My Finalised Lv80 Unholy Deathknight Talent spec

Spent some time in researching the talent spec for Unholy Deathknight.
I realized that there isn't any cookie-cutter build at all for this hero class.
Total re-spec 5 times and based on BG requirement, i come down with this build.

Finalising my talent spec.
Generically, it should be like this

Unholy Blood DeathKnight: (15/0/56)

Unholy Blood DeathKnight 2: (17/0/54)


Just went to post a topic in WoW Deathknight forum on this talent spec:

The spec i made for Lv80 in future is @ http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfcMVZZf0MItckxca0fsut

Main focus is on disease spamming & damage output from using Blood & Unholy strikes.
I did not put any point on Dirge at all as i do not spam Death Strike skill unless i need to regain health.
Commonly i would be spamming Blood Strike x 2 followed by Plague Strike.

3points to Subversion so i gained additional 9% critical chance when spamming Blood Strike.
2points to Butchery to generate runic power during PvE & Combat to sustain the Gargoyle.
2points to 2h mastery for more damage.
3points to Bladed Armor for damage. If i'm towards Gargoyle more i can move 3points to Scent of Blood.
5points to Dark Conviction for more critical rate for spells and melee.

No speed enhancement added in talent as i do not need them.
I'm looking towards more disease output and damage. The speed talents doesn't help me in DPS.

I've tried using 1point in Night of the Dead. The number of Plague & Scourge Strike hits doesn't seem to work well for me to generate the cooldown reduction faster during BG. So i will be using 2points.

I do not have Magic Suppression nor Anti Magic Zone talent thus Bone Shield is very important to me.
Probably i need to find some addon or write one myself to remind me to recast it everytime.

Blood Strike and Plague strike spamming is relatively better than using Death Strike.
I added 3points to Reaping instead of 2points previously to ENSURE 100% Death rune generation.

I added 4 out of 5points for Desecration which provides me 80% chance to proc the ground effect which i tested is sufficient enough. I could remove my 1point from Corpse Explosion and max Desecration but i chosen not to as Corpse Explosion contributes damage output and i am using Glyph of CE too.


I find this talent spec to be relatively useful and constant for me.
Just sharing the thoughts and see if it helps for everyone.
I total re-speced 5times in-game and tested the skills out at Lv59 in AV.
I will be re-speccing for the 6th time and follow this spec this time round.




I also saw a post on Deathknight basics & knowledge by Sunny from Wotlk Beta.
Indeed many valuable outputs came from her.
Keeping the link for self-reference purpose.

My Lv80 BM hunter talent spec (Revised)

Proc Proriority: (53/14/4)
Pushing my arrow and pet damage as high as possible.
3 points to Cobra strike for maximum proc effectiveness.


Base Damage Priority: (52/14/5)
Maxing my Improved Tracking instead of Cobra Strike.
Going all out for base damage priority.


My BM PvE cookie-cutter : (54/17/0)
This time round i will not max Go for the Throat.
Since i disable my Gorilla's pet skill Smack, the focus regeneration is over sufficient for him to spam Thunderstomp every 7seconds.
If i'm a heavy pet focus user, then i will remove 1 talent point from Spirit bond and max GftT.

Aimed shot is an important skill for all hunters.
Rapid killing is additional ranged attack bonus.

Awaiting for the Launch in Singapore on 14th Nov 2008

Bought a pre-order card for wotlk.
Design looks the same as the box.
Took a photo for remembrance~ =)
(Photo taken using Nokia N78)

MM Hunter wins over BM Hunter at Lv70

Sadly but its true, i tried testing out damage with a MM Hunter.
Maxed out my full buff on pet with even using Aspect of the Beast to try its full DPS vs a MM hunter. Result is pretty clear-cut : Lose

MM hunter base health is around -2000 of what a BM hunter has.
But their damage & attack power is far too stronger than us.

Hopefully there would be some light for BM hunter when we goes into Lv80 cap this Friday.
Awaiting exciting for Wrath of the Lich King launch =)

Screenshot of Nutcracker @ Lv70

Posting a screenshot of my most favourite pet Gorilla - Nutcracker~ =D

Rubberband Lv70 @ 7th November 2008

YES~!
This day has finally arrived!
I'm 70~!!!!
It's late now.... 3:30am... time to rest... zzz




Bought myself a Snowy Griffon Flying mount before i sleep.
Cost of learning the riding skill is 800g.
Flying mount cost is 100g.

My confirmed Chimaeras talent spec

Finalised my Chimaeras pet talent spec @ Lv70 to be like this.



I have also finalised my Chimaeras pet talent spec @ Lv80 under this distribution based on 51 TP BM hunter spec.

Thoughts about Lv70 BG talent spec again..

Ok, this time round.. came up with some funny ideas on talent spec.
Not for the sake of DPS but for pure fun.
I be hitting Lv70 very soon either tonight or tomorrow.
I need to confirm my talent spec as soon as possible.
Will use 2 talent points in either Animal handler or Spirit bond.


