Today we’re going to focus on creating the ultimate level 29 twink hunter. Hunters are, arguably, the most powerful class in the 20-29 bracket due to their heavy damage, decent utility, and above average survivability. Like rogues, most of their top tier gear comes from quests, so you can save your gold for enchants and engineering. Again, as I mentioned in my rogue guide, this is for people interested in getting the best 29 twink hunter gear. Go for the gold or go home!
My twink hunter was my second twink, and though he has since leveled out of the 29 bracket (currently in the 59 bracket), I am in the process of making another hunter twink to replace him. Hunters in the 20-29 bracket are definitely up there for the most fun I have had in this game. That said, here are the best pieces of gear for a 29 hunter in each slot.
Head: Pathfinder Hat of the Monkey - Enchanted with Lesser Arcanum of Constitution
Neck: [H]Scout’s Medallion OR [A]Sentinel’s Medallion
Shoulders: Mantle of Thieves
Back: Tigerstrike Mantle - Enchanted with Lesser Agility OR Parachute Cloak Enchanted with Greater Agility
Chest: Raptor Hunter Tunic - Enchanted with Exceptional Health OR Exceptional Stats
Wrist: Barbaric Bracers - Enchanted with Superior Stamina
Hands: Razzeric’s Racing Grips - Enchanted with Superior Agility
Waist: Defiler’s Leather Girdle
Legs: Petrolspill Leggings OR Troll’s Bane Leggings - Enchanted with Nethercleft Leg Armor OR Nethercobra Leg Armor
Feet: Defiler’s Leather Boots - Enchanted with Greater Stamina OR Greater Agility
Ring 1: [H]Legionnaire’s Band OR [A]Protector’s Band
Ring 2: Deadman’s Hand OR Tundra Ring of Agility / the Monkey
Trinkets: Insignia of the Alliance / Horde & Talisman of Arathor / Defiler’s Talisman
Ranged: Master Hunter’s Rifle OR Master Hunter’s Bow with a Sniper Scope
Melee Weapons: The Butcher and [A]Sentinel’s / [H]Scout’s Blade- Both enchanted with Agility
You will need someone to run you through all of the _____ Hunter quests in Stranglethorn Vale. You’ll want to die and trail behind them in ghost form to avoid getting XP from the kills while still getting credited. With the named mobs, simply run up to them, die, run to your corpse, and wait for your buddy to kill the mob, then just rez and loot. Likewise for the quest chain for Razzeric in Thousand Needles. You should be able to get the quest rewards without dinging 30 if you start them at 28, but since you are doing the full line of quests, you MUST minimize the experience you gain from mobs. If worse comes to worse, forget Razzeric’s since those aren’t a huge stat loss compared to AH gloves. The gun is half the reason hunters are so powerful at this level, so do whatever you have to do to get it.
As far as talent spec choices go, I’d suggest either Marksman for max DPS, or Survival for general utility and midfield flag retrieval assistance.
- Stray
by Oliver, on March 3 2008 @ 5:33 am
Hey mate, nice guide, but I wonder, wouldn’t the Panther Hunter Leggings, http://www.wowhead.com/?item=4108 , from STV be better?
by Oliver, on March 3 2008 @ 5:46 am
Nvm, didn’t realize that you weren’t able to enchant them with Nethercleft then..
by Envision, on March 15 2008 @ 8:42 am
Hi, I looked up Talisman of Arathor and I am not sure where to find the vendor who gives that. I assume its a trinket using honor and tokens. I searched the Arathi Highlands, North Barrens and The Hall of Heroes (Orgrimmar) and only found Legionnaire’s Band, Insignia of the Horde, and Defiler’s Talisman. Can you tell me the location of the vendor who gives Talisman of Arathor please. Thnks for your guide btw, I love it.
by Envision, on March 15 2008 @ 8:54 am
=/ nvm i guess thats an Alliance trinket
but anyways thnks for ur twinking guide.
