Level 29 hunter twinking guide Page is reserved , but still under construction . Please be patient with me as I try to complete the guide asap . Some gear needs to be split into DPS and Survival . DPS puts main focus obviously on Agility , while Survival focuses on Stamina and / or Item Armor Value . Equipment . A ' short ' summary of the most applicable items for a Hunter twink . Obviously many possible items were not included as they are clearly the last resort . Also note that the order in which these items appear is important ; the top items are the " best " in terms of being less time consuming or cheaper to acquire , not the best in absolute numbers . To make the choice somewhat easier , I have included the drop percentages for certain items as provided by Wowhead . Talent Builds . The following talent builds are the best , choose one according to play style : Marksmanship Beast Master Pets . These pets are designed for slowing opponents which is useful in both Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin . Tips & Hints . Every hunter learns how to jump shoot early in his / her hunter lifetime . This is accomplished by autorunning forward and flicking your mouse so that you turn and face behind you in order to shoot an enemy on the run . Some people like to do a full 360 , I just go 45 degrees to the side and shoot backwards , then resume my forward motion . A little bit of practice and you should get this down . You also need to make sure that you know how to strafe . By default , the Q and E keys are strafe left and right respectively . Strafing allows you to move away from enemies while still facing to the side so you can shoot behind yourself at them , as opposed to backing straight up which moves your character very slowly . Every second counts when kiting in PvP , so practice strafing around to avoid enemies . If you ' re really having trouble go play some counterstrike or something . Onto more advanced hunter tactics : 1 . The frost trap circle kite With entrapment , the hunter frost trap is the most powerful group PvP snare in the game . In group fights ( 5v5 arena ) your team will want to center the action around your trap . Oftentimes melee enemies will try to catch up to you around the fringes of the trap . You need to strafe in a circle around the frost trap AOE , at an angle where enemies cannot QUITE catch you , since they remain in the AOE to get repeatedly entrapped . This can take some practice , but will frustrate the hell out of your opponents . 2 . Jousting Jousting is the art of moving in and out of ranged / melee combat . After exhausting your array of shots on a target moving towards you trying to deadzone you , you run forward and spam your raptor strike / winglip / mongoose bite macro ( Check the WoW hunter forums for some good help about these melee macros ) . This way , you can get your ~ 30 + % shot at a big raptor strike while applying a snare on your enemy . After throwing your " joust " ( yeah this is nerdy but this is actually what its called ) you run back to range and resume your shots which are now back off cooldown . This technique is especially effective against other hunters , many of whom don ' t know how to properly fight a hunter vs hunter battle . 3 . Effective Freeze Trapping Freezing traps can be tricky to use well , and the 30 second trap cooldown ensures that if you make a mistake , you will pay for it . When an enemy meleer is on you and you need to drop a freezing because a frost might not be enough , make sure that you step forward a LITTLE bit beyond ( in front of ) the trap icon on the ground . This will make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for anybody to attack you in melee without triggering the trap . This trick works at all levels . Avoid using freezing traps in a crowd . The secret to effective trapping is manipulating the battle to a situation in which you can turn the tide with a trap . One of my favorite tricks is the " Net - Trap , " in which you net an enemy ( preferably a healer ) and then drop a freezing right on top of them . They will have no choice but to succumb to 12 seconds of frustration . This trick also works very well with entrapment procs , imp wing clip procs , and allied abilities such as hammer of justice . Remember , teamwork wins fights . 4 . Smart Aspect Usage Your aspects are a big part of hunter pvp whether you realize it or not . You will probably have Hawk on the majority of the time , but cheetah and monkey can make a huge difference when the time comes . After practicing on your hunter for a while , you may start to be able to use cheetah in short bursts to make a difference in kiting or making up lost ground . Remember to cancel your cheetah by hitting the hotkey that activates it - this way you won ' t waste a global cooldown by simply changing aspects instead . If you have a chance between global cooldowns in a frantic melee situation ( I know , it ' s really hard the majority of the time when jousting ) , aspect of the monkey can really up your damage mitigation in melee . You can really , really screw over warriors by dodging hamstrings or rogues by dodging crippling procs . 5 . Smart Pet usage Know where your pet is / what its doing at all times . Now that hunter pets scale based on the hunter ' s stats , they are more than just a minor annoyance . Make sure to keep them on casters for interrupts and make sure they ARENT attacking CCed targets or targets that are being called out to be CCed . ( CC = crowd control ) . If you see a twink trying to sneak off to bandage , put your pet on him ! That boar will charge right up to him and piss the @ @ @ # out of him , buying valuable time for a serpent sting . Remember that your pets are also very valuable for keeping certain classes in combat , like warriors and rogues . Which brings me to : 6 . Stings Put serpent stings on rogues whenever you can , because they can ' t vanish out of a dot . Make sure to re - apply them when they are about to run out . But always be careful to never serpent sting targets that are going to be CC ' ed . If a CC is coming and the sting is already on , don ' t panic - put scorpid sting on the target instead . Serpent sting only ticks every 3 seconds so it is VERY possible that you will switch them in time and the target will remain CC ' ed . Speaking of scorpid sting , it really owns against melee classes and hunters , so if you have a chance make an effort to apply it whenever you can . 7 . Be tricky with your bandages If you ' re a real twink , you ' ve got 225 first aid and you ' re well stocked in heavy runecloth bandages . Hunters have so , so many tools to get free of enemies for a quick bandage , or even a full one . Freezing trap + bandage of course , and any entrapment or imp wing clip proc can result in 1000 free hp before the enemy gets back to you again . Remember - when you get a proc like this and want to bandage , make sure you give your melee opponents a taste of their own medicine and deadzone them so they cannot use a ranged weapon to interrupt your bandage . Of course , this example wont work against casters . A lot of the time , you ' ll simply be able to snare enemies and cheetah away behind a pillar to bandage . 8 . Conserve your mana If you ' re in an intense or close arena battle , make sure to manage your mana properly . Stay outside the 5 second rule whenever possible if your mana situation is not looking good . Remember to not waste mana on multishot unless you really can do damage to 3 targets or you ' re trying to burst somebody down . Arcane shot is sufficient when you ' re DPSing on mail ( plate ) or twinks with the big quest armor shields . Quest Information . All experience mentioned is quest xp only . Experience gained from killing mobs in the process is not included !