Common BM Hunter: (51/10/0)


Proc BM Hunter: (54/0/7)


Trapper BM Hunter: (51/0/10)


Wing Clip + Disengage BM Hunter: (51/0/10)


Stable Damage BM Hunter: (51/5/5)


More Attack Power BM Hunter: (51/10/0)

Pet Skills damage in 3.0.3

Saw these nice info from WoW hunter forum.
Poster extracted it from http://www.mmo-champion.com/
Keeping the information below for self-reference purpose only.



Pet Skills

* Swipe (Bear) focus cost reduced from 25 to to 20. Damage increased (60-84 to 90-126 for Rank 6)
* Snatch (Bird of Prey) focus cost reduced from 40 to 20.
* Gore (Boar) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (122-164 for Rank 6)
* Rake (Cat) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage lowered. (From 59-83 + 21-27 over 9 sec to 24-34 + 22-28 over 9 sec)
* Fire Breath (Dragonhawk) now has a 20 yards range.
* Froststorm Breath (Chimaera) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (64-86 to 128-172 for Rank 6)
* Lava Breath (Core Hound) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (64-86 to 128-172 for Rank 6)
* Monstrous Bite (Devilsaur) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Stamped (Rhino) damage increased (from 91-123 to 182-246 for Rank 6). Knockback reduced from 15 yards to 10 yards.
* Spirit Strike (Spirit Beast) damage increased. (from 43-47 + 43-47 over 10 sec to 85-115 + 85-115 over 10 sec)
* Acid Spit (Worm) damage increased. (62-88 to 124-176 for Rank 6)
* Thunderstomp (Gorilla) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. (104-146 for Rank 6)
* Tendon Rip (Hyena) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Savage Rend (Raptor) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Ravage (Ravager) damage increased. (89-125 to 106-150 for Rank 6)
* Scorpid Poison (Scorpid) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage lowered. (From 85 to 45 for Rank 6)
* Poison Spit (Serpent) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Spore Cloud (Sporebat) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Lightning Breath (Wind Serpent) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.
* Sting (Wasp) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.

Hunter's improved Disengage

Due to the introduction of patch 3.0.3, Disengage is finally out of global cooldown.
This is where hunters would be able to set disengage in their macro command and execute simultaneously. Moreover, we can make use of talent under survivalist + Glyph of Disengage to shorten our cooldown to as fast as 16secs recast.


Some macro shortcuts which I can utilise Disengage in BG:


#Showtooltip Disengage
/cast Wing Clip
/castsequence Freezing Trap, Disengage
/say Byebye Sucker~! LOL~!!!!

#Showtooltip Disengage
/cast Wing Clip
/cast Disengage


I try to avoid using too much melee attack skills in my macro since i'm a BM hunter.
I will always remind of myself to keep off a distance with my enemies in BG and send Pet attack commands.

My debation with friend on Devilsaur tooth with +200 ranged attack power trinket.

I was on a debation with my friend's brother last night on Hunter's Lv50 quest trinket - Devilsaur Tooth with those common +200 attack power trinkets.

He said my information was incorrect.
I tried to explained to him on the importance of BM pet attack power.
I guess only BM hunters who relies on their pet the most would understand what i mean.


My gut feeling that this trinket is also important is due to recent 3.0.2 patch, Blizzard changed the stats of this trinket to this, which greatly improves a BM hunter's pet damage by a significant margin.


*Bonus information below taken from petopedia*

Pet Scaling

How Your Stats Affect Your Pet

Starting with Patch 2.0, hunter pets now benefit from "pet scaling". Pet scaling just means that your pet gets to add some of your stats to his own stats, so that his power scales with your power. The basics are very simple:

• Pets get about 45% of the hunter's stamina added to their stamina.
• Pets get about 35% of the hunter's armor added to their armor.
• Pets get about 22% of the hunter's ranged attack power added to their melee attack power.
• Pets get about 12.5% of the hunter's ranged attack power added to their spell damage.
• Pets get about 40% of the hunter's resistances added to their own resistances.
• Pets inherit the hunter's hit and critical rates.

From here you can see, Pets get about 22% of the hunter's ranged attack power added to their melee attack power. So if our trinket gives us +200 ranged attack power, it only gives our pet a miserable 44 attack power.

Why people chooses to play BM hunter is because of their pet assisting them to fight.
Our pet is our tanker, our main attacker. While we BM hunter are supportive attacker.

Devilsaur tooth bonus is +200 Pet attack power for 20seconds.
This bonus when combines with Bestial Wrath and Kill Command, your pet can kill anyone in few seconds.

My Lv70 BM hunter talent spec

Hmm.. Wrath of the Lich King is 2 weeks away.
I could go for BG before the launch date.

Currently Lv68, hitting Lv70 very soon.
Still considering which BM spec for personal use in BG.


Proc-ing BM hunter: (56/5/0)

or

BM Survivalist hunter: (51/0/10)

or

BM Marksman hunter: (51/10/0)




I guess most likely i would be using either 1st or 2nd talent spec.