by Ethical, on March 20 2008 @ 10:01 am
Another good trinket to use is the JC Black Panther (215) if you want a liitle more AP.. giving you 90 for 15sec has 5min CD but still is worth it in some situations. Your call
by Jonino, on March 20 2008 @ 8:51 pm
what pet do you prefer?
by Ethical, on March 24 2008 @ 12:14 pm
Also another glove choice depending on what you are looking to spec with your hunter is Fletcher gloves (+14 range Crit rating = 2% crit) better then 7 agi = 1/2% crit but u lose the stam soo it depends on if you are going pure dps or stam build.
by Jeetkuneduo, on May 22 2008 @ 2:21 am
Alliance can finish up Stalvan chain and get level 35 one-handed blue axe(with 8 crit raiting), means you can put all tbc enchants available like 30 intelect on it.
by Chris, on May 31 2008 @ 7:22 am
Also, another idea for the bracers would be Gallen cuffs, seeing that the item lvl is 35, you can get a nice BC enchant, either go with +24 AP for All out marksman, or a +12 stam for more survivability.
by Semi-Twink, on June 14 2008 @ 3:30 pm
I think everyone goes with Bellygrub (lvl 24 Boar from Redridge Mountains) for the 29 bracket because it comes with Charge 3 and Gore 4.
Add Bite 4 from another tamed pet and you got yourself one annoying PvP pet!
@The Butcher - You can also go with Thornspike from RFK, it’s +8 AGI.
by Jakob, on July 4 2008 @ 3:40 pm
Hi.. I just wonder, isn’t Archeus the best wepon, for a level 29 hunter twink ? You can get that by quest, as Alliance. The reson it is so good, is because you can enchant it, with Savagery (+70 AP).. or do you still think The Butcher and Sentinel’s Blade, Both enchanted with Agility, is better ?!
by admin, on July 6 2008 @ 2:25 pm
I think it comes down to a matter of preference, Jakob. With The Butcher and Sentinel’s Blade, you get 42 agility and 7 stam, and the agility nets you additional dodge, which helps if you have a rogue on you, and a very decent amount of crit as well. I personally feel like that’s worth trading off 28 AP for, but your mileage may vary.
by Jakob, on July 8 2008 @ 3:34 am
Okay.. I think I’ll take The Butcher and Sentinel’s Blade. But thank you very much, for the good advice, and a very nice guide
by Huntard, on July 20 2008 @ 12:22 pm
I think the Gallan Cuffs, http://www.wowhead.com/?item=2032 , with +24 AP on is better than the Barbaric Bracers.
by Rucas, on August 4 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Yeah, I pretty much have all that gear, except for the most important thing, MASTER HUNTER’S RIFLE! lol I forgot to get it.
by TehGiant, on August 11 2008 @ 11:15 pm
Another good ring that seems to be better then the ring of the monkey (or at least from what I understood it to be) Is a charged gear of the Monkey, dropped off of Mekgineer Thermaplugg in Gnomeregan. The one that dropped for me has 6 agi and 7 stam, plus 5 nature and arcane resistance, useful for resisting those sheep and roots spells. This would be hard to get as it’s a random enchantment on the rings, but probably about as easy to get as the Deadman’s ring that Doan drops.
by TehGiant, on August 12 2008 @ 12:16 am
And I guess one more thing. The Night Watch Quiver or Bandolier from the quest chain in darkshire is the best one you can get, it has 2 additional slots then the one you can buy for your lvl, as well as increases ranged attack speed by an additional 1%. May not be much, but when twinking everything helps
by Toshichi, on September 30 2008 @ 8:25 am
I also think the Zealot blade would be nice for a little bit extra intellect so your mana last longer. But thats a personal preference. A little intellect wont hurt a hunter seeing as you need mana to do your skill attacks. For marksman hunter you dont really need the sword dmg your going to be using your gun/bow for attacking. So What ever blade you choose I think it would be best to pay attention to the stats on the blade.