Post by Moonsniper
Before I start my post, I'm a BM Hunter, not Survival. I agree however that melee can be extremely fun and if done right very effective in PVP (It's not so fun in PVE).
When most people picture a Melee Hunter Spec, they picture heaps of points in Survival, or Survival/MM Hybrids. However, with my BM raid spec (with points in Survival for the +Hit Rating talent), I can win Duels against Fury warriors wearing Full Kara/Gruul epics.
You say, yeah right. It DOES work, because -
- Your pet can put in a stable 300 DPS while they concentrate on you.
- Your Dodge chance with Normal AotM is high, because of Agility itemization.
- Deterrance is great, 50%+ reduction to hit chance of melee for 10 seconds.
- Wing Clip and Traps are easily spammable, as well as KC and Mongoose Bite whenever they are available.
- Of course, Beastial Wrath.
Dueling with a build like mine is really fun, and with mine I don't have too change spec for pve or pvp, just use the one. Also good for solo'ing =).
I might post videos of a few duels between me and various melee classes, showing what it's like to the doubters, I'll also include shots of my opponents gear.
My Build -
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Barthilas&n=Moonsniper.
Also for fun one day I tried if it was possible to stack enough total avoidibility (102.4% total miss) to be a viable tanking class, but don't waste your time, with the items available in the game it's not possible.
Moonsniper