WoW Forever Hunter PvP Warsong Gulch Guide WoW Forever

The Hunter will almost always play on defense in WSG. You are in charge of calling out what's approaching, and killing clothies before they reach your flag carrier (FC).

Usually, a standard setup will consist of a defensive Hunter, a Mage, a Priest, a Druid flag carrier. Offense will consist of: Warrior Rogue Warlock Priest Paladin Shaman

Making Calls:

You have the best information available to your team, so act like it. Make sure you keep calls short and specific. A bad call would be "people coming" versus a good call "2 in our tunnel, Warlock and Rogue" . Make sure you keep Track Humanoids up most of the time, unless you're actively looking for a stealth class using Track Hidden or the enemy Druid with Track Beasts.

Before the fight:

Whether you're preparing to defend the flag room or your flag carrier, it's extremely important to set up your base with your entire arsenal available. In the beginning of the game, the Druid will have to play mind games to try and get around you. Use your own friendly Druid to gauge how far they have stealthed across the map, and you can use that as your guide to flaring the druid out with Track Hidden. Pre-place a Freezing Trap either at the entrance of your tunnel, ramp, or sometimes right at the flag if the Druid doesn't seem as good.

While the Druid is trying to get through in stealth to pick the flag, the enemy Mage will be trying to mount past you to support. Generally, your Rogue teammate will be sitting inside the flag room waiting for the Druid to pick the flag, so if you had to choose, make sure you attack the enemy Mage and prevent him from getting through. Utilize your long range from Hawk Eye to Concussive Shot the Mage and slowly chip him down until he dismounts. Once dismounted, you're heavily winning the fight; utilize Scatter Shot if he blinks near you and Iron Grenade to setup burst windows with Rapid Fire and Aimed Shot. Always ensure you're playing as far from the Mage as possible, so he can't catch you with a Polymorph. Without support, it's very difficult for a Druid to get the flag out of the base by himself. Don't be scared to use all your cooldowns here. Sometimes, a team will even send a Priest to help get the flag out, so in response your Warlock can return to base from the mid fight to help fight.

Enemy druid grabs the flag

Seal off the base. Communicate with your Rogue to see if he needs help killing the Druid, and confirm which direction he's going (GY, Ramp, Tunnel, Roof). Don't call your entire team over if you don't need the help, as this will make it more difficult for your own Druid to cross the map. If the druid does not have Free Action Potion effect up, slow him with Wing Clip to allow for your Rogue or teammates to catch up. You can also utilize Scare Beast to force the druid to shift out of Bear Form. Most will pick the flag with Skull of Impending Doom to prevent a rogue from Blind or Gouge them, but by the time they make it outside the base, the effect is over and you can utilize Scatter Shot and Freezing Trap to hold him down until help arrives. Remember to constantly communicate what is happening with the rest of your team so you don't overcommit to the Druid kill. Sometimes you won't even be needed to help kill the druid, so you can instead mount to your friendly Druid and help peel with all your tools.

Once both druids get through:

Setup your base with the composition listed above, and place a Frost Trap at the mouth of the tunnel entrance as you walk in. Pay attention to the enemy nameplates using an addon, and once your trap gets triggered you can place another one, along with a Flare at the entrance of your "banana" (the path above to your bases roof) this is where your team will be setup to protect your Druid on the roof. This prevents rogues from walking into your teammates and setting up Sap, which is detrimental to your defense and can result in an easy kill for the enemy team, especially now since blizzard has allowed 2 Sap to be up at the same time. If you have any doubt that a Rogue has made it through, ask your Mage to blizzard the entrance of the banana while you look for the rogue with Perception Catseye Draught Catseye Ultra Goggles Track Hidden. Save your Flare for the top of the roof, when you're circling the pillar to ensure the Rogue can't just sprint around and avoid you. The Rogue will be waiting for his teammates to be at the mouth of banana before setting up these Sap kill windows.

