Lethal Shots

Many classes have some form of crowd control, though most have severe limitations. A Mage’s Polymorph and a Priest’s Shackle are limited by what type of mob they work on. A Warlock’s Fear is too unpredictable. A Rogue’s Sap can only be used out of combat. A Druid’s Entangling Roots shows promise now that it works indoors, but most druids are busy healing or tanking. The one class that provides virtually un-hindered crowd control is the Hunter.

A Hunter’s Freezing Trap works on almost every type of mob (the exception being some elementals), can be used repeatedly before and during combat, and with the addition of Freezing Arrow can be placed anywhere in range. The price we pay for such flexibility (read – Awesomeness)? All traps are on a 30 second cooldown while the effects of the Freezing Trap only last 20 seconds. This does require a Hunter to plan ahead and pay close attention to trap placement.

But is this unique flexibility what makes  Hunters the kings of crowd control? No. It is our ability to crowd control two mobs simultaneously that grants us that title.

Yes. You heard me right. Two mobs. At the same time.

Some may be scratching their head and wondering how. Others may think I am talking about trap juggling to catch 2 mobs, which, by the way, is unreliable because it only allows for very short term crowd control. But the Hunters who know their game already know what I am talking about.

Pets.

Tenacity pets to be specific. As long as the Hunter keeps Mend Pet up, a properly specced tenacity pet can take quite a beating, even from elite mobs in dungeons, with very little help from a healer. What this means is that a Hunter can use his pet to occupy one mob while he traps another, effectively taking two mobs out of the fight. No other class has this capability. And the beauty of it is the pet is still doing DPS to the mob he is controlling, which helps keep the Hunter on the top of the damage meter, right where he belongs.

That is why Hunters are the Kings of Crowd Control.