorpions (they do a poison attack which can be some dispel protection for viper sting), boars (1 sec root is nice), wind serpents (nature damage bypasses armor + ranged attack), owls/bats (mini-demo shout to annoy melee)
Levelling: owl/bat, cat, raptor, wind serpent. Those are pet families that do high damage, so they can keep threat better. Owl and bat are the tankiest damage pets because of their mini-demo shout.
When in doubt, just use a cat ;) it's (one of) the best for every category
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