Make sure everyone is utilizing all their buffs such as Mark of the Wild Thorns Arcane Intellect Power Word: Fortitude to protect yourself from Dispel Magic. Alliance Battle Standard can be rotated between each player. Remember, you are the leader on defense so make sure you make these callouts. Once the enemy pushes and triggers your Frost Trap you can make the decision on whether you're going to fight a weak push or jump to kite. If you are playing with 4 total players on defense, you will opt to kite around the base most of the time, and avoiding fighting if you can. However, if you know an enemy team has no Free Action Potion available for the push, or your priest can easily dispel them as they have no dispel protections, you can fight / stall for your offense team to kill the enemy Druid and secure an easy flag capture as you're already near the flag cap.

If the enemy team chooses to Free Action Potion and Goblin Rocket Boots you need to immediately communicate a jump to your team. You will also match their usage with your own Goblin Rocket Boots. Once you jump down as a unit, your Mage can use Arcane Explosion along with your Flare and Track Hidden to get the Rogue out with Scatter Shot before he can open with a Sap or Ambush on your druid. Depending on how quickly you jumped, you can kill the enemy Rogue as you kite out, and it should be really fast with 4 people attacking him. and this will slow down the enemy teams advance.

Once you kite onto your fence, you can continue communicating with your team, and if you need backup you can ask those who are resurrecting from offense to help clear your base. Once the enemy team pushes back out from your "connecter" you can choose to jump and go back to the roof from the tunnel entrance, always utilizing your shortened cooldown of Frost Trap to slow the enemy advance. Be wary of the Rogue positioning, as he could be waiting if you haven't been paying attention to his location after resurrecting. Remember, you can Hunter's Mark him from very far away, which will usually force him to dismount and Vanish the effect off, slowing his advance back to your base.

Staying on roof to fight

If you have 5 total defenders and want to fight the enemy team at your banana instead of jumping, make sure you are making your callouts as a hunter. Focus on killing Warlock as your number one priority. They will get frustrated from not being able to cast Fear as it is a really short range, causing them to move up more than they should. Communicate with your team that you're casting an Aimed Shot Arcane Shot combo so they can support you with a Counterspell on the enemy healer or Polymorph and a Frostbolt or Ice Lance to help finish the enemy off. Your Priest will also be aggressive during this fight, opting to Dispel Magic as much as they can to remove Power Word: Shield and other beneficial buffs such as Free Action Potion. If you know you aren't going to jump anytime soon, your Druid can be supporting with Faerie Fire and Wild Growth , as well as a fight winning Rebirth. You should always be the "front line" of your defense, playing high up, but being the first in line to get Intercept, as you have the most tools against a Warrior damage such as high armor, Improved Wing Clip Deterrence Aspect of the Monkey Counterattack. This also works out because you generally do the least damage to warriors as a physical ranged dps, and your Mage will do the bulk of the work on an overextending Warrior with high magic damage. Ensure you are keeping the Warrior in combat so he doesn't get a free Charge. With both factions now having 2 healers with a defensive dispel on offense, it will be difficult to land CC unless you coordinate with each other. Once you secure CC or interrupts on both, you should rush to kill an enemy before they come out of the CC. While this is happening, ensure you are replacing your Flare as far as you can, as a Rogue that makes it up to your banana means its time to jump, as it will be clear for your Druiddown below and its too risky to stay to fight, unless you already killed one. In rare instances, if might be worth to stall a bit longer if your offense team is about to kill the enemy Druid as this means there is nobody in your flag room to repick the flag either. As 5 players, you should still look to jump when an enemy has a coordinated Free Action Potion Goblin Rocket Boots push incoming, as they can pile onto your druid quickly. If your priest manages to immediately dispel the Free Action Potion off, you can opt to stay. Additionally, as 5 players you should equip your 2-handed weapon over your Skull of Impending Doom

Throughout all fights, make sure you are using your Auto Shot as much as you can, as this is your main damage and costs nothing.

The most important item to get is Skull of Impending Doom as this essentially makes you immune to things like Polymorph and Blind by dealing a small amount of damage to you over 10 seconds while also giving you a hefty speed boost

2-handed melee weapons such as Lok'delar, Stave of the Ancient Keepersare also preferred, as they allow for strong Strider Kick and Raptor Strike

Spider Belt is an easy item to obtain from the auction house to help deal with mages

Goblin Rocket Boots will almost always be equipped if they are off cooldown

Utilize trinket swapping between fights to ensure you have tools available at all times

See more general gearing tips in the stat priority section below.