Hunter Leveling Guide - Tips & Tricks for Leveling a Hunter in Vanilla

Yo! Soldiers of Classic! Here's a video where I cover everything I've learned for hunter leveling in classic! I've been theorycrafting and studying hunters in preparation for the launch of Classic, so hopefully this video will give u guys some decent insight on the class mechanics and tricks for leveling up effectively on a hunter!
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Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
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Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, hunter
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, hunter
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, hunter
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, hunter

[@Adelun]

Ah, I remember back then, a friend and I leveled hunters together and at lvl 28 we did the Big Game Hunter questline with the help of our guild ... lvl 29 PVP with a lvl 40+ weapon was hilarious! :D

[@TheReason2Breathe]

I love all your videos, but this one was even more helpful than usual. You are my favorite classic guide content creator by far and I appreciate all your hard work!

[@jordanblair3659]

Great vid, love the thoughtfulness with Multi vs Arcane and down-ranking.

[@si3333]

Important pro of a faster bow: it triggers aspect of the hawk much more often and consistently, since more shots per second

[@countdowntoclassic]

Really great guide mate, well thought out, great visual examples, well spoken and chill to listen to, thanks!

[@jimmyolsenblues]

great explanable teaching level to someone like me who finds classic and wow in general harder than my day.

[@TheBuffmeister66]

great guide bud, keep em coming :) one thing i would add about fast firing weapons is that you've got more of a chance to proc certain things due to the amount of shots you're doing :)

[@psylou8xx30]

Yeah! The hunter! Going for a jog and having a listen. Much love from South Africa!

[@charlesedwards4772]

My biggest tip for would-be hunters is to mind the pace of your abilities versus your auto attack timing. Some of your abilities (mostly Serpent Sting and Arcane Shot) can overwrite your auto shots if used just before the auto is going off, which is a lot of lost damage! If you're really into mini-maxing this, there are a few addons that can help. Weapon Swing Timer and Quartz are fairly popular for that, though each has other functions as well.

[@JJ-io4pe]

Scorpid sting is really good in dungeons or soloing elite quests, especially when paired with an owl. I really like playing hunter when I just want to chill because nothing is really difficult, you just sail along.

[@47StormShadow]

if you are in pvp vs a rogue thats a good time to your the agro setting on your pet. set up a flare too so even if you get sapped the rogue can get knocked out of stealth before hitting you

[@veganwaffle]

What’s a good profession for hunters?? Just for like convenience

[@tarfathewise]

austin kha alchemy and herbalism. You need pots at 60, and I find it more valuable to DIY then to buy. Especially considering we are buying arrows, feeding our pet, etc.

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@veganwaffle if u wanna play serious, especially if u want to pvp.. engineer. There's no proffesion that tops engineer... Engineer is hands down by far the best proffesion and there's not even an arguement. The question is what the other proffesion will be.... Probably herbalism or mining for the extra cash. Depending on ur gold farming method, figure out which one of the 2 fits better to maximize ur gold/h. I suggest u pick the Tribute DM farming method and pick herba.

[@nerothostv]

u can also trap under yourself

[@ailst]

What I really like about those is that you actually describe and show the playstyle rather than just talking about gear and stuff.

[@RMOGaming]

Dont Skip Track Hidden - It is useful for Stealthy Panthers in STV

[@dansplaining9755]

This was a good collection of easy to implement tricks and strategies that I can immediately start using. Thanks!

[@berkan54]

That was great man it was so worth your time trust me ;) keep it up lovin it

[@Darren-vh5lk]

Great Warrior video and now a great hunter video... looking for a quality Mage/Rogue video soon ;)

[@Wooblidoo]

I have been playing WoW since it came out and this video actually gave me a few amazing tips. I can't personally sacrifice my mouse scroll wheel with pan camera but the pet binds work great with Shift+scroll wheel.

[@chazfernandes9840]

You can set keybinds to be shift + mouse wheel up and down for camera zoom, allowing you to use the unmodified for your pet :)

[@Andrian.Nilsen]

That mouse-wheel trick made the whole experience to play hunter on another level! Thanks! :D

[@omartorres6573]

MAGE dude your doing great! I know youll be able to be a great wow youtuber.

