Alliance Hunter RacesFollow

WoWWiki wrote:

Draenei - Heroic Presence affects pets. Their Gift of the Naaru ability also gives hunters a heal over time.

Dwarf - Gun Specialization increases critically hit with guns by 1%. Also has Stoneform to counter various types of debuffs, such as Crippling Poison.

Night elf - Shadowmeld enables the Hunter to take advantage of unsuspecting enemies in PvP as well as mobs in PvE, and Quickness can stack upon Aspect of the Monkey to increase dodge further.

I was wondering which racials would fair out the best in PvP... I can't figure out if Stoneform is more beneficial for getting off a Rogue's poisons or Shadowmeld for a possible ambush on another player. They both seem pretty useful. But then again NEs get more dodge...

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

Not much advice to give you here. It really depends upon your playstyle.

Most healing talents only serve you well in early PvP, later on when your main healer is down and you have 2-3 people beating on you, it's mostly useless. If you're winning, then it's really not necessary most of the time.

Crits don't do much in PvP against well geared PvP toons. Resillience kills crits. Against lesser geared PvPers, it's just as deadly and never look a 1% gift horse in the mouth. Stoneform works well to remove poisons and such but makes you move so slow that your hunter is a sitting duck if they choose to pick on you. Otherwise, it's a nice ability.

Shadowmeld is only useful on encounter start. With a cat pet, you can both go invisible after you get to your sniping area. If the other team can see you go there though, it's moot. I use it, it works most of the time, but limited effect. It really gives me time to pick out their healer and then send pet and start up aimed. You come visible and usually aimed fires and then you go for max dps. Quickness helps more, went toe to toe with a warrior once and blocked/dodged everything he threw at me, while I raptored and wingclipped him. Got away and got on the target I was supposed to be on. I was lucky but it worked. Lost the fight anyway so didn't matter.

So they all have their abilities, choose based on your playstyle, what you think you can play best to.

Stone form and bestieal wrath make you invincible

for bgs NEs with shadowmeld and a cat with prowl make a great combination and offer great defense

If you plan on doing a lot of Arena, I'd go for stoneform, but if youre gonna do a lot of bg's i'd go for shadowmeld. An undead rogue doesnt know what is happening to him if you jump out of the shadows and hit him with aimed shot :D