Any hunter spec may make use of wolves, raptors, and wasps, while devilsaurs are a Beast Mastery exclusive pet.

This same ability used to be group-wide, making it a required pet in days of old.

Now, Furious Howl is only for the hunter, but still tops the charts in what it offers to the DPS hunter.

Successful critical strikes with this ability temporarily boost the raptors damage by 10 for 30 sec.

Savage Rend, as a bleed ability, is enhanced by abilities that increase bleed damage ( Mangle and Trauma).

Raptors offer a great secondary option for hunters who want a high DPS without choosing a wolf.

Sting is classified as a minor Armor Debuff, and does stack with Acid Spit, Expose Armor, and Sunder Armor.

It does not stack with a druids Faerie Fire or a warlocks Curse of Recklessness, so if either of these classes are present and providing your group this debuff, youre better off using a different pet.

This pet offers the best DPS for BM hunters, followed by wolves and then spirit beasts.

This pet can be used both to stop a fleeing enemy and to hold a charging enemy in place, keeping them out of melee range from the hunter.

In addition to its damage, the increased casting speed portion of Poison Spit is great against most casters.

Most obviously used for its slow (again useful for either retreating or charging enemies), Froststorm Breath also uses two different types of damage, making it less resistible.

This can make even questing difficult for hunters, without the help of a special pet.

They make great pets when soloing, grinding instances or multiple mobs, and even as a standby tank against elite mobs.

However, this ability offers incredible threat generation, making it perfect for AoE grinding.

Shell Shield is a great defensive cooldown, useful for both AoE situations and facing elite mobs.

Given a hunters Mend Pet spell is only minorly effective when the pet is taking substantial damage, Shell Shield helps keep the turtle alive longer, allowing a hunter to finish off the enemies before they become a threat to the hunter.

The main difference is that the bear pets swipe ability uses a frontal cone, instead of the druids 360 degree attack.

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