[@huzgamalaka]

Really nice classic channel, u do nice videos thumbs up bro! :)

[@Dreleosh]

Nice tips! That tip about mailing supplies was really good. But i would advise caution on Aspect-swapping on and disengage unless you really need it, since it can cost alot of mana. If possible I think it's better to auto-shot-kite into range of the next mob instead while you're killing the first.

[@Glatzel132]

I recently learned that an addon to track both timers for auto shot and melee is very helpful. This way you can melee an enemy that is next to you while still casting auto shots without delay on another enemy your pet is tanking. this way you get free damage, basically and are able to kill 2 enemies at the same time quite effectively.

[@Dylexend]

As a dedicated Hunter on Classic since release, you earned a sub so easily, great content!

[@DazePhase]

Got a lot of useful information from this guide. Well done. :)

[@atradies007]

Great videos m8! Keep on going !!!

[@Harrache9]

Realy well put together bro nice 👍

[@sahiibshow8206]

Super good guides, many many thanks man!

[@CaptmagiKono]

I like the scroll wheel for attack and follow, I normally wasted mouse wheel on camera zoom controls.

[@timothysargent954]

you could do Shift plus mousewheels for zoom

[@ahnoldshort5500]

timothy sargent thanks nice tip

[@Ghost-fe1vp]

I'd reccomend using something on your left hand for pet controls. Using mouse controls while controlling your pet attack mouseover macro is generally harder and takes more time.

[@Suffer95]

Arrow up/down for zoom (;

[@SourceGG]

Could you make a hunter keybinding / macro guide!

[@dantedante8837]

hunner?

[@Skulkesyk]

Good shit man! Hopefully ull do one on each class

[@se4688]

Can you make a video about mats and other stuff that will be valueable in later patches and how to farm em?

[@xNOTMYREALNAMEx]

great tip on mousewheel for pet control

[@Floki5000]

Never even thought of it. Love it

[@andreasjohansson1990]

Can’t zoom the camera though, kinda annoying

[@rademusgg976]

I wish we could get his full macros

[@emarskineel]

@@andreasjohansson1990 just change zoom in and out to cntrl+scroll up/down. Works great.

[@FiercedWoW]

@@andreasjohansson1990 And you would do that constantly why exactly? just bind it to + and + or make it so you scroll in and out when holding alt, shift or control to do zooming.

[@justinn5357]

Much clearer video well done !!

[@Miggaling]

Best Hunter guide I've found so far easily 👍

[@scottsanderson8855]

Cant wait to see the druid one. But still will enjoy them all just can't make up my mind what class to play

[@maCAWfactory]

Thank you man! Love ya

[@colon_sausage]

In vanilla I would put my pet on aggressive if i heard a rogue nearby.

[@ahnoldshort5500]

ajm0123n drop a flare and trap on yourself and they shit their pants and run 😆 lol

[@AyyPeff]

@@ahnoldshort5500 they don't shit their pants... they just don't fight... also this means you just have to sit there afk wondering if he left or not...

[@MrJaaaaake]

@@ahnoldshort5500 wait for flare and disarm trap lol

[@tanrir9057]

@@MrJaaaaake flare cooldown is shorter than their duration - hunter can throw flares all day

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@ahnoldshort5500 he won't shit on his pants xD he will just leave.. but u will be shitting on ur pants.. wondering if he's still here on not, getting panaroid and laying traps and flares all the time ... for nothing.

[@curiousfishie]

Hell yaaaaaaaas 💚 Sorry I'm biased because it's a super fun class and I relate to it by taking archery. It's a hobby that translates into my game worlds haha (even playing a Warden in ESO ffs lol) I'm going the MM way though with some emphasis on having a tanky pet. I also have a tiny bit in surv for the humanoid/beast slaying. It just makes it simpler/quicker for me to farm leathers and cloth (plus helps in BGs even if a little).

[@dukesemperfi]

One of the best classic creators. Hope all is well. Miss your vids

[@imyourdj]

Upvote for scroll keybinds! Nice video!

