To all of you hunters (or prospective hunters, or mages, or anyone who is actually reading this), these posts are going to be on things I've learned about hunters that are not always obvious to PvP'ers PvE'ers, or just hunters in general. I want to show you these things when I find them out (whether it's by reading articles, watching videos, or personal experience) so that all of you don't have to wait.
To begin, I'm going to talk about traps for CC. Granted, there's a lot to talk about here. But so often I see hunters not using their traps while in: BG's, raiding, duels, arenas, random heroics and general life. This is bad. Traps are great for raising your DPS, your survivability, and lowering your group's risk of wiping. So, let's look at these nifty lil' guys for the purpose of CC (Crowd Control for you new hunters and WoW players).
Your two most important traps (if not your only traps) for CC are going to be Frost Trap and Freezing Trap. First, let's talk about Frost Trap use in raiding and dungeons. I like to set one of these in front of me, and if it's an especially long pull, in front of the healer before large fights (I usually use a Freezing Trap for the healer, but we'll talk about that later.) This allows me to have some time to get away from any mobs I pull, and kite them as I try to let the tank know I very well may die. Let's talk about kiting for a bit. You can be an off-tank with the right pet and skills in many situations using good kiting, and while this tactic is seen all the time in PvP, it is not used enough in dungeons and raids, in my opinion. Check out this guide on kiting. It's a little out-dated, but the new patches and WotLK have really not changed kiting much, as far as I know. You need to be able to use Wing Clip for this tactic, and set your pet on whatever you're kiting to help keep up your damage (especially for BM's. If you're not BM, it's not so important.) The jump-shot is essential for this, but I am not going to get into that here, as the guide explains it well. So, if you are using a frost trap to protect your healer (or anybody else) you need to be watching it to be effective. Misdirection, to pull away mobs, Roar of Sacrifice, if your pet has it, and Distracting Shot, if you can handle a mob until your tank saves you (kiting, anybody?) are very valuable for keeping your healer alive. Worst case scenario, you Feign Death after you get the mob off your healer, and re-pull it if needed. So, let's talk about Freezing Traps now. These are nifty in a small-numbered fight, when there are only a couple mobs, but these mobs are extremely dangerous, and one needs to be isolated. This tactic is very simple. Shoot one with a distracting shot, set down your freezing trap, and let sit until it's more manageable. Remember: you must tell your group you will be freezing one mob, because if you hit it even one time, it's free. Make sure to keep your pet off it, too.
Now, to talk about PvP CC with traps. Freezing Trap CC tactics are simple here. In an arena these are useful, and we'll use 2v2 for our example. Let's say you get a DK and Warlock combo. So, you want to kill the warlock first (remember, kids: killing order is Cloth>Leather>Mail>Plate). So, you run over to the Warlock but then *scary music* the DK lurks close by you. Here's what you do, it's really complicated, so pay attention: drop a frost trap in front of the DK, then you... oh, wait... that's all. Then don't touch the DK, or he's free, and you're in trouble. So, frost traps are easy, just use the kiting tactics I linked you to and talked about up above. Some simple research on this will keep you alive in PvP (and make you more of a nub pwning killing force), and greatly boost your skill and utility in raids and dungeons.
That'll be all, people. I'll be back with more of these tips, and the next one will be trap DPS, because it's important for CC and damage. Without traps, you can't meet your full potential as a Hunter, and that's what these posts are here for. Enjoy!
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