Hunter vs. Rogue

Rogues are a tough fight for every class, so don’t feel bad if you have a hard time here. They are essentially a cross between the melee output of Warriors and the agility and speed of Hunters. They will get up front and attack you easily so you need to make sure and pay attention to them and never lose track of them or let them go into Stealth unbidden. Use your Flare ability to break their stealth and traps to stop them from getting too close to you. Kite them normally if they activate a trap and use your Wingclip ability when they get too close. Survival is still most important in this fight though, so focus on outlasting them and not dying and deal damage when you have a chance and you should be alright.

Attack Sequence

1. Frost Trap – Don’t use Freezing Trap – Rogues can negate it with Cloak of Shadows
2. Flare – Stand on a flare and the Rogue cannot use Vanish to get an opener on you. You will have negated their stealth abilities at this point.
3. Cast Aspect of the Hawk
4. Drop a Freezing Trap at your feet
5. Send in your pet
6. Cast Hunter’s Mark
7. Cast Serpent Sting
8. Explosive Shot
9. Kill Command if off cooldown

10.  Black Arrow

1. Arcane Shot

12.  Cobra Shot

Their Attacks

1. Evasion/Sprint – They will get to you quicker this way, but should not matter if you continue to attack as normal and keep your traps up.
2. Cloak of Shadows – This will remove all debuffs and allow them to use Vanish to reopen. If they do this, expect Cheap Shot and Shiv – use your trinket to break the snare and reply with a Scatter shot to confuse them and get back to ranged fighting.

Finishing them Off

1. Frost Trap
2. Lock and Load Procs
3. Explosive Shot
4. Cobra Shot or Kill Command if you are close to full on Focus
5. Explosive Shot
6. Cobra Shot
7. Explosive Shot
8. Scatter Shot again if they use blind on you – follow up with Deterrence or Raptor Strike to get away.
9. Silencing Shot
10. Lock and Load Procs
11. Explosive Shot
12. Cobra Shot or Kill Command if you are close to full on Focus
13. Explosive Shot
14. Cobra Shot
15. Explosive Shot

As you can see, this will take a long time, so just continue laying in your shots and waiting for the fight to be over with. You must truly anticipate your enemy’s moves if you want to be effective in this kind of fight though, so be sure to prepare for anything they might do. Stay ahead and you will win.

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