[@kennyxsd]

Awesome guide !!

[@alfavhunter7010]

Sometimes it is better to pull with your ranged weapon when a group of mobs is clustered together because then you can run them to near their reset range, send the pet in to get aggro on one of them, and let the rest run to their reset distance as they chase you, then fight the one on your pet, repeat until you have thined out the group enough for you to fight them without this method. You will usually find these clustered groups around chest spawn points so it can make getting the chest much easier.

[@byronkerr8258]

Great guide, picked up some handy little points to use, very concise. For hunters on pvp servers, always sit on a frost trap, going to be rogues for days boys.

[@jeffsmith8066]

I did a similar thing by always putting a flare under my feet when leveling. If anything it will at least deter them from even trying

[@Redstripe921]

Not freezing trap ?

[@christianlowensprung9698]

Really good guide. Thank you

[@TheZewec]

Your videos are amazing!

[@petarbg123]

These Techniques are actually genius!

[@PainfullySubjective]

this is a really good guide!

[@CryptoDaily]

YES! These videos are the best out.

[@pivecc]

@Kairo Vihaan LOL

[@reeseconor6752]

I dont mean to be so off topic but does anybody know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.

[@colinjose5673]

@Reese Conor instablaster :)

[@se4688]

Would appreciate a Priest Guide! Awesome vid

[@MasterLagoz]

I didn't know you would use multishot for single target, but that is awesome.

[@Seventeen-mk1lo]

Paladin next please! Great videos man I really enjoy these

[@intercept9991]

Warlock Next Bro :)! Much love from Australia.

[@qwertyui90qwertyui90]

Warlocks are great, although i'm going hunter this time around. Also from Australia, where abouts are you ? ( Brissie for me )

[@caleb4116]

Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi. Rogue for the win boys, and ill see you in the world.

[@TheCanky]

¿sᴉɥʇ pɐǝɹ oʇ sʎnƃ noʎ ɹoɟ ɹǝᴉsɐǝ ʇᴉ ʇ,usᴉ ʎǝH

[@irocboy728]

Great guide man :) Lots of little tips :)

[@jonathanrenerios]

this video went hard ngl, im already seeing improvement.

[@blech71]

Great job !

[@chiu4all]

Nice guide! Ty

[@MrJimpafimpa]

Tip for the immolation trap: Instead of casually smacking the second mob in melee range when killing 2 at a time, kite it so you can keep shooting it for quicker kills. Incredibly effective, especially at the early levels when you just get your imo trap.

[@Drphilipo]

My man! can you make a marco and keybindings guide for hunters i classic as well? :D

[@chakwainahuyana3354]

Volley + dungeons is my favorite combo in the entire world, was a bit sad when you called the spell unimportant :( Amazing tips, thank you!

[@thekaki]

Thanks very good tips

[@Lanterns_light]

Great vid, thx

[@hpharold23]

Good guide, thx

[@joshuarivera6235]

Good info!!

[@elcucuy6576]

Shaman next please 🤪 keep up the good work 👊

[@Zamolxes77]

Ok, this I one thing I observed since starting playing hunter this pass weeked and I'm looking for confirmation/denial: I start with auto-shot, the quickly follow up with concussion, damage gets applied immediately. If I open up with an ability shot, like sting, I basically sit there looking at the mob until global CD goes down or auto-shot kicks in. For mobs that are below my level and don't want to waste time sending pet in, I press auto-shot key followed quickly by concussion, so the effect gets applied as early as possible, increasing the time mob gets to me, allowing me to pump in more shots.

[@ExiomTV]

Thanks for making this video, but are those really 5 boxes of MM3 behind you?

[@alfavhunter7010]

Ranged weapon speed tip, slower weapons are better for kiting because you have to stop for auto shots less often letting you keep distance better.

[@Ghost-fe1vp]

Depends on the timings, With a slower weapon you may get 4 shots off and with a faster you may get 5 shots off. the 5 shots hit for less but having an extra 20% shots generally means more damage.

