Patch 5.3 interview with Ghostcrawler
Mystery of the Unborn Val'kyr
The latest patch 5.3 news
All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsBigRedKitty: Gorilla
by Daniel Howell 
Sep 22nd 2008 at 9:00AM
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.
Gorillas are nothing new; they've been around forever. What is changing in Wrath of the Lich King is that gorillas are going to become AoE-Tanks.
No no, don't /pshaw just yet.
There are two keys to the Ascent of the Gorilla in WotLK. First, Thunderstomp's cooldown has changed from one minutes to ten seconds. Take 3/3 points in Longevity, and Thunderstomp's cooldown can be reduced to seven seconds. /blink
Second, we're getting a hugely buffed Volley. It is totally losing its one minute cooldown, foshizzle, and we can Auto Shot while Volley is being channeled. Sweet? Sweet.
Take a Tenacity pet with an AoE attack, add a Volley unhindered by a cooldown, stir in the "Auto Shot keeps cooking" bonus, and we get a hunter-pet combo that mimics a Paladin.
Don't believe us? Watch the movie.
You are invited to download the YouTube version (53MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (218MB) here.
As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!
From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.Filed under: Hunter, (Hunter) Big Red Kitty
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Carcinus Sep 22nd 2008 11:54PM
Thanks for the video, BRK! Any one know what the status of the turtle is going to be in WotLK? Right now, mine is my best tank (shell shield is great), but I'm curious if Logo (kudos to any one who gets the name reference) is going to be more useful as a guitar than a tank come WotLK. Thanks!
Zakk Sep 23rd 2008 8:28PM
Pretty exciting. I'm hoping the bear can AoE tank as well 'cause I'd like to keep Bjarn with me forever, but if not, I might just have to go pick up a gorilla come Wrath.
Caronome Oct 2nd 2008 3:37PM
Yeah, if Bjarn is close to gorilla, I am keeping him. But should I get an exotic? And why does gorilla seem to be a better solo/tanking pet than the BM51 exotic?
Matazuma Sep 24th 2008 12:12AM
I