Had quite a few questions recently and some confused newer hunters stacking the wrong stats on their toons so
thought I would do a quick refresh.
All of this info is available on various websites but here is the "nity gritty"
1. HIT - you need 8% (really just 7% as you get 1% in a raid from a Draenai
The most important stat. Why ? Well, if you are not "HIT capped" then you WILL MISS so no matter how good your gear is your DPS will be bad. Have too much and it is wasted and you are losing DPS because those extra hit could be AGI = dps
2. AGILITY - AGIIncreases Attack Power with ranged and melee weapons.
Increases armor.
Increases critical strike chance.
Increases dodge chance.
GEMS - All of your GEMS and ENCHANTS should be AGI or primarily AGI
3. ATTACK POWER - APIncreases the damage of an equipped weapon (including ranged)
If you cannot ENCHANT AGILITY then your other option is to enchant AP.
GEM - You should NEVER gem AP if you are MM or SV spec and as of current patch not even BM spec as AGI is still better.
4. INTELLECT - INTIncreases total MANA as well as Ranged Attack Power (RAP)
Some leather druid gear is identical to hunter mail gear in stats except it is missing INT. You can use this gear but you will end up with less MANA and if your are MM spec you will lose more ranged attack power due to the Careful Aim talent.
GEM - DO NOT EVER gem or enchant gear with INT5. CRITICAL STRIKE - CRITPercentage of attacks that will result in a critical strike (increased damage).
A HUGE amount of Hunter DPS come from crits and you will often find you have over 50% crit and even higher.
GEM - if you have a YELLOW gem slot and you are HIT capped then you should use an ORANGE AGILITY/CRIT gem or simply a RED AGILITY if you do not care of the gem bonus.
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Beyond the above 5 stats the following are important but not priority:-Haste - you should NEVER gem for haste unless you are an uber elite MM hunter tweaking your rotation to get 1.5sec Steady Shot cooldown and your awesoe at your shot rotation
Armor Penetration - Please read other threads on this but do NOT gem ArP unless you fully understand exactly what you are doing.
Stamina - keeps you alive. BLUE gem slots should be fitted with PURPLE AGILITY/STAMINA gems once you already have a +10 Prismatic gem already equipped (which uses ANY gem slot)
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NEVER, EVER, EVER STATSIf we catch you with any of these stats on your gear we will attach a
"KICK ME" sign to your back !!
STRENGTH
SPELL POWER
SPIRIT
MP5
EXPERTISE
If you need more info search our own forums under the GAMEPLAY - HUNTER sections and please research the internet.
Here are some useful links.
GEMS -
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/06/scattered-shots-hunter-gems/http://elitistjerks.com/f74/http://www.thehuntersmark.net/features/http://www.thehuntersmark.net/blog/2009/07/21/stats-for-hunters-spell-power-is-not-for-you/http://www.wow.com/2010/03/08/scattered-shots-hunter-stat-caps-hit-crit-haste-and-armor-p/http://www.wowwiki.com/Hunter