[@alfavhunter7010]

@@Ghost-fe1vp slower weapons are always better for kiting, a faster weapon with enough of a dps upgrade can definitely be better for dps, but it will make kiting without a dps loss harder as you have to stop to shoot more often. Not saying never pick the faster weapon, just that if you pick up, let's say hurricane bow, don't expect to kite well without clipping a lot of auto attacks due to how fast the weapon attacks. But yes, a faster weapon can be enough of a damage upgrade to take it over the slower one, just don't go purely on the weapons dps as it can be worse even with better dps if you can't kite with it and still do the same damage over the kite distance. Also faster weapons can result in more ammo used and a higher gold cost per dps as well. Happy hunting

[@kenthengstrand3392]

im curious, when you run in thight spaces, the camera has a tendency to zoom in, how do you fix that with mousewheel macros? :P

[@Pidbullz]

141:28 I find it funny how Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot have so different tooltips. Arcane shot the CD 6sec cooldown is on the left under the mana, but on the right at multishot. Also on Multishot it states it is instant, in white (in place of the 6 sec cd on arc shot line) and on Arcane shot it states it is instant in the yellow bottom text. I guess streamlining tooltips wasn't a thing back then :P

[@xezzee]

when I was kid I would saveee buffs when I needed them.... it took me +10years to figure out that I should spam the. whem ever I can lol. Using major cpoldowns immidiedly when leveling only speeds you up and the defencive spells I saved could have been used on cooldown and I could have gotten max level faster . . .started on vanilla max lvl in lich king

[@150zero150]

0:54 aggressive has its purpose. 'Never' is pretty strong.

[@christianenhos8725]

This Guide is 11/10 because It got personal input like "this is how I do it and my reasoning" or "there is no wrong or right - here are the ups and down on both" - my personal #1 why this is THE GUIDE to recommend are Quality of Life tips "Use an Ammunation/Food Servant" / "Try this Keybind for Pet-control" Damn - more people should listen to this because this is experience speaking - no recycled or retold math facts. Thumbs up..........sadly I dont team with hunters in general =(((

[@tippertip8878]

Hey Punkrat. I’m a low 30s hunter and was wondering what are the best dungeons for Hunters to do while leveling? I know most dungeons don’t have great hunter designated loot, but I can’t decide which dungeons to do and which to skip

[@Xalerosh]

from where is this pet? in this leveling-range?

[@Aggroholic]

Great video mate! Im rolling a Hunter after this video! BTW what addon do you use for the combat/xp font? Thanks in advance!

[@goatt4824]

Pumpin' out that classic content us fuckin' nerds are craving. Thanks bro.

[@bryanhikes7248]

Ha, you watch supernatural. Your name is the ghost chasers go to insult. That gets my subscription.

[@gxrssll]

Can't wait to play hunter in classic, playing on vanilla servers with them is great, but some servers didn't allow certain farming spots (nets added to mobs etc)

[@gxrssll]

also, before casting Serpent Sting hit the mob with an auto shot before, cast the Serpent Sting in the time gap between the next auto shot, much more efficient

[@Ad-op7mi]

Nice guide... Warlock next !

[@neehime6]

Yes!!! Can you make a guide about how to level from 0 to 60 by questing please...

[@mrillis9259]

Accept quest Do quest activities Complete quest

[@Bryan.bluedream]

Would you do how to solo dg with hunter classic tutorials ??

[@zedrico8577]

I've never minded using ctrl+1'2'3 for pets attack

[@justinkedgetor5949]

What addons are you using to make your damage numbers look that way plz?

[@nightattak95]

aer those modern masters boxes in the background?

[@adamgniewko9347]

To powerlevel this video set play speed to 1.25

[@Wyr3d]

