Originally Posted by Sapa
Also learning Vashj and being on elemental duty. Any hunter tips? 
Few mine:
*get dive/dash pet, not having it blows
*stop using arcane-multi 10sec before tainted spawn (you can solo it with fast response)
*41y range recommended for learning, hunting bats in f3 |
Some tips of mine:
1) Oddly enough, the elementals aren't elementals at all. Use track humanoids to see them on radar.
2) Get a shadowpriest. I normally have one all the time (I'm usually the only hunter), but on some of our learning tries I didn't have one. Chain potting, double mana oils, mageblood, BoW, and even viper, I was unable to maintain enough mana to keep up with spawns. Granted, this is the survival thread (TotH might be the difference maker), but as deep MM and now BM, I found it untenable without a shadowpriest. I'm not normally one to bitch and moan about party make-up, but this is the one fight (we just killed Kael) where I insist on having one.
3) Try and stay near the top of the stairs, but not so close to the top as to get feared by a strider. Less chasing and eliminating that whole LoS thing with the top of the stairs.
4) Since we're not like warlocks (ie DoT it and forget it), I find communication pretty key to getting to tainteds as fast as possible. My roving healer normally says in vent or whispers me if there is a tainted in my area that I am not already running to.
Once you get used to the rhythm, a dive/dash pet isn't absolutely necessary. I learned the fight with my cat, but now feel comfortable enough to do it with my scorp. Just send it on to the next one as you finish that one off. While the elementals are immune to scorpid poison, it really does a number on Vash'j herself.
Good hunting and hopefully you'll get the bow on your first kill like I did.