Leveling a Beast Mastery hunter is definitely the easiest thing to do in World of Warcraft. The end goal is to buff your pet to the point that it becomes an unstoppable killing machine that allows you to just tear through mobs with ease. Finding the perfect pet is the hardest part of the whole process.

The perfect pet is a great tank. It must be able to gain the attention of the mob, and keep it. Any time you cross the threat line, you need your pet to be able to snap it back on him quickly.

The perfect pet also does great damage. It must be able to kill quickly without any help from you. The perfect pet will easily do as much damage as you while leveling.

Finding a pet that covers both of these bases is not as difficult as it may seem. The perfect pet is a cat. Cats are all over the place in WoW, and finding one should not be a difficult process at any point during leveling.

Cats cover all the bases that you need in a pet. They do great damage, and are easily ranked one of the top pets in the endgame. Cats also hold aggro rather well. They are not perfect, you will find that you need to watch yourself at the beginning of fights, but otherwise you should be able to still kill really quickly.

The other big benefit to a cat is that they can learn the ability Prowl. This skill is similar to a rogue’s Stealth, and allows your pet to sneak through some areas. Prowl is definitely helpful when you are doing instances, and a total blessing in PvP.

The best cat that I have found to use, is one you can get in your early 40s. In Stranglethorn Vale you will be able to tame King Bangladesh, who is easily the best cat for his level. I still use him today at level 80.

Leveling a hunter is really painless with a cat. They do everything you need your pet to do, from grinding to PvP.

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Shaman, a hybrid class, can be played in many ways. You will find yourself playing like a melee DPS, caster DPS, and a healer quite often.

But, which spec and play style is the best for the leveling shaman? Enhancement wins, hands down.

Let me start with a disclaimer. Leveling a Shaman as enhancement prior to dual wield (level 40) is actually a fairly slow path, and in the 1-39 level range Elemental is the best. Not to say you can’t level as enhancement, just know that the pace will be a little bit slower than what you could be doing as Elemental.

Enhancement shaman, once they acquire dual wield, easily will have little to no downtime due to a combination of factors. The enhancement tree is heavily focused on melee DPS abilities which will allow you to quickly drop any foe. As a healing class, you will be healing between fights (and during fights if things get rough) which eliminates the need to carry food. Add in the nukes from the elemental tree and you are poised to outlast most straight fights.

Talent choices are fairly straight forward. There are very few choices between talents you need and those you might want to have.

Obvious essentials are Ancestral Knowledge, Thundering Strikes, Flurry, and Dual Wield as these all form the cornerstone of your abilities. Stormstrike and Shamanistic Focus are two abilities that you should definitely consider as they give you a few more options by regaining mana, or reducing costs on your shocks.

Shamanistic Rage should be picked up as soon as possible as it gives you a much needed source of mana regeneration, as well as a small damage shield.

Maelstrom Weapon is another must have skill, as it makes your heals and lightning bolts instant cast as you do melee damage. This alone makes the you a potent killing machine.

Finally, you will probably want to pick up Feral Spirit to give you an extra damage source every couple of minutes.

Playing an enhancement shaman is pretty simple. Run up and attack your target, add in as many instant casts as mana allows (shocks and stormstrikes). Alone this will allow you to kill efficiently. Add in Shamanistic Rage and Maelstrom Weapon and you eliminate downtime almost completely.

Enhancement shaman is a fun class to level once you get the hang of it. Most World of Warcraft Guides will agree that they are also fairly easy.

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