Tips: If you're consistently using the same food for your pet, you can just use the food name, and it will feed from any slot so long as you have it available: #showtooltip Feed Pet /cast [pet, nodead] Feed Pet /use [pet, nodead] Wild Hog Shank Make macros for everything. Adding a ! in front of a spell name will stop a skill double-casting and wasting mana. Additionally set up a macro for starting a fighting similar to this one: #showtooltip /cleartarget [dead][help] /targetenemy [noexists] /cast !Serpent Sting /petattack The above opens with Serpent Sting, but you can use any spell. I prefer Stings since they set a DoT, mana drain or debuff so you can switch to a different attack, heal or wait it out with auto-shot. Set your Aspects into macros too, and add targeting for faster leveling: #showtooltip Aspect of the Hawk /cast !Aspect of the Hawk /cleartarget [dead][help] /targetenemy [noexists] You can also set up a macro for melee when something goes awry. this should usually target the mob that's in your face: #showtooltip Aspect of the Monkey /cast !Aspect of the Monkey /cleartarget [dead][help] /cast !Raptor Strike /cast !Mongoose Bite /startattack

[@TheFuriouzz]

How do you get the extra bar of binds above the default bar (i am a beginner)

[@DaChaosify]

Shaman next bro! Cheers from Sweden

[@donnewton7858]

There are reasons to use pet aggressive. Guarding flags: put your pet on aggressive and park them next to the flag so you don't have to keep an eye on it. This allows you to focus on incoming players instead of watching for ninja caps. I could come up with more. Saying it should NEVER be used is just short-sighted.

[@Hobothemason]

Thanks

[@ckkiller123]

May be an odd question but where's that helmet from by the way :O

[@20the20]

all the bows say they do elemental damage... is that a tooltip error or are they actually doing fire damage which would factor in resistances, etc.????

[@MrMikeMike135]

ty for the guide, i'm also maining hunter. Cant wait to have a vanilla lan party with my family/friends lmao i have like 7 people irl playing with me

[@MrMikeMike135]

@Jan Topinka haha I live in eastern Arkansas

[@aaronconklin5261]

Using a cat for leveling so what pets are you going to tame during the lvling process to keep claw upgraded/get dash etc. I have seen some guides that tells you what pet can teach you something, but I was wondering for efficiency. Like maybe I should only spend time every three ranks and of claw not every new rank etc.

[@davidhernandez6593]

YO! That scroll wheel bind is freaking sick!

[@user-lg4xt8cp6o]

How do you scroll your camera than ? What binds to have instead of a wheel.

[@davidhernandez6593]

@@user-lg4xt8cp6o good point. Maybe the up and down keys?

[@BlackBirdBlitz]

@@user-lg4xt8cp6o I'm a lefty so for me a left-handed mouse, and a total rebinding of all keys is a necessary evil. After that its practice, practice, practice to achieve muscle memory. Punk and other creators are providing guides, but you must decide what's best for you.

[@Punkrat]

I use up and down keys yea

[@clementgg5156]

Go easy with work my friend ! Great vid ! Peace

[@Punkrat]

I dont know how to do that lol, im quite obsessive

[@Punkrat]

i made 4 videos this weekend :D

[@DQime]

I usually buy crossbow skill and get the Fine Light Crossbow with 10.7 dps from the bow vendor, and use that until i can get the Raptor one. It is pretty sick, has no RNG involved, and is available already at lvl 16.

[@DQime]

Private server stuff. Should be 7.4 dps on live: itemization.info/item/15808 Sorry dudes :(

[@xxKyzerSozexx]

just wondering what addon your using for the big yellow numbers and the words that say dodge ect

[@Siphira_]

Here www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info9732-NiceDamagefont.html#info It's called Nice Damage

[@dhoff82]

Can't decide what I wanna play on classic never mained Ranged before so def doing that. What is a good one really thinking warlock, thoughts?

[@biggreen1569]

Easy leveling, fun unique class quests. Besides mage you are everyone's favorite friend to have due to portals and wipe protection. Decent dps but not the top. Great in pvp though. There is a spec that is great for both pve\pvp. So you wouldn't have to worry about respeccing costs. Biggest con though is the soul shard system. Several spells and your helpful group spells cost one so you will need to have many in your bags and I heard the bag management can get irritating with lock. But pros def out way the cons.

[@vfr492]

I was leveling a priest (in holy) in the last breath of vanilla, remember it as it was yesterday. Was a pain in the b*tt. Please make a priest lvl guide! :)

[@jordanschlansky4093]

Step 1. Get a wand Step 2. Specc Spirit tap Step 3. ???? Step